PLEASE STAY WITH ME IN THIS CRUCIAL TEACHING: it is a Joy Story!

SUICIDE IS A VERY HORRIFIC THING…
it is never the answer.

Years ago I have had the privilege of counseling two men separately on this always relevant subject. Thank God both of these men, both past their thirty’s, listened to my wise counsel. All glory to God! I am thankful they listened to me because I love the Lord and listen to Him, He guides me and helps me more than I could possibly ever know. And He can and is wanting to do the same through you.

Selah.

God knows sin is wrong, it is treason against His ways. Never was there a ‘Plan B.’ God is faithful and God is good. Because He is holy, holy, holy, He sent Christ as our Rescuer…

Suicide is sin: it is self-murder. One may never understand why, when someone is so low, so empty and overcome with hopelessness, why they don’t just wait… Truly it can only get better. This thought though would be in the natural world – not God’s kingdom. For our great God (and He is the God of all, believers or not) has designed each and every one in His image and likeness. What’s more, He has a plan for each and every one of us. Not one of us has ever followed His plan totally. We’ve sinned. We need a Savior, a Forgiver, a Redeemer. He is Christ Jesus! He has come to give a great life! Including peace…

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

PLEASE REMEMBER: I did have a horrible childhood. I know what absolute pain is.

The key target, the fiery dart, Satan slings are lies. Satan, the enemy of all souls (whether believer or not) is the father of lies. The Bible tells us there is no truth in him. True, of course. Without any question, Satan loves self-murder…
SUICIDE IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF SIN because some may think suicide only affects the individual (it does not) and it is never forgivable (it is) – suicide always end in defeat (it does not necessarily.) Most who contemplate or follow through in committing suicide are clearly not thinking right; not seeing there is a way out and a better day to come. The self-murdered has chosen spiritual blindness in his wrong belief, choosing the lies of the devil rather than God’s truth…

The self-murdered man certainly felt defeated. He had not kept his mind in perfect peace as God told him to do in Isaiah, chapter twenty-six. Instead, Beloved, he believed τοῦ πονηροῦ – that’s the enemy of our souls, the evil one, Satan. Be certain: his act, his self-murder, does not affect only himself, the self-induced victim affects his family, his friends, his acquaintance – his first responders who tried to save him from himself… People this distraught person doesn’t even know risk their lives to save a burdened stranger!

Selah.

BUT IS SUICIDE FORGIVABLE?
Some think not. But a lot think wrong. There is, Beloved, only one sin that is unforgivable:

Matthew 12:30-31
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Beloved: please be clear. The Scripture above applies to THE ONLY UNFORGIVABLE SIN! A Christian, who does blasphemies the Holy Spirit has chosen to become an apostate; never wanting nor able to come back to Christ Jesus!

Hebrews 6:4-6
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

What does this mean? Christians who become apostates will never repent, don’t want to and are not allowed to. Simple.
They are now those forever outside of God’s covenant and damned:
BUT: THIS IS A JOY STORY…

Anyone who hates God upon their death will be damned. Is that you? Anyone who claims Christ as their only Lord and Savior is born again, born from above.
THE CHRISTIAN SUICIDE VICTIM is just that – a victim. We all have been. And we only have victory in any particular situation, any doctrinal teaching, when we stand firm, unwavering, and acting on God’s promises which never fail. Certainly we all fail in faith at times. Did you ever stub your toe?

Psalm 91:11-12
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

THE SUICIDE MAN who follows completely through with self-murder is not thinking as his heavenly Father tells him. Obviously. We are to cast down vain imaginations and think of lovely, pure, beautiful things. Please remember: death is the last enemy. Satan has gotten hold this man thoughts and held on! And, this man has allowed it! Much to the Father’s sorrow, this man has relented God’s will for a long and satisfied life:

Psalm 91:14-16
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

The Christian man does love God; but he doesn’t always listen and obey Him. Do you?
I will never forget this wonderful teaching I learned from Pastor John Hagee regarding the suicide of a Christian. This is the Scripture he proved:

James 4:7
If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

To this day, after listening to Pastor Hagee for years and years, when I mention him I still have to check the spelling of his last name, choosing to be respectful and appreciative of him. Why do I say this? I forget, that’s why! A man committing suicide forgets or is accepting so much pressuring lies from the enemy of his soul; he gives in, he gives out, he gives up and takes what he thinks is the easy way out…

Selah.

BELOVED: THE POINT
Self-murder does not mean the grief-stricken man has cursed God! We don’t know his mind at the time he followed through with what pleases Satan and hurts God. In fact, we never know his mind! How many of you hear of a divorce, a crime, a terrible act of violence, by someone you thought was as good as gold?

Study people. Help people. But know who you are, who they are (to the best of your ability) – but remember only God knows all.

THE COMFORTING WORD:
Suicide is sin.
Suicide is wrong.
Suicide is forgivable in Christ Jesus!

SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS FOR THIS JOY STORY:

 

THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH! GOD SAYS SO!
Nehemiah 8:10
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

 

THE ONLY UNFORGIVEABLE SIN FOR A BELIEVER:
Matthew 12:30-31
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

 

PLEASE NOTE: If you still believe suicide is not a forgivable sin, please read this over (and perhaps over and over…)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear God,
I surrender to you now, right now. I am done in trying to invent a working lifestyle without you. I humble myself and call out to You. I’m done with lying, with pretending, and explaining away ungodliness…

 

 

 

Romans 1:18-21
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.  For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

 

 

God in Heaven,

I come to You in the name of Your only begotten Son, Jesus. I have sinned. I now believe and know that Jesus is fully God, fully Man. He lived a sinless life and took all of my sickness and infirmities in His body. He died on the cross for my sins. I believe and know that He was raised from the dead so I might be saved from Hell and have eternal life in Your Kingdom with you forevermore.

Jesus, I ask you to be my only Lord and Savior. Please forgive me of my sins and wash them away with Your holy blood; never to be remembered again. Please take my sickness or any health issue I have by the stripes You endured for all mankind…

I will now strive to live my life for You to my best ability and with the help of You, Holy Spirit, I strive to seek You, study You and worship You all the days of my life, which are forever, amen!

I denounce Satan and his kingdom now and forevermore!

I also ask to be baptized in You, Holy Spirit, with the evidence of this by praying in other tongues, my heavenly language.

(To receive your heavenly language – take it by faith – just as you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Simply start speaking syllables – do not say anything in your known language/s. It WILL come – just believe. Satan will tell you it is false – never listen to the father of lies. Pray in tongues every day!)

Thank You, God, for forgiving me, cleansing me, healing me in every way, staying with me and praying with me.

In Jesus name, I pray this, amen.

 

 

SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS:

 

Romans 3:21-26
But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

 

Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling,  for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

 

Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

 

1 Peter 2:24
“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

 

Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

 

Romans 10:9-10
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach):  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

 

Acts 2:4
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

 

1 Corinthians 14:2
For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.

 

DO NOT BE DECEIVED! You must continue your relationship as a child of God!
Live this way:

 

2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

 

Hebrews 3:14
We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

 

Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.