Suicide? - All About GOD2024-03-29T11:14:32Zhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/forum/topics/suicide?commentId=1383940%3AComment%3A1732414&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHe said HE laid down His life…tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-05-18:1383940:Comment:17324142017-05-18T20:52:38.849ZTammyhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/TammyHenson
<p>He said HE laid down His life. To me, that says it all but that's just my view of it. </p>
<p>He said HE laid down His life. To me, that says it all but that's just my view of it. </p> I don't see dying to save oth…tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-05-18:1383940:Comment:17323252017-05-18T12:09:28.536ZSeekhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/Seek
I don't see dying to save others as suicide. Suicide is taking your own life because of somewhat selfish reasons mostly. Be it either depression, shame, bullying, etc. But you're doing it to escape something. Saving others is sacrificing yourself out of love for others. And it's not like you pull the trigger. Like Christ laid down His life by not fleeing from the cross. He allowed it to save others but didn't nail Himself to the cross. Others did that.<br />
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As for actual suicide, I wouldn't want to…
I don't see dying to save others as suicide. Suicide is taking your own life because of somewhat selfish reasons mostly. Be it either depression, shame, bullying, etc. But you're doing it to escape something. Saving others is sacrificing yourself out of love for others. And it's not like you pull the trigger. Like Christ laid down His life by not fleeing from the cross. He allowed it to save others but didn't nail Himself to the cross. Others did that.<br />
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As for actual suicide, I wouldn't want to receive the answer too late, if you know what I mean. According to the above verses it is possible they would be destroyed. It's something I'd feel needs pointed out to anyone considering it. Let them decide the truth of it. Rather than telling them God understands and might not punish them for it. I'm going to throw something…tag:www.allaboutgod.net,2017-05-16:1383940:Comment:17322562017-05-16T22:41:16.870ZTammyhttp://www.allaboutgod.net/profile/TammyHenson
<p>I'm going to throw something out there:</p>
<p>Christ committed suicide. John 10:17-18 "<span>The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again. <span>No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Most believe that suicide is always a sin deserving of hell. If suicide is always a sin, and Jesus was…</span></span></span></p>
<p>I'm going to throw something out there:</p>
<p>Christ committed suicide. John 10:17-18 "<span>The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again. <span>No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."</span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Most believe that suicide is always a sin deserving of hell. If suicide is always a sin, and Jesus was sinless, then Jesus must not have committed suicide. Right? However, He said in John that he laid down His life. No one took it from Him so He wasn't murdered. He could have called 10,000 angels to save Himself.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>The act itself is not clearly prohibited. Almost all suicides are done from wrong motives, and thus are sinful, it is certainly possible that one could do so with entirely noble intentions. If one were to sacrifice oneself to save others, that seems to me to be moral, not sinful. And, of course, this is precicely what Jesus did in His death. You have martyrs, etc. </span></span></span></p>
<p>Just something to think about.</p>
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