More on Suicide

Suicide is the modern word for MURDERING one’s self. It is a nicer sounding word than murder, just as “gay” is a nicer sounding word than sodomite. Just as many try to smooth over the murder of millions of innocent babies each year by calling it abortion, many in our day are sympathetic and even justify murder in the form of suicide. How can a person be against abortion and FOR suicide? They are both MURDER!

We are now even hearing from some of the “brethren” sympathetic statements and excuses for someone who murders themselves. Somehow things have been twisted around so that now we all feel that our bodies are OURS to do with what we will. That is the logic of the feminists who rabidly fight for their “right” to an abortion. Our Bible tells us that our bodies belong to God, and we are not our own, but we’ve been bought with a price, therefore glorify God in your bodies.... and you don’t do that by murdering yourself.

The one who is a follower of Jesus Christ is to deny himself and take up his cross. The first step in the Christian life is to begin to overcome selfishness, which is the root of all sin. Murdering oneself is the ultimate act of selfishness. It is what people do when they don’t want to face what lies before them. It shows that they don’t believe God’s grace is sufficient, and therefore they don’t have a God that is bigger than their problems. That doesn’t speak well of their faith at all. Yet we are hearing all the time about pastors and other “Christians” murdering themselves, and it is spoken of as if they were good Christians — just had problems. Where is anybody with any sense?! Would you say the same thing of an abortion doctor? Would you feel the same way about a wild-eyed Arab terrorist with a machine gun? Of course not! Then how could anyone with a sound mind, and knowing the Scriptures, identify with and feel sympathy with those who murder themselves?

Just as our “Christian” liars try to justify themselves with Rahab (a harlot) Rachel (who was lying to hide the gods she wanted to worship), those who would justify suicide look to Samson. Like all those who “oppose themselves” they have to twist the Scriptures and ignore the facts in order to come to such a conclusion. First of all, Samson’s motive in what he did was not to kill himself, rather to do in the enemies of God, and he was commended by God for that. Samson’s death cannot be compared in any way to our modern suicide which has become an epidemic. These people are murdering themselves because of their own selfishness and rebellion against God, but Samson died as a soldier. He would have been given the Congressional Medal of Honor for what he done, but you could hardly give honor to someone who locks themselves in a garage with their car running until they die. These people leave behind wives and children, mothers and fathers who have to live with the shame, the pain, and the loss cast upon them by the selfish, cowardly murderer who takes his own life. He doesn’t deserve to be thought of any differently than any other murderer, because that is what he IS.

God’s preachers better wake up and start telling people the truth about this matter. They better quit giving the impression that God is of the same opinion as Dr. Kevorkian, because He is NOT. Suicide is NOT an option, any more than adultery is an option, or stealing is an option. It is SIN and God does not take it lightly. Life belongs to God who gave it, and it is up to HIM when it is time for it to end. No one chose the time they came into this world and no one should chose when to leave. The person who takes his own life is slapping at the face of God and making HIMSELF God in the matter. He is committing the ultimate act of rebellion against his Maker. It is the last testimony. It tells the world that he doesn’t trust God or have any hope in Him. It tells us all that he doesn’t believe the Bible, because if he did, he would certainly find what he needs there to pick up and go on. It tells us that he loves himself more than he loves his family, because in his mind he is putting his own desires and comforts above their feelings and suffering the rest of their lives. The person who commits suicide is a MURDERER, and a very cold-blooded one.

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