SUICIDE 3: A GOD-GIVEN GUARANTEE
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Suicide
a) We have heard of Christians who have committed suicide. Some at the funeral said that they are now in hell…others believed that once a person is saved they will be in heaven no matter what they do here on earth. If a believer commits suicide, can they be saved? Is killing yourself the unpardonable sin? Does a believer go to hell if the end their own life?
2. A God-Given Guarantee
a) Once a person is saved, that is born-again, there is no way that they will ever be lost again. Not only that, they will not lose the reward of heaven and being in the presence of Jesus Christ.
b) Here are biblical guarantees:
1. Suicidea) We have heard of Christians who have committed suicide. Some at the funeral said that they are now in hell…others believed that once a person is saved they will be in heaven no matter what they do here on earth. If a believer commits suicide, can they be saved? Is killing yourself the unpardonable sin? Does a believer go to hell if the end their own life?
2. A God-Given Guarantee
a) Once a person is saved, that is born-again, there is no way that they will ever be lost again. Not only that, they will not lose the reward of heaven and being in the presence of Jesus Christ.
b) Here are biblical guarantees:
I Peter 1:3-5
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. “
Romans 8:38
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers…”
Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.”
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. “
2 Corinthians 5:5
“Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
c) Reflect on these words straight from the mouth of God since all scripture is God-breathed and inspired by God Himself (2 Timothy 3:16). God says about those who are saved that they are: sealed for the day of redemption, guaranteed for what is to come, promised that you are His possession, have a deposit for an eternal inheritance, an inheritance that can never perish! Wow…yes, believe it. God would not have you born-again only to abort you at the last moment. We are saved, as Paul says, that not even the demons, or an angel, anything in the future, past, or present, or even death itself could rob.
d) In Philippians 1:6 God says through Paul that “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” God will complete what He has started. No matter what happens. And yes, this includes someone who takes their own life. Many biblical heroes have contemplated suicide: Job, Jeremiah, Jonah, and even mighty Samson.
The End ...
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. “
Romans 8:38
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers…”
Ephesians 1:13-14, 4:30
“And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.”
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. “
2 Corinthians 5:5
“Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”
c) Reflect on these words straight from the mouth of God since all scripture is God-breathed and inspired by God Himself (2 Timothy 3:16). God says about those who are saved that they are: sealed for the day of redemption, guaranteed for what is to come, promised that you are His possession, have a deposit for an eternal inheritance, an inheritance that can never perish! Wow…yes, believe it. God would not have you born-again only to abort you at the last moment. We are saved, as Paul says, that not even the demons, or an angel, anything in the future, past, or present, or even death itself could rob.
d) In Philippians 1:6 God says through Paul that “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” God will complete what He has started. No matter what happens. And yes, this includes someone who takes their own life. Many biblical heroes have contemplated suicide: Job, Jeremiah, Jonah, and even mighty Samson.
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