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www.crosswalk.com/video-q-a/if-a-christian-commits-suicide-do-they-still-go-to-heaven.htmlI've had the difficult conversation with far too many over the last few years.20 years ago it was hardly ever an event but nowadays it is more common ...sad Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing ...introducing people to Jesus!

Most of us have thought of this over and over. My take is GOD is love. He is a wonderful and caring father. He sees much deeper than we do.One of the wisest people I have ever known and a Christian was my Mother. Will I go to Hell? I asked after yet another 'Revival and My salvation... again'.I know your heart son, I would never hurt you. stopping to look this 12 year old in the eye, God is your heavenly FAther, he is a good father and would never hurt his children. Who goes to hell? Son only God decides that, but remember, He loves and cares for his children.One day you may be a father and know the love for your children, then you may understand how God can put up with us.I have always thought someone committing suicide is not in their right mind and not responsible for their actions. Right of wrong that has been my feelings. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

When I was a backslidden drunk at age 21, lost as the proverbial goose in a snowstorm, at the end of my rope emotionally, I anonymously called a Baptist pastor and asked him, “If I kill myself, where will I end up, in Heaven or in Hell?” He replied, “That depends on whether or not you’re saved.” While his logic was certainly consistent with his doctrine, I for one am so glad I wasn’t persuaded. Who wouldn’t prefer the beauty of Heaven over alcoholism and severe depression with suicidal thoughts? All these nearly 30 years later, I still don’t regret deciding he was wrong and that deciding not to end it all was the right choice. I had a first cousin who committed suicide at age 18. His mother still grieves the loss to this day, even though she believes he went to Heaven.

I watched a movie that (I eventually found out) was about Carlton Pearson....

In an attempt to defend his view (even though I'm pretty sure that no one here agrees with him), he said something that not only made sense, but gave me pause: Are we more merciful than God?Would you or I forgive someone who, obviously in a state of mind that is not at all at their best, takes their life to somehow end the pain? I would forgive that person.Would you or I forgive someone who, tormented by enormous pain, or the onward creep of utter dementia, takes their life? I would.Or what about the person who (to use an extreme) was captured by ISIS and, rather than say something that would hurt their reputation...or rather than endure the horrific torture that might come with it all...chose to kill themselves? I'd forgive that person.We are NEVER GOING TO BE more merciful than a God Who would give His Only Son to rescue the very ones that spit in His Son's face, that plucked out His beard, that demanded His death. We aren't even on the same planet with that sort of mercy. And if God will do that for SINNERS, how much more will He do it for those who have tried to follow Him?

Very true. But, there are many that know it. Once they know it and continue, it’s killing yourself. If they are Christian, they have eternal life even though they killed themselves, imho. It would be like if the lady intentionally ran over the child. Why is smoking wrong? Because we know that it kills. If you continue to smoke, you are killing your self. The same for eating those things you know will eventually kill you.

I've enjoyed reading the replies on this as to the different thoughts of suicide and eternity.The only reply that I've ever gave to a hurting loved one after one of theirs has commited suicide is that, we do know that they are in the hands of a merciful, loving God.. Our careless feet leaving trails