Are those who take their own lives eternally damned as most people believe? Is there any hope or comfort for those left behind? We take an honest look at what God's Word says on the subject. We discover that so much of our thinking about suicide has been molded more by Catholic theology and society than by God's Word. This message will provide hope and comfort for families dealing with the horror and stigma associated with suicide by a loved one.
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“ Great Sermon! ” Thank for your time in this very sensitive matter. I just wanted to remind you of Judas Iscariot. Also, do you think God was at all in favour of what Sampson did? Because without the Lord giving him the strength he would have been able to do nothing. Again, thanks for your time.
Cy (9/5/2011)
from snowbelt
“ Good Sermon! ” To hear some people talk you would think suicide is the unpardonable sin, which it isn't--last time i checked. I think Stewart's sermon is on track and to say that someone who falls into abject despair couldn't possibly have been truly saved to begin with is nonsense. Did not even Elijah despair at one point and ask to die? To say that God would never allow someone to fall that far to the point of wanting & acting to take his own life would imply that God doesn't allow free will. Thank you Pastor Stewart for reminding us that God died (and rose again) for ALL our sins--past, present, and future.
Dan (2/23/2009)
from London
“ Great Sermon! ” Thank you, Dr Stewart for a very informative and enlightening sermon. God bless you!
Jan (7/9/2006)
from alberta canada
“ Great Sermon! ” this is a touchy topic, but much needed.
The devil can take your body but not your soul if you are saved.
My brother went missing and we believe that he killed himself.
He suffered from bi polar and was a confessing born again Christian.
My hope is that I will see him again.
read Romans 8:38-39.
Charles (6/30/2006)
from Pheonix
“ Questionable ” Charles writes: I am usually quite happy with Dr. Stewart's sermons. This one, however, troubles me. I fear that someone who hears this particular teaching and is looking for a way to circumvent their cross and/or to escape their troubles on this earth will believe it and end up in eternal misery. I do not understand how anyone could believe that the Holy Spirit would be slack in keeping God's people from total and final despair and allow their living hope to be eclipsed so that they would take their own lives. In the case of suicide, truly a statement of utter hopelessness and unbelief, we must never conclude that the perpetrator is born again. Dr. Stewart responds: Thanks, Charles, for your thoughts. Suicide is a very emotional subject for all of us. One must not assume that the Holy Spirit has failed whenever one of God's people commits sin. Humans make mistakes. I would agree that suicide is sin (its unbelief and disobedience are both sin). The Biblical record, however, does not indicate that this or any other sin has the power to terminate the redemptive grace and love of our Risen Lord once we have received it. "Eternal misery" is reserved for those who reject Christ, not for the People of God who stumble because of unbelief and disobedience in their final hour.
Growing up in the rolling hills of northeast Georgia, Charles graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL (M.Div. '74) and the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min. '81). He has pastored three churches in Georgia and Texas during his...
