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The speaker introduces the sensitive topic of whether suicide affects salvation and frames the discussion around the idea of an unforgivable sin. He emphasizes that the issue is serious and begins by affirming the sacred value of human life.
Speaker A
Okay, today we're going to talk about a very, very sensitive subject.I gotta wait seven seconds before I tell you the title, because YouTube will flag it, but it is sensitive.And this is, can someone who commits suicide still go to heaven?I've not made this video for years because I truly don't know where I stand on the topic.And I kind of grew up thinking my entire life that you automatically go to hell if you commit suicide.So that's what we're going to talk about is the unforgivable sin.Do you automatically go to hell?And it might be a little bit more, I don't even like this word, but I'm gonna say it nuanced than we might believe.Does this one final act determine where you're going to spend eternity?Some people say the moment it happens, you go to hell.Some people say, well, it depends on where your relationship with God was.
Some people say God's the ultimate judge.Let me just say this, suicide is a very serious sin.In fact, I have a pastor I know that told me he was about to take his life and was on YouTube looking up, do you go to hell if you commit suicide?Found one of my videos.Who?This is good friend of mine found one of my videos and it prevented him from ultimately taking his life.So it is that serious.And I do error more on the side of why even risk it.But I want to say it's not the unforgivable sin.Some people have said that suicide is the unforgivable sin.It's not.God values human life.That's why this is such a big deal.Genesis, chapter one, verse 27.So God created man in his own image, and that's talking about the spirit that God gave man and breathed into him.
So think about that.Your life is valuable because you were made in the image of God.It's not valuable because you're successful or you're this certain person or how much money you make or because of how happy you are, any of that.The value of your life is that you were created in the image of God.So the Bible keeps treating human life as sacred.So no matter where you're at today, whether you're on the verge of taking your life or you were suicidal and God delivered you and saved you.Your life is sacred.Your life matters.And Exodus 20:13 says, you shall not murder.
Now, suicide is not specifically named in the Ten Commandments, but we have biblical commands to respect human life.Historically, we see this all through the Bible.Do not kill.Do not take human Life.Your life has value, even if you don't feel like it does or you feel hopeless.
There's value.There's value.If I say I think people that commit suicide go to hell, ultimately I'm not the judge, God is.And I don't have a definitive scripture, so I can't say that.
This section argues that salvation is based on Jesus' sacrifice rather than a person's final action before death. The speaker uses scripture to explain grace, assurance, and why a last-minute sin does not automatically determine eternal destiny.
Speaker A
Another thing I want to raise up is, are you saved by your last action before you die or by Jesus Christ?
That's where things can get nuanced.Because one of the biggest arguments people make is if you commit suicide, you can't repent afterward.And because you can't repent afterward, you go straight to hell.But that assumes that your salvation is dependent on whether you successfully confessed every individual sin before you died.So imagine if you get angry, you say something sinful, and then you die in a car accident five minutes later, and the last thing you did was sin.You were angry, you said something sinful, maybe you cussed, whatever, whatever you think is sin, and then you die in a car accident five minutes later.Does that mean you're not saved?Like, what if a believer has a sinful thought or sinful action right before they have a heart attack, does that automatically mean they're condemned because they didn't have time to confess that specific sin?
No.Doesn't mean that we don't believe or.I don't believe that if you die and you sinned, you know, let's say 10 minutes ago and forgot to confess it or renounce it or repent or whatever word you want to use.I don't believe you just automatically go to hell because the one sin right before you died, salvation is dependent on what Jesus did on the cross, not your la.The last thing you did before you died.And it's about having that relationship with him.It's based on Jesus, not.Not.Have you perfectly timed your last prayer?Ephesians, chap.2, 8, 9.I think we all know this verse.For by grace you've been saved through faith and not of yourselves.It is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.So salvation is by grace.We've said this before through faith, not earning forgiveness through some performance.
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Romans 8, 1.There's now no condemnation to those that are in Christ.So you have security as a Christian.You don't have to think you're unsaved all the time.You.If you are a genuine Christian, you are saved.So you don't have to be afraid if you're walking with the Lord.Now, if you're not Walking with the Lord.If you're living a lifestyle of sin, if you're unrepentant, if you're rebellion, living in, rebelling towards God, you're probably not saved.And you do need to worry.
But you need to realize Jesus didn't die only for the sins that you remember to confess right before you died.He died for sinners and we can rest in his sacrifice, rest in what he did on the cross.So it can't just be they committed a sin right before they died, so they automatically go to hell.Even though again, I believe that all growing up and then even in my ministry, I've, I've taught that and I still believe and I still err on the side of I wouldn't risk it.I wouldn't risk it.
The speaker points to Elijah and Job as examples of faithful people who experienced deep despair and even wished for death. He stresses that God did not abandon them and that no one can definitively judge another person's final spiritual state.
Speaker A
We see in the scriptures people that serve the Lord, that followed God, that loved God, having extreme despair.If you're a believer and you've had a desire to take your life or you've been super depressed or down you, it doesn't necessarily mean you're not a believer just because you feel that way.Look at Elijah in 1st Kings 19:4.He sits under a broom tree and ask God to take his life.You want to talk about suicidal Elijah, one of the greatest men in the Bible, says God, it's, it is enough now, Lord, take my life.
Who had he had just got done confronting the prophets of baal.He witnessed the miracle on the, on the top of the mountain.God used him powerfully unless.But he ended up at a moment in his life where he didn't want to live any longer.Now I can't relate to this.I've never dealt with suicide in that way.I did have this demonic encounter right before I saved, where a demon told me to take my life and I didn't, thankfully.But I've never been a Christian that struggles with this.But just because I've not struggled with it doesn't mean I shouldn't be sympathetic towards people that do.Elijah wanted to take his own life.How did God respond?Did God mock him?Did God say, you're going to hell?Did God abandon him?No.
God provided food, God provided rest.And then God gave him further instruction.Even though Elijah was exhausted and suicidal, God did not abandon him.And he wasn't the only one that struggled.Look at job.
Job, chapter 3, verse 11.Job asked God why he did not die at birth.Think about that.God, why did not just die at birth.He was overwhelmed by losing his children, losing his possessions.He was sick, he was suffering incredible Emotional pain.He was just suffering in every way.But yet he asked God, God, why did you, why did I not just die at birth?So he also was curious, like, why am I even alive if I'm going to go through the suffering?So you see over and over in Scripture, people struggling with this.And although they struggled, God still loved them.God still cared about them.And again, we have to have sympathy because there are people that really struggle with anxiety, with depression, with chronic this, chronic that, with extreme pain, losing loved ones.There's Christians that have lost their entire family in a car accident and then wanted to take their life after.
And we could sit here and say, oh, no, that's crazy.How could you feel that way?But they're going through extreme despair.And again, if you're going through that, it does not mean God abandoned you.I don't want to go longer than like 10 minutes on this.Can a genuine Christian commit suicide and still be saved?
I believe the Bible gives us reasons not to declare someone automatically condemned.I believe that God knows the heart.God knows where every individual is at.I know pastors that have taken their life that were under the influence of something.I know people that have taken their life.And although again, I, I err on the side of they probably didn't go to heaven, I don't know.His ways are not our ways.We can't just declare people, oh, they went to hell automatically.So if you have a friend or family, you don't know what their last moments were.You don't know if they cried out to God.You don't know how God judges them.God knows the heart.John 10:27, verse 27:28.Jesus describes his sheep as those who hear his voice and follow him.And then he says he gives them eternal life and they'll never perish and no one will snatch them out of his hand.
So he's powerful.We might think that it's super easy to do one thing and then go to hell.But at the end of the day, Jesus is powerful.He's the one that gives eternal life.He's the one that judges.We do not know what happened before they died.We don't know every thought, every struggle, every prayer, every moment they had with God.We don't understand that.So we can't say somebody's definitely in hell.That's not our place.
The closing section urges listeners not to risk suicide and to seek help, prayer, and deliverance if they are struggling. The speaker summarizes his view that suicide is not automatically the unforgivable sin, while still warning that God alone judges the heart.
Speaker A
I wouldn't stand there and pretend I can guarantee their salvation.I'm not going to sit here and say, I get, I, I, they went to heaven after committing suicide.I don't know.But ultimately God is the judge.And ultimately we can't judge it based off somebody's last sin.And if you are struggling today, I want you to know God is not done with you.God still has a plan for you.Maybe you're going through depression, maybe you're exhausted.God has a plan.Your life still has value.
Human life matters.But I do want to say this.Don't risk it.Don't risk going to hell over this.Don't risk, you know, losing your salvation, quote unquote by taking your life.
Here's the thing.If there's a 0.000001% chance that if you commit suicide you go to hell, why even risk it?Why even risk it?People love you.You do matter, regardless of what you're going through.And I would really challenge you to go through deliverance.I'd really challenge you to get set free.Because if there's a voice to telling you to take your life, that's a demonic spirit.That's a demonic voice.Let God know.God, I need help.God, I need you to deliver me God and you set me free.Check our deliverance map.Get in a good church and ask them to pray for you.If that's a voice telling you that it's a lie from the enemy, God does not want you to take your life.Suicide is not the answer.Suicide is not the answer.But we do need to remember God is the final judge and human life is sacred all throughout the Bible.
And so again, to recap, suicide is not the unforgivable sin.The Bible does not say if you take your life, you automatically go to hell.And we can't believe this thing that I'm, you know, my salvation is determined by the last sin I committed because then you live hyper paranoid because you could die at any time.I could die at any time.We need to stay ready.We have a right relationship with God, but we don't need to walk on eggshells thinking that every little sin that happens in our life we automatically lose our salvation.God knows the heart.God knows people's struggles.God is the perfect judge.And so who knows?We, the Bible says there's going to be people in heaven.We didn't think we're going to be there.There's going people in hell.We didn't think we're going to be there.So there.
Who knows who's going to be there?Who knows if in their final moments they didn't cry out to God.Who knows if you know, after swallowing those 70 pills.They didn't repent and say, God, I'm so sorry.I can't believe I did that.Forgive me.Before they passed away.We don't know.We have to face.God is appointed for every man to die once.Then comes judgment.Everybody has to face God alone.If you are going through this, please reach out to somebody.Please let somebody walk you through this.Please, please let somebody help you.You matter.Don't listen to lies of the enemy.Your life is worth protecting.Your life is worth living.I hope you guys enjoyed this video.So to answer your question, I do not believe that suicide is an automatic ticket to hell.But I wouldn't even risk it.I wouldn't even play games with it.
I wouldn't, I wouldn't, I wouldn't risk.We had to look at the whole Bible again.We don't have any verse where it says if you commit suicide you automatically go to hell.So we have to look at the whole Bible.I would be curious to know what your thoughts are.I know the traditional view is that you automatically go to hell and I believe that and said that for years but I just am not fully convinced based on is your last sin you you commit determine your salvation?I don't know but again I wouldn't even.I wouldn't risk it.I would err on the side of it probably does send you to hell.That's how I would error as opposed to just being like oh no, you're fine because again we're not the judge.We don't know.Let me know your thoughts are down below.
I know it's controversial.I hope you enjoyed this video and we'll see you in the next one.God bless Sam.