QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SESSION WITH REV. (DR.) CHRIS OYAKHILOME.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SUICIDE…Β
Question β Alexander (Ireland): Hello Pastor Chris, I thank God for your ministry (Pastor Chris replies: βthank youβ), itβs a blessing. My question is this: what does the bible say about suicide? Is suicide a sin? Thank you.
Answer : Yes it is. And, itβs important for me to explain some thoughts to you. Whatβs the cause of suicide? The main cause of it is SELFISHNESS, SELF-CENTEREDNESS; thatβs the cause – SELF-LOVE. Someone is probably frustrated with the society or frustrated about something or is in self-defeat and he thinks, βWell, Iβll take my life.β No one takes his life [commits suicide] joyfully; no one says, βIβm so happy, I want to kill myself.β Often, it is because of some depression, of some feeling of rejection, something negative that you feel – that you think. And so, someone might decide to take his own life because of that; but, is it okay? No, itβs not okay! Thereβs a reason for that. Iβll read to you from Romans chapter 14, from verse 7, βFor none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lordβs. [Romans 14:7-8]β Simple! So, you live, not for yourself, but for the Lord and if you decide to die, you canβt kill yourself because your life is not yours. The bible says, βwe are bought with a priceβ [1 Corinthians 6:20]; we belong to Christ. He says, βNone of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himselfβ – thatβs the 7th verse. No man liveth to himself.
So, if you donβt live to yourself, thereβll be no reason to give up on life. So, you canβt be that self-centered. Youβve got to think about what the Lord thinks, whatβs on His mind, whatβs His purpose for your life; have you fulfilled your reason for living? Why are you alive in the first place? Why were you born? Have you found out your purpose for life? You cannot take your life until youβve fulfilled that purpose. And when you fulfill that purpose, itβs up to the Lord to say, βThis is how this man ends upβ. So, taking your life means that youβve chosen to live to yourself; youβve decided how long you want to live and youβve decided when youβre going to die and how youβre going to die. That means youβre dying to yourself, and this is all just wrong for a Christian. A Christian cannot take his own life, so SUICIDE is a SIN.
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