[aimhigh]

Suicide is a sin because it represents complete lack of faith. Faith requires trust that any trial you are encountering is under God's control. Job was told by his wife to curse God and commit suicide. Are your trials your friend experiencing worse than Job's?

Jesus said, "Blessed are the meek." Meekness means accepting what God sends your way without complaint or rebellion. That includes trials. It's not an easy character trait to develop, but then that's why they are blessed.

[tame]

Are your trials your friend experiencing worse than Job's?

Job was a righteous man, whereas this person has brought disrepute to God, his family, friends, etc. So in that sense he may think his trials are worse?

[tame]

Suicide is a sin

His argument is that suicide is , but in his case he would be observing a "greater good" as per Paul handing the man over to Satan in 1 Corinthians 5 so his flesh me be destroyed but his soul. Saved. In other words, he argues that Paul's implication was that a Christian who is sooooo deep in problems (although not the kind of the man in 1 Corinthians 5) is better off dead than to bring disrepute to God's kingdom.