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I understand that you're not God. My question is a serious one, and not meant to bait you into an agruement. I only ask because I value your opinon, as Christian. If a regenerate believer, during a very despondant period of their life, were to have taken their own life, do you think God forgives them? Just your opinion is all that I ask.

I am not too strong a theologian :>)

This is my official position on this..if one is regenerate and saved, the Grace of God preserves him .Now how that plays out I do not know. It might be that he has time to repent before his death.But more likely I would say a born again believer will not take his own life , he will be protected by God's Grace.

I am flagging this to a Pastor for a better answer..but tomorrow is Sunday so you may not hear until tomorrow night or Monday :>)

If a regenerate believer, during a very despondant period of their life, were to have taken their own life, do you think God forgives them?

So, why should the sin of taking their own life hinder them any more or less than any other sin for which Christ has already made Atonement for?

If a regenerate believer, during a very despondant period of their life, were to have taken their own life, do you think God forgives them?

You did not ask this question of me and let me state that this is only my opinion.

Several years ago, a former Pastor from my church who loved the Lord very much, suffered severely from depression. One morning his wife found him in the garage with the car running.

Our church agonized over the loss. But our senior pastors (one a Mennonite and one an Evangelical Presbyterian - we were a unique congregation) shared with us that it was their belief that he was so deep in his depression that he was beyond the point of making rational decisions.

Whether they were right, I don't know. But it was a comfort to us as a congregation. Sadly, those most victimized by suicide are those left behind.

If a regenerate believer, during a very despondant period of their life, were to have taken their own life, do you think God forgives them? Just your opinion is all that I ask.

Hello you little fleece bag. I know you didn't ask my opinion, but as usual, your probing intellect has caused me to stop in my tracks here. Would a regenerate believer even commit suicide? It's hard to believe, since why would we despair?-- we have everything. Yet, say that they did reach that point-- they gave up on fellowshipping and reading the Word, and prayer-- which would be necessary to reach such a hopeless state. Then it's between them and God, for only God knows all that happened-- and their sin is against God and God only, as well as themselves, ultimately -- and God will have mercy on whom He will have mercy. A failure to trust in Him is a failing, but is it unbelief? Does the sinner, in his darkest hour, say there is no God, and I will destroy myself! Or does he say, there's a God, but He cares nothing for me? If he was regenerate, in his darkest hour, he would know that there was none but God who could help him, and he would call on the Lord, and the Lord would answer. Thus he would not kill himself. How do I know? Been there.

Your 1143 to RnMom: If a regenerate believer, during a very despondant period of their life, were to have taken their own life, do you think God forgives them? Just your opinion is all that I ask.

To the person contemplating suicide: Don't do it, it doesn't solve anything. You only have more to deal with on the other side.

To the grieving survivors of one who has apparently committed suicide: God knows much more than we do about the individual circumstances. God is loving, fair and just. Leave it in God's hands, confident that many things turn out better than we think they are going to. Some apparent suicides, we later find out, were really unfortunate accidents. Be as positive about it as you can, and comfort others as much as you can, knowing that your knowledge is limited right now. God loves you, and God loves the person who died.