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To: Colehill1999
It would be wrong of me to presume to know what "grieving the Holy Spirit" actually means in this context. If it were a momentary lapse, one presumes that we're granted forgiveness just as soon as we humbly ask for it.

In suicide, however, a Believer not only ends his own mortal (physical) life but he also kills that part of the Holy Spirit that resided inside that Believer, which may be why it is unpardonable. And yet I have felt depression to the point of wanting death and find it hard to condemn others who succumb to that ultimate temptation.

God ministers to us through our suffering and suffering not only allows us to minister to others but it also gives us "street cred" when we tell others they can overcome their circumstances with prayer and faith. God loves "hopeless causes" because then He gets to flex His muscles and demonstrate His amazing powers. He took the Apostle Paul from the most virulent of Christian haters and made Him the leader of His gospel ministry - because He can.

If committing suicide isn't the "unpardonable sin", then the only other thing I think it could be is to publicly renounce your faith and salvation.

If it isn't one of those two things, I believe a lot of us are in heap big trouble.

73 posted on 09/05/2014 10:16:00 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Every time you say no to a liberal, you make the Baby Barack cry.)
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To: OrangeHoof

I always understood “grieving the Holy Spirit” to mean the rejection of Jesus, the only “unpardonable sin.” Suicide would be a result of rejection of Jesus.


77 posted on 09/06/2014 4:12:25 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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