Posted on 11/01/2014 11:34:33 AM PDT by CHRISTIAN DIARIST
It’s November 1, the day Brittany Maynard vowed to kill herself. The 29-year-old California woman says she no longer finds life worth living after being diagnosed this past spring with stage 4 glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor.
Brittany has become the poster girl for “Compassion & Choices, ” a so-called “end-of-life choice” advocacy organization that is fighting to increase the number of stateS with so-called “Death With Dignity” laws on the books.
The model is Oregon, the state to which Brittany relocated this past summer because her home state of California doesn’t allow physician-assisted suicide (at least for now).
Oregon is one of five states – along with Montana, Washington, New Mexico and Vermont – that allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to patients like Brittany, diagnosed with terminal illnesses, longing for a premature death.
And Compassion & Choices has campaigns underway underway in four other states to legalize euthanasia – Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts and, of course, California (so terminally ill residents like Brittany don’t have to go all the way to Oregon to kill themselves).
If the pro-euthanasia movement succeeds in nearly doubling the number of states with “Death With Dignity” laws, it will only be a matter of time before physician-assisted suicide is routine throughout the county – like physician-assisted abortion.
Indeed, just as Planned Parenthood soft-pedals abortion as “reproductive health care,” Compassion & Choices portrays euthanasia as end-of-life “comfort and control.”
And they are shamelessly exploiting terminally ill Brittany, casting her as the face of the euthanasia movement and even setting up The Brittany Maynard Fund not to benefit her family – she and her recently-wed husband are childless – but to raise money to further Compassion & Choices’ political advocacy.
Well, as a Christ follower who this very year was a pallbearer at his 83-year-old father-in-law’s funeral, who had no moral qualms with the family’s decision not to resuscitate him when he drew his last breath, I have nothing but empathy for those who find themselves in similar situations.
But it’s one thing to allow a natural death, and quite another to actively terminate life, as in the case of euthanasia.
Indeed, God’s precious gift of life is cheapened when we send off the terminally ill, like Brittany, to a hasty death.
If we accept euthanasia today for those diagnosed with six months to live, do we accept it tomorrow for anyone with a terminal illness – cancer, Alzheimer’s, whatever – no matter how far they may be from death’s door?
Is it hard to imagine Compassion & Choices one day begging the question why the “comfort and choice” of euthanasia should be limited strictly to those with terminal illnesses?
What about those of weakened mind or sinew who feel that their quality of life has so deteriorated that death would be welcome?
And why should euthanasia be restricted to adults only? What about the infant suffering from a fatal illness? Why not put the child out of his or her misery?
Because life is sacred, as the Scripture reminds.
“Do you not know,” the Apostle Paul wrote, “that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit? You are not our own. You were bought with a price.”
Suicide is not a sin against the Holy Ghost. And is not unforgivable. Saul committed suicide and is in heaven. (1st Samuel 28:19)
The bible calls one such unforgivabla sin “blaspheming the Holy Spirit.” In Matrhew 12:31ff, Mark 3:28ff, john8:48ff the Pharisees attribute the work of the Holy Spirit to a demon. One who commits this sin never has forgiveness.
Dying in ones sin without having believed on the Son of God means that person will pay for his sins in hell and ultimately the lake of fire (revelation 20:11ff.) That punishment is forever and ever.
Instead of helping an unbeliever end his life, a truly compassionate Christian will try to get that person saved by preaching the gospel.
You'd do better to leave scripture to those who are read up on it...
Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Gal 5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
You run all that scripture together it just becomes a meaningless mess...You have to throw away a bunch of scripture just as I have posted...
Rom_4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Who is that referring to??? I'll bet you don't know, do you???
That verse refers to born again Christians...You take scripture that was written doctrinally to Jews who were still under the law and you take verses written to people who are here after the church is gone...You run them all together and just torture the doctrinal scriptures that are written to the New Testament church...
This young woman, if she is a Christian has no sin imputed to her...She is safe from condemnation...Does she sin??? Of course...Will God send her to hell for it??? Of course not...He will chastise her as a father does to his children...But he will not cast her into hell...
Isn't that cute??? There are no scissors involved in Salvation...
God gives no man a cross he can't carry. Some crosses may be heavier than others.
Act of Resignation to the Divine Will
O Lord my God, I now at this moment, readily and willingly accept at Thy hand whatever kind of death it may please Thee to send me, with all its pains, penalties and sorrows.
That's rich...
She no doubt has great fear...And perhaps compassion for those who would have to watch her suffer...
I would be more distressed if one of my loved ones chose to commit mortal sin and kill herself than to carry the cross she was given.
But C. S. Lewis knew what he was talking about.
Your post #102.....catholics are notorious for twisting Scripture to make it say what they want.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
The Bible answers that question in numerous places. Here's one:
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that you affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. (Titus 3:3-8)
Is that what C.S. Lewis told you??? First of, don't email me...
And secondly, if people want to follow Lewis instead of scripture, that's that's to their detriment...
There is no mortal sin...Your religion made that up to keep all of you in bondage...And if she is not a Christian, she isn't carrying anyone's cross...
They don't even know what the scriptures say...They just cut and paste from C.S. Lewis or one of their Catholic authors...
OK...
The first thing the Lord says to all the churches in Revelation is ‘I know thy works’. He doesn’t seem concerned with what they believe...
“But I think the act itself is motivated out of not wanting to go through the pain.”
Jesus Christ, when knowing that He was about to go through EXRUCIATING pain, said to His Father, “Not my will, but yours be done”.
What if He had opted for an easier way out?
He is our example.
Their works, whether good or bad, flowed from what they believed.
That he did...He also said,
Rev_2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
If you overcome, you get the gold...But yet,
1Jn 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
1Jn 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
1Jn 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1Jn 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Some religions look at scripture and they run everything together when the bible says to 'rightly divide the word of truth'...You go to Revelation to try to prove something that is not true in another part of the bible...
In Revelation John speaks of churches that need to 'overcome' something...Yet earlier, John writes about a group who have overcome already...
Things that are different are NOT the same...
We as Christians in the church age have overcome the moment we trusted in Jesus to be our Savior...
Since when is murder not a mortal sin?
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