Question:

What happens if a Person Commits Suicide?
 

       A great number of people Have asked the question of what happens if someone commits suicide. The idea that an individual who dies by suicide can’t go to Heaven is wrong. It does not mean they will go to Heaven or not go to Heaven. It is merely another way of dying.  According to what the Bible teaches, the manner in which a person dies has no determination on their eternal destiny.

       So, if, for example, a Christian dies by suicide, it’s not the suicide that determines their destiny; it is whether they were a true believer in Christ and were saved prior to their death. Likewise, this is equally true of a non-Christian. If an unsaved person dies by suicide, it isn’t the suicide that determines their eternal destiny. It is that they did not believe nor accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. Where a person spends an eternity is determined by one factor and one factor only: Did that person accept or reject Christ?

       When you die, God’s going to ask you one question when you stand before him. He’s going to say, did you accept or reject what My Son Jesus did on the Cross?  Whether you accept or reject what Jesus did for you and the entire world on the Cross is what determines where you spend eternity. That’s it. Our hope is not found in anything except the Grace we received from Jesus and His sacrifice of dying on the cross for all of our sins.

       Suicide is a serious sin. It is self-murder. It’s wrong. We should not pursue sin, ever, even knowing full well that you’re forgiven. I know I stand before God and I am forgiven right now, but I’m not going to chase a life of immorality, addiction, or any other sin. I love Jesus and am forever and am blessed to be able to follow Jesus. I hope and desire to act and look more like Jesus tomorrow than I do today, but my salvation doesn’t change with my behavior. It’s important to understand this. Suicide is a sin, and we should never do it. Just because you are covered by grace does not mean you have the right to do anything you want, and there won’t be consequences; there will be consequences for everything we do, whether good or bad. 

       When we are saved and sin, it is because the devil will tempt us to do what we know is wrong in hopes that he can steal our joy and happiness because he can’t steal our soul, which belongs to Jesus.