What The Bible Says About Suicide. Part [11] 02/25/2024 (Evening thought)

1st Corinthians 6:19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? 20 For you are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

[4] Depression and suicidal thoughts could also be induced because of terminal illness, where persons might be given only weeks or months to live. This particular situation has been amplified with the practice of assisted suicide, by which persons could request some potent mix from certain doctors in an effort to call it quits. It’s tough to be told that you’re terminally ill and some individuals, rather than allow the inevitable to be prolonged, they may opt for the quickest way out.

Living with severe perpetual pain and living with the thought that you are terminally ill can drive one into despondency, and therefore, we must now turn to the scriptures to see what the Bible has to say about the issue of suicide, and what can be done about it. The following points must be understood clearly, so as to certify God’s will on the issue.

[1] Our human body does not belong to us, for we are the property of God both by creation and by redemption. In other words, we are owned twice over by The Lord who made us. When you hear songs on the radio such as “It’s my life” and “I did it my way” the words are a reflection of the fact that many are ignorant of the fact that all of us, without exception, belong to God.

Psalms 100: 3 Know you that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

What The Bible Says About Suicide. Part [10] 02/24/2024 (Morning thought)

2nd Samuel 13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

Those who once rejoiced and lauded the benefits of A.I. {Artificial Intelligence} would soon have pause for concern as nefarious cyber bandits, and bad actors, will significantly ramp up their activities, and incursions against persons, in so much that Mark Zuckerberg recently had to apologize to congress, and to parents who had lost their kids due to suicide as a result of cyber bullying.

We are becoming prisoners of our own devices, and since the horses have already left the barn, we must expect to see more and more suicidal thoughts and actions in the near future. A.I. has made an existing problem a lot worse, but in reality, sexual crimes of all stripes have always been around, even in Bible times.

2nd Samuel 13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

2nd Samuel 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. 16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of different colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!