Can you do me a favor? Don’t worry about my mental health as you read this.
One of the glaring debates was this: If you kill yourself, do you go to hell?
It’s an interesting question.
So, I did some research. I consulted the Bible because that’s the only book that matters on the subject. It doesn’t clearly say you will go to hell. Still, the Bible isn’t exact on a lot of topics and you have to use interpretation to figure it out.
Anyway, I looked on the web to see both sides of the debate. I’m going to share them both with you.
This side says we’re going to heaven if Christians commit suicide:
Yes, suicide raises many spiritual and psychological questions, but one thing is certain:
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it (Ephesians 2:8-9).
We obtain heaven only by our belief in Jesus Christ as our Savior. And we go to hell only by our rejection of Jesus Christ as our Savior (Hebrews 6:4-6).
Here, we see that accepting Jesus is the ticket into heaven. It would appear that nothing can cancel this, not even taking our own life.
Here is the side where people think you will go to hell. Please note that this article ultimately says you go to heaven, but dived into the other side of the argument:
Some Christians have objected to this paper and cite 1 Corinthians 3:16-17as evidence that those who commit suicide will be excluded from heaven:
Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.
Both sides have a credible argument. The answer to our question lies within the answer to another question: How do you get into heaven…and, how can you cancel that promise?
Before I started my research, I felt like heaven was the destination if I were to kill myself. Looking at these two sides, I still lean on heaven as a result. However, I needed to find something that showed that nothing would force God to say, “No, you can’t come in” besides not believing.
I’ve always thought that a trip to heaven was permanent. Nothing you could do…nothing anybody could do, could kill that gift that God gave. We have to find out if suicide is the one thing that can separate us from God.
