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Can a Person Who Suicides Enter Heaven?
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open Forum.
CALLER: Brother Camping, if somebody commits suicide, can he enter the Kingdom of Heaven?
HC: The question is, if someone takes his life in suicide, which would be self-murder, is it still possible that he died a saved person?
It is possible that he still died a saved person, although it would not be usual for a believer to commit suicide. You see, when we are saved, all of our sins have been paid for, past, present and future. And of course when we're saved we've learned to place our trust in Christ, and we go to Him for our strength. It is in the world, those amongst the unsaved, who have no place to turn to, that therefore they frequently think that by taking their own life they, can end their misery. And so this is easily done.
But for the believer, ordinarily he would not do this. However, let's say he was crossing a bridge, and in a moment of depression he flung himself over the railing. And of course he couldn't change his mind then, and he committed suicide. If he were truly a born again believer, it would not affect his entrance into the Kingdom of God at all.
CALLER: Thank you, Brother Camping.
HC: You're welcome. Good night.