A born-again who commits suicide

             If a saved(born again) person commits suicide, will he go 

to heaven ?    

                 Someone once asked a preacher this 

question on national television and the preacher's answer was 

'yes', and that answer really shocked me. Now, let us please 

open up our minds and think. Let us look at it from the side of 

God's Grace as opposed to God's law. Once you get 

saved(become born again), your soul becomes 'heaven-

ready'. So any bad thing you do does not disqualify you from 

inheriting the kingdom of God. Does that mean you have the 

free will to do something bad? No!  When you get saved(born 

again), Grace empowers you to do good; not the law. 

However, in case you do something bad by accident, all you 

have to do is to declare that you are already forgiven; 

because the fact is that you are now in Christ and his blood 

already washed away the sins of the world. 

       So coming back to the question. If a saved(born again) 

person commits suicide, will he go to heaven? First of all, 

someone who is truly saved would not wish to commit suicide; 

that is because the Holy Spirit(Grace) in you instead 

empowers you to do good. However, in case a saved(born 

again) person is faced with a situation where he would have 

to commit suicide(e.g mental disability or dementia), he will 

still go to heaven. The bible says "there is therefore now no 

condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus"(Rom 8:1). 

So please, let us not condemn people who commit suicide 

because we do not understand what people go through. We 

don't understand what must have led them into committing 

suicide. Let us take a look at two examples:  

        A saved father has a serious passion for Jesus. One 

unfortunate day, he loses his entire family(wife and 2 kids) in 

a car accident. The following day, he mourns so much that he 

can't take the pain anymore. Suddenly, he commits suicide. 

Will you honestly tell me that this man won't make it to 

heaven because of this one act? 

      A young lady who happens to be born again is kidnapped 

and raped by six unknown men. She feels so emotionally hurt 

and feels like her life is over. She cries over and over. 

Suddenly, she stabs herself to death. Think about it. We 

know how terrible and insulting it is for a lady to get raped; let 

alone by numerous men. Can you really blame this innocent 

woman? Why on earth wouldn't she go to heaven? Do you 

honestly think that God(full of love and mercy) will disqualify 

her based on murder? Remember, we don't go to heaven 

based on the things we do. Instead, we go to heaven based 

not the thing Jesus did for us, on the cross. In other words, 

people don't go to heaven for doing good things; people go to 

heaven for simply accepting Jesus sincerely. Also, people 

don't go to hell for doing bad things; people go to hell for 

rejecting Jesus(not being born again). 

       Now, I am not justifying murder or encouraging anyone to 

commit suicide(God forbid). What I'm saying is that in a 

situation where a saved christian commits murder, God has 

already forgiven that christian.  

       Let me make something crystal clear. The moment you 

become born again(saved), your spirit is heaven-ready. The 

moment you get saved(born again), there is nothing that you 

would do that would change God's mind concerning you. In 

other words, there is nothing that would prevent you from 

going to heaven; not even suicide.  Jesus did not say "no one 

can see the kingdom of God unless they do good". Instead, 

Jesus said "no one can see the kingdom of God unless they 

are born again"(Jn 3:3).  Why do we keep trying to perform 

for Jesus? He already did all the good that was supposed to 

be done; and He did so by fulfilling the the requirements of 

the law. And in place of the already-fulfilled law,He has 

given us the free gift of Grace. Yet, we are still denying it and 

falling back to the law(do good, do bad). The reason most 

people answer 'no' to this question is because they are still 

thinking about the do's and don'ts found in the law of Moses.  

Guys please, stop listening to people who say you must do 

good in order to go to heaven. That is not what Jesus said in 

this scripture. In order to enter the kingdom of heaven, all you 

need to do is to be born again. 'Born again' doesn't mean 

'doing good'; doing good is a natural effect of already being 

born again. 

        Now, I made a very serious claim in the previous  

paragraph which is "the moment you get saved, there is 

nothing that you would do that would prevent you from going 

to heaven". However, there could be an exceptional case 

where a christian sincerely decides not to believe in God 

anymore claiming that He does not exist; and is very 

convinced that there is no God. In this case, such an 

individual might no longer be saved(born again) because 

he has completely denied Jesus from the bottom of his heart 

- which means that satan has succeeded in deceiving him 

that there is no God. This explains why we need to constantly 

ask God for guidance and continue to pray even for others 

who are already saved. 

How to become born again:

       In Matt 7:2, Jesus said that the one who does the will of 

the father will enter heaven. And in Jn 3:3, Jesus said unless 

a man is born again, he will not enter heaven. So, what is the 

will of the father? According to these two scriptures, the will 

of the father is for us to be born again. Therefore, to enter 

heaven, you must do the will of the father which is to be born 

again.    
     
       The question now is "what does it mean to be born 

again"? When a child is born, he has life. So if that child is 

born again, it means he receives a second life; he is reborn in 

the spirit, not the flesh. The words 'born again' literally mean 

'to have life again'. In other words, to have a second life. This 

second life is spiritual. It is not a physical birth as some 

people think. So, when you are first born into this world, you 

have the natural life of sin in you(caused by the Adam and 

Eve sin). But the day you become born again, you receive the 

spiritual life of Christ in you; you now become holy in Christ. 

      The bible says "if you declare with your mouth that Jesus 

is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the 

dead, you will be saved"(Rom 10:9). In other words, to be 

saved or born again, you need to sincerely accept Jesus in 

your heart while declaring it with your mouth. Now, some 

people would argue that 'born again' is all about doing good 

but I am writing this to tell you that, that is not true. Born 

again simply means 'sincerely accepting Christ into your 

heart'. Yes, Christ will empower you to do good but 

sometimes, we would do bad by accident(that's because the 

flesh is still corrupt with bad things). And when we do bad, 

Christ doesn't condemn us one bit because our spirits remain 

very pure and holy. 

        *There is therefore...no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus *
                                                                    (Rom 8:1)