if you're watching this video because you personally have considered suicide
please know that God wants you to live he is a god of life and even if you can't see it in this dark
moment he has a bright future of Hope for you and that's why we want to help please remember
that the National Suicide Prevention line is available 24 7 you can find it by dialing 988.
if anxiety is a sin what happens to someone who succumbs to it and dies by Suicide
hundreds of questions came in at our Church's recent q a Sunday but this one
maybe had the most emotion and importance behind it
lots of us struggle with anxiety the Bible says to not be anxious
it's not how God wants us to live but if that's so powerful for you that you just
you don't see a way out and in that tragic moment you take your own life what happens
it's a sin were you unrepentant of that sin did you not have time to
say sorry to God you took your own life which is also sinful
do you go to heaven or did you throw Heaven away in the midst of your sin
now I know that this is not just a theoretical question I know
that some people who struggle with darkness and anxiety and depression and mental health
see it as the only Escape I can think of a man right now I can see his face and his
family who loved the things of God and the day he took his own life there were books
about Jesus next to his computer when the family found That Remains uh what happens
let's open a Bible and speak God's truth to that emotional question first of all the premise is
anxiety a sin Philippians 4 6 says this do not be anxious about anything but in every situation
by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your request to God and the peace
of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus
that's a command don't be anxious just like the Bible says what hundreds of times do not be afraid
when we see something concerning when we think about like what if and what about it makes us
afraid it makes us anxious God says I want you to trust me I want you to believe that I'm in control
of everything I'm going to work it all out to your good call upon me in that day of trouble thank
me for everything that I've given you through Jesus ask me for what you need I don't want you
to live in anxiety that isn't a suggestion that's a command from God don't be anxious
and sort of feel anxiety and fear and indulge it instead of resisting it is like seen an
attractive person and indulging with lust instead of resisting it we can't say yes
God does not want us to be anxious that is a sin
and if I had about four more hours I would I would talk to you about how Jesus forgives
that sin I mean I love people who struggle with this sin all the time just like I have
my sins I struggle with all the time some of us some of you are going to battle anxiety for a
long time God is patient he's merciful he's forgiving I need you to know that
but what if you know someone who followed Jesus was deep in a struggle with anxiety and took their
own life uh they committed suicide and I choose the verb committed because it is a spiritual crime
they didn't just die by Suicide like you die by a heart attack they made a
choice and it was wrong and it was evil and it hurts the people who survive if
you committed suicide in the midst of that dark mental health spot what happens to you
oh let me give you my answer and then I want to prove it with the Bible
a Christian who's struggling with mental health and in that dark moment takes their life
goes to heaven they do it is not a certain sin that condemns you it is unbelief that condemns you
in John chapter 3 we learn that God so loved the world he gave his one and only son and whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life right the one who believes in Jesus is not
condemned but the one who rejects God's son is condemned look of John chapter 3 I think
verse 36 316 and 3 18 to prove that Believers in Jesus are saved those who don't believe are not
what some people would say well don't you need to repent and if I commit this sin
I don't have time to repent I don't have time to say sorry to God I mean maybe if I
take some pills and the death is slow I can cry out and confess it but what if I can't
well what then well I think that would be a misunderstanding of what it means to repent
if your understanding is well I'm a Christian now but then I worried so I'm not a Christian but if
I say oh God I'm sorry well I'm a Christian again and I get really angry at someone as I'm driving
I'm not a Christian but an hour later I'm like oh God I'm sorry for getting angry and I'm a
Christian again if you think that you're in and out of the Christian faith every time you sin and
then need to confess if you think you're repentant then you're not repentant after that I mean
wouldn't that be terrifying by the way if you had to confess every thing verbally to be a repentance
follower of Jesus oh no that's not how it works the Bible says like you are a child of God unless
you harden your heart and push the Holy Spirit Away in unrepentence when you stop struggling
and just you're done the door's locked I'm gonna do what I want I'll put an analogy what if I'm on
the phone in an argument with someone I'm being selfish I'm trying to win and I'm driving my car
I shouldn't be on my phone while I drive my car but I am and I run a red light boom
and I get broadsided and I die in the midst of my argumentation selfishness and sin
do I miss out on heaven do I think I'm going up to Jesus and an angel says oh sorry yeah
you got angry and you didn't apologize no no I was a believer in the moment of sin I was
not an unrepentant hard-hearted unbeliever and so that's why I would say if a person in the
midst of their sin ends their own life if they commit suicide they are not condemned to hell
they were just a weak Christian who gave in in a moment of weakness
doesn't mean it's not a terrible thing to do I know some of you are struggling deeply with
depression and you see this as an wait I can go to heaven too even if I do that no please
that is a sin you shall not murder God says you will hurt so many people so deeply so don't God
has a plan and a purpose for your life he still loves you he does not want you to make that choice
but if you like a family I know has a loved one who's made that choice who you know love Jesus
but just struggled so deeply take heart God so loved the world that gives one and his only son
that whoever believes in him even anxious people whoever believes in him shall not perish but
have eternal life if you're watching this video because you personally have considered suicide
please know that God wants you to live he is a god of life and even if you can't see it in
this dark moment he has a bright future of Hope for you and that's why we want to help please
remember that the National Suicide Prevention line is available 24 7. you can find it by dialing 988.