HOW TO GET RID OF THE PAIN PART 1 SUICIDE WILL MAKE IT WORSE

HOW TO GET RID OF THE PAIN PART 1 SUICIDE WILL MAKE IT WORSE

2 Kinds of suicide….Instant and Slow Mo (booze, smokes, drugs, sugar, gluteny)

Can you go to heaven and commit suicide? Saved by faith and faith alone…however killing yourself is evidence that you do not have faith.

Only 1 unforgivable sin…BLASPHEMY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

ERIC…CLUTCHING A CROSS.

GOD IS JUDGE…NOT US. but the pain it caused his dad…mom…sister…me…my family…friends…thousands of people…

Suicide is not only stupid…it is completely and utterly selfish.

Hurts everyone around you

Cuts you off from blessings…even eternal blessings..eternal consequences.

Plays Russian Roulette with your soul.

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JUDIS/PETER BOTH BETRAYED HIM, BOTH STABBED JESUS IN THE BACK

Peter repented and His faith was strong enough to know that Jesus forgave him.

Judis felt sorry for himself and he had no faith that Jesus would forgive him. His pride told him to punish himself…pay for his own sin….suicide was only the beginning…Hell lasts forever.

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The title of my sermon today is HOW TO GET RID OF THE PAIN PART 1: SUICIDE WILL MAKE IT WORSE.

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POINT #1 DOING NOTHING WILL CHANGE NOTHING

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Matthew 7:7-8

7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

FOOTBALL IN THE COW PEN IN SPRING REACHING AND THEN FALLING IN…COVERED IN CRAP.

JUST SITTING THERE DOING NOTHING WILL NOT GET ME OUT OF THE PIT.

SWIMMING AROUND IN CIRCLES MAY GET ME USED TO IT BUT IT WON’T GET ME OUT OF THE PIT.

TO GET OUT OF THE PIT…I MUST MAKE THE DECISION TO DO SOMETHING.

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DOING NOTHING CHANGES NOTHING

MADE THE DECISION, SWAM TO THE FENCE…GRABBED MY BROTHERS HAND…HE HOSED ME OFF …TOOK ME TO THE SHOWER. …GAVE ME NEW CLOTHES

JESUS WILL RENEW YOUR MIND. CHANGE YOUR HEART, HEAL YOUR BROKENNESS, USE YOUR SCARS.

NEW ENVIRONMENT, NEW GOALS, NEW PHILOSOPHY CAN HELP..BUT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED IS A NEW CONTROLLER.

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Romans 8:5-6

5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.

SINFUL NATURE VS HOLY SPIRIT

ASK, SEEK, KNOCK…DOING NOTHING WILL CHANGE NOTHING.

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POINT#2 YOU WILL REGRET SUICIDE EVEN IF IT’S SLOW

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Deuteronomy 30:19

19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!

Your descendants pay for your selfish choice

Your decision to remain in the pit curses you and everyone around you…it costs you money, health, peace, it's lonely, dark, a place of fear and unrest.

Suicide is a lie from the pit of Hell…if you kill yourself the pain will stop…if you are saved…the pain may stop for you but not your family…not your friends.

It's a matter of faith…do you believe in Jesus or not. If you don’t…you better start.

Every suicide I have personally been connected to there were signs that the one who committed it tried to reverse the decision at the last minute.

Bradly trying to get the rope off His neck…Declain same thing

It's a Satanic attack. A lie.

And every suicide i have personally been connected to destroyed families, children, communities…countless lives.

STANDING BEFORE GOD AS A SUICIDE VICTOM WILL BE A TESTIMENT TO THE MERCY AND GRACE OF JESUS BUT I SUGGEST STANDING BEFORE HIM AS A MARTER WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER CHOICE.

SLOW MOTION SUICIDE WASTES YOUR YEARS…HURTS EVERYONE AROUND YOU AND INCREASES YOUR PAIN. ?????

YOU WILL REGRET SUICIDE EVEN IF IT’S SLOW IT WILL CURSE YOU YOUR FAMILY AND POSSIBLY YOUR SOUL

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POINT#3 JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

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John 14:6

6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

If your in pain…and your slowly killing yourself…or if you are constinly fighting off thoughts of suicide. DON’T DO IT.

EVEN IF YOUR NOT READY TO BELIEVE JESUS IS THE WAY…AT LEAST SEEK

EVEN IF YOUR NOT SURE THAT JESUS IT THE TRUTH…AT LEAST ASK (ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IS BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING)

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WALKING DEAD…LISTEN TO ME…JESUS IS THE LIFE.

You don’t need to patch up your heart you need a new heart

You don’t need to find a new way you need to find the way

You don’t need a new philosophy or some new habits or some new goals or a new job or a new town or a new church or a new bar

you need a new life YOU NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN

Jesus is the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father, but by Him. He is the only way, He is the only truth, and He is the only life.

He will take your heart of stone and give you a new one made a flesh

He will give you the ability to turn the other cheek to love your enemies to forgive that person that cheated on you to forgive that person that ripped you off to be clean to be pure to be washed

He will turn your tears into joy. Your anger into peace, your fear into faith and your pain into love.

In conclusion…Some here are contemplating suicide, some here are committing slow motion suicide.

The pain is unbearable…constant…indescribable.

I have been there…most of us have…

There is a way His name is Jesus

He is the truth…He is the life….and He is here if you want Him

It may be instant or it may take time…but get up out of the pig pen, grab His hand, go get hosed off, live under His shower of mercy and grace…Doing nothing changes nothing…Jesus is the way.

Pray

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