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FAQ # 112
QUESTION 112 : Samson committed suicide and
he went to heaven because he is listed in the faith chapter. Therefore,
we know Christians can likewise commit this awful sin and still go to
heaven?
Samson did not commit suicide. His prayer shows he asked God to let him
die with the Philistines, but left the matter entirely in God's hands
(Jdg. 16:28-30). Unlike Samson, suicide victims decidedly take into their
own hands the termination of their own physical lives. God honored Samson's
prayer, but didn't honor Jonah's prayer for the same (Jonah 4:3) nor Elijah's
prayer (1 Ki. 19:4)!
{Source: D. Corner (“From the horse’s mouth,” as an anti-justification
teacher)}
Answer Notes: 1. Moreover, he was doing a God determine action that
would jeopardize his life, but had the option of asking God to deliver
him. Kind of the same thing like a man going into battle, he might win
the war but he might also lose his life.
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