If a sick person asks me for my liver, am I morally obligated to give it to them?

[MyLordisGod]

I ask because it seems that, as Christians, we are supposed to give everything we have to anyone who asks, right? And if that's true, then wouldn't it apply to even our own organs?

Mark 16:18
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing,
it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Why do you not believe this from your bible?

 

[kcnalp]

I ask because it seems that, as Christians, we are supposed to give everything we have to anyone who asks, right? And if that's true, then wouldn't it apply to even our own organs?

That would be a good opportunity to share the Gospel, not commit suicide.

 

[K9Buck]

That would be a good opportunity to share the Gospel, not commit suicide.

Is it immoral to run into a street and sacrifice one's life in order to push a child out of the way of an oncoming car?

 

[kcnalp]

Is it immoral to run into a street and sacrifice one's life in order to push a child out of the way of an oncoming car?

Of course not. That's not the same.

 

[K9Buck]

Of course not. That's not the same.

Why not?

 

[kcnalp]

Why not?

A child is not heading for Hell. A Christian would not ask you for your liver.

 

[Episkopos]

I ask because it seems that, as Christians, we are supposed to give everything we have to anyone who asks, right? And if that's true, then wouldn't it apply to even our own organs?

We are to love others AS ourselves, not instead of ourselves. In our own strength we can't go beyond that lest we die.

"Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?" Eccl. 7:16)

We give ALL only to the Lord. Only God gets our WHOLE heart mind and strength.