If someone is seriously ill in distress and pain and wants to die, is it right to give them something to allow them to slip peacefully away?
Are there any Bible verses for or against, and what are members views on it?
Samson, was a suicide.
He's not in Hell.
The NT says that Samson is a "Hero of the Faith".
Being born again, means that your Spirit is already, a Son/Daughter of God...... Your body isn't, as its "dead because of sin", and will be buried in a hole in a box, or cremated, and you'll get a new one.
So, if you have it ended by euthanasia, you have only ended
the body early, or have you????
So, is it merciful to be in so much pain, that you can't stand it, and you want to end THAT, and someone does?
I hope that you realize that a DOCTOR has 2 purposes in your life.
To help you live or to help you die.
Did you know that?
So, Is it merciful to allow you to go to sleep and wake up on the other side if you are dying and suffering, as long as you are born again?
Is it possible that your life can be over , and yet you are still breathing, and you know and can't stand it another second?
Is is possible to have created such a ruined life, that there is no way out or way back, and you need to end the torture you are in for years?
Well, all of the above is YES, and also........ "prayer changes things"....>"God works out all things for your good".
That is the other side of the coin.
But, i have to be honest with REALTY, and there is a thing called TIME, and suffering TOO LONG, while you wait, isn't completely heroic.
Ending your life, because you are too sick and in too much pain to have a life, or stand it, is not cowardice.
Hebrews 9:27, says, that we all have an "appointed time" to die.
So, is ending your life, not that appointment ????, or... is living past your health, trying to cling to life, because you are afraid to die....is that worth living ?
Here is the thing...
Its your Life, but never cling to this life down here to the point that proves you have no real hope of Heaven, and are "In the world and OF IT".
See that?
Should you look forward to dying? = Yes, if you are born again... not the actual death, as that is not what anyone wants to deal with, but, Saint, Reader....DEATH is but a DOOR that Leads us to JESUS and the FATHER and all the redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb.
Paul wanted to die, long before he did., as He said that it is far better , far better, to leave this mortal coil and be with Jesus, instantly.
How could it not be?
The reasons to stay down here, would include, youth, health, family, and ministry.
But never think that being down here, can compare with being up there.
Passing from this place, is only a problem, if you are not born again.
"you must be born again"...>Jesus said.