I was just thinking about what Pete Ko said a few weeks back in his sermon about planes. How you are so anxious to get off the plane because its going to be so fun once you arrive; and how being a Christian in the last days is like that because we're so looking forward to heaven.
The problem is, the more I think about Heaven and how good its going to be, and thinking about how bad life is now, I just want to go to heaven instantly. The prospect of heaven should motivate me to hang on, but on the other hand, I don't think I can wait any longer. Why cant I just end all the suffering now and go right into heaven? Whats the difference between someone who wont fight on when they have a life threatening disease, and someone who takes his own life? If you believe, like Paul, that to die is gain, and to live is Christ; and you would rather die now than sin again, then basically you want to die anyway. Then whats wrong with suicide?
The problem is, the more I think about Heaven and how good its going to be, and thinking about how bad life is now, I just want to go to heaven instantly. The prospect of heaven should motivate me to hang on, but on the other hand, I don't think I can wait any longer. Why cant I just end all the suffering now and go right into heaven? Whats the difference between someone who wont fight on when they have a life threatening disease, and someone who takes his own life? If you believe, like Paul, that to die is gain, and to live is Christ; and you would rather die now than sin again, then basically you want to die anyway. Then whats wrong with suicide?
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