Do Christians Who Commit Suicide Go to Heaven?

I’ve had the privilege of meeting a half a dozen or more Christians in my lifetime who were seriously contemplating ending their lives. These weren’t just average people going through depression. One young business owner, whose family called me late one night, had a gun in the drawer of his desk in his office. Another successful professional, whose wife frantically called me had been contemplating ending his life for weeks. They and the rest were dead serious about putting an end to it once and for all.

Every single one of them asked me The Question, “Do Christians who commit suicide to go to heaven?” I was afraid if I told them what I really believed, they might just do it. So I lied. “I’m not sure,” I told them. And if that was a sin, I was willing to commit it to scare them into choosing life.

On this topic, theologically, I’m way over my pay-grade. So the following are the views of Pastor John Piper, one of the most conservative and respected pastors and theologians in the country.