Attempted Suicide Twice—Then THIS Happened

we just on our way back from the college and today I grab some brand new booklets from the ministry they just arrived and I put them in my pocket and decided I'd take them to the college they're on the subject of depression and suicide and watch what happened have you ever had a near-death experience yes I have twice twice what happened suicide attempt you attempted suicide yes correct why is that I just don't see I just didn't see at the time anything going on I hadn't like no motivation nothing to help me feel a part of this world what do you fear most in life being left alone after all that hard work and just coming home to nothing you just you know you're just there empty like a shadow feeling do you have hope in your death do you believe in an afterlife I do not believe in an afterlife I believe you just you come to your thing in the world and you know you just your body just helps contribute to the earth you know where that would leave me and a feeling of hopelessness and helplessness in the face of death it's like standing on a freeway and there's an 18-wheeler hitting for you and there's nothing you can do about it that's what life is my revelation at the age of about 20 years old so I grew up prematurely I had my own business at 20 years old as much money as I could want own home own wife we've made a child travel done everything I wanted to do so man what is next and why is everyone waiting around to die it was like we're in a big holding cell big blue roof you know good lighting good air conditioning but we're waiting around to die to be executed and that made life futile for me with all my happiness I could see it was a happiness bubble that death was gonna burst no one talked about death do you believe what the Bible says I do not I through all those that all these past ears religion has been nothing but war for land and up until this point it's still war like there's no solution that countries in the Middle East I've come to you know it's just back and forth you've heard the saying that religions cause more Wars than anything else yes in fact it's not true encyclopedia of wars is only 8% of wars were religious by nature and 2/3 of those 8% were Islamic wars the other 92% of wars were secular wars wars like the first world war political second world war political 55 million deaths Second World War Vietnam war Korean War nothing to do with religion it's all to do with politics and land and you know who the greatest killers of all our it's a theists you've got Pol Pot you've got Mayo you got Lenin and Stalin responsible for a hundred million deaths through atheistic communism said the problem isn't communism or religion the problem is mankind he starts wars if we find life on another planet you know what's going to happen we'll start a war and kill them all off that's just human nature you know I don't like religion you've got pedophile priests you've got preachers with bottomless collection bags so many hypocrites out there but don't throw out the baby with the bathwater do you know what that means you know I don't know if you're gonna empty the bath of water don't put the baby down the plughole there is something of substance among the dirty water and in the dirty water of religion there is something you got to search for do you know why billions of people are religious on this earth like literally billions believe in God's existence and seek Him through religion you know why they do that as something to keep them going like a crutch yes yes you know the revelation that most people get is that we're gonna die and God doesn't die he's eternal so if you want to live forever if you want to keep us precious life you're somehow got to get hold of God and that's what religion is about let me go back to the Bible has one message running through it you know what it is no I don't Old Testament God promised to destroy man's greatest enemy death the New Testament tells us Harry did it you know we've got an epidemic of suicide in our nation 45,000 people actually taken their lives and over half a million ending up in hospital in the hospital but attempted suicides each year every time you hear a siren it could be someone attempting suicide it's so common one of the reasons I believe so many are committing suicide is hopelessness nothing will make you want to commit suicide like hopelessness of having no purpose for existence being told by an education system in nothing that a primate you have no worth you're just part of an explosion that happen in space the Christian message is that you're created in the image of God you have worth because you're not like a beast you're not like an animal it made a God's image with a sense of justice and righteousness and truth were the ability to appreciate music and an enjoy color and beauty and flowers and you know what death is no I don't you know what the Bible says it is you know I don't this is wages did you know that no it says the wages of sin is death in other words death is payment by God for sin you want to know how serious God considers sin well look at death that's his punishment for it's like a criminal in the court of law Rees committed heinous crimes rape free woman slit their throats and the judge says you're gonna electric chair you've earned this this is what you deserve this is your wages do you think you're bad enough to receive death as punishment from God from my past experience yes you've done things that are really bad that I regret yes if you lied and stole them yes so you're a lying thief yes have you used God's name in vain yes do you realize what you're doing when you do that God gave you life it gave you eyes to see with ears to hear good music taste buds to enjoy good food he lavished his kindness upon you and you've used his name as a cuss word would you use your mother's name as a cuss word I have if just broken the fifth commandment by discerning your mother when you use God's name as a cuss word you are blasphemous name your dishonouring it and death sentence on the Old Testament for blasphemy one to go Jesus said if you look at a woman and lust for her you commit adultery whether in your heart have you ever looked at a woman was lust yes looked at pornography yes you had sex before marriage yes so Kevin I'm not judging you but you've just told me you're a lying thief a blasphemer a fornicator and an adulterer at heart so here's the big question if God judges you by the Ten Commandments on Judgment Day you're going to be innocent or guilty guilty have an or hell hell now does that concern you no I just accept it as it is you see the 18-wheeler heading for you and you don't want to get out of its way it may not concern you that if you died today at end up and how men it grieves my heart I'm horrified I've just got to know you but I love you I care about you and the thought of you ending up in hell death seizing upon you and you're standing before God you treat you according to your sins that's horrific now tell me what a God do for guilty sinners so we wouldn't have to go to hell give him a second chance no I don't know Jesus died on the cross for the sin of the world do you understand what happened when he died on the cross no I know well you and I broke God's law the Ten Commandments Jesus paid the fine that's what happened on the cross that's why cried out it is finished in other words the debt has been paid careful if you're in court and you broken the law the judge can let you go legally if someone pays you fine you can say Kevin stack of speeding fines here very serious but someone's paid them you're free to go and you can do that which is legal and right and just and God can legally dismiss your case forgive your sins grannie everlasting life as a free gift commute your death sentence or because of what Jesus did to us death or resurrection what you have to do to find everlasting life is repent of your sentence don't play the hypocrite and say I'm a Christian and lie and steal and fornicate and blaspheme and look upon ography that's playing the hypocrite that's like empty religion you don't want to do that you want to be genuine and the second thing you do is trust in Jesus like a trusted parachute I'm going to tell you something that is being most helpful to me with the whole issue of death and the fear of death imagine Kevin you're standing on the edge of a plane 10,000 feet up and you're looking down and you know you're gonna have to jump without a parachute and hit the ground at 120 miles now on your face a sense of horror consume you that that happening to you it would take your breath away it's so scary but if someone gives you a parachute the moment you put your trust into that parachute you know you're gonna jump and instead of hitting the ground at 120 miles now on your face you're gonna land very gently on your feet at about five or six miles an hour so your fear is now controllable if you have faith in the parachute you'll have no fear you'll say I trust this parachute and you'll jump and say whoa and you'll land on your feet and that's what happens when you repent and trust in Jesus when you put on the Lord Jesus Christ trust in Him life suddenly takes on meaning and purpose you know why you were born you're created by God for his pleasure in your pleasure that's the purpose for existent death loses its sting you no longer horrified by the terror of death at grips you and you know when death comes you've got the savior to take you by the hand and lead you through and everlasting life notice a spook on a cloud playing rusty heart but the Bible says the meek shall inherit this earth God is going to give this earth to all those that love him without the genisis curse no pain no suffering no death no earthquakes no floods diseases no tornados and hurricanes well the lion and the wolf will lie down together and we'll have peace on this earth and that's the Christians hope and it's a very real hope it's a Living Hope because it's been given to us by the God who cannot lie so Kevin you've been very patient with me I've gone on and on and on but it's because I love you and I care about you know I've said some hard things but the reason I've said the hard things is because I really want you to be saved I don't want you nothing I want you to find everlasting life through trusting in Jesus does it made sense what I'm saying yes you're gonna think seriously about this yes do you have a Bible at home no well I'm gonna give you some literature in fact I'm gonna give you a little booklet now it's so hot off the press I forgot the name of it you're not alone what do you fear most in life being left alone and it's about the subject of depression and suicide and I just grabbed a bundle from home for my ministry brought him home to bring around here to give to someone and the first person I meet is someone who's attempted suicide twice so Kevin God loves you he cares about he proved his love for you by Christ dying on the cross so I'm so strongly gonna take this seriously and think about it and I've got to give you some more literature let me read to you the first page of this booklet I wanted to say this to Kevin but I forgot no doubt humina if you've ever had suicidal thoughts you're not alone it's very common and if you suffer from depression you don't have mental disease you are sane and you're normal because life is depressing it's filled with pain and suffering as you go through life your beloved dog dies so does your sweet grandma then you realize that no one survives we're all going to die and it seems there's nothing we can do about it that's very depressing [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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Keywords: suicide, ray comfort, depression, evangelism, christianity, christian, divine encounter, divine, living waters, suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide

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Length: 13min 7sec (787 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 09 2019