Jason please stop trying to change the scriptures of Matthew 12:31 and Mark 3:28-29 to fit your theology, as the scripture from the words of the Lord Himself says all sin and blasphemy. Then it goes to say blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, not just blasphemy........You are changing scripture again, not me, for I will repost them again;
Matthew 12:31
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
Mark 3:28-29
Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the only sin the Lord says is unforgivable, and all other forms of sins and blasphemy He says will be forgiven. The scriptures above clearly say all manner of sins besides the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit will be forgiven. You are changing those scriptures by saying it doesn't say all when they do.....
In your response you said just blasphemy and left the Holy Spirit part off, but the scripture says blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Other blasphemies will be forgiven if repented/confessed of.......
The teaching about suicide did not come from my church, and it was the Catholic church that interjected the whole suicide is unforgivable. Other denominations followed suit on this lie, and here in the past 10 years even the Catholic church has came away from teaching this lie as the truth in the scriptures are being opened to them as well.
The Holy Spirit guides me in my teaching and not a church/denomination/or another person. The bible says that all sins except the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit will be forgiven, and that the Lord will have mercy on who He will have mercy on. If you go and take that mercy and forgiveness out of the hands of the Lord by saying they can not be saved to, then you are speaking from yourself and not from the Spirit.
For the condition for one to be forgiven of a sin and saved is to confess that sin for forgiveness, and if you knew anything about suicides and actually studied the issue, which I know you haven't by your responses. Then you would know a good majority always ask for forgiveness.
When a person gets that far along it becomes a mental illness situation of a person who is not thinking straight and feel there is no other way out. We can apply that to those who have other illnesses that can not comprehend right from wrong. Are you going to say they are not saved also even though they do not know how to repent because they can not comprehend and understand the teaching to do so???
If you do then you do not know the Lords love and mercy properly............
You do not take God's word at face value as you read to much into some areas and make people who can and will be forgiven and say they can't be. God's word says they can be saved, you say they can't which makes you over righteous because you place others salvation in your own hands.
Show me were in the bible it says a person can only be forgiven if the repentance is made after the sin is done?
There is not one scripture that says a person can not ask forgiveness right before or during the act. That is your issue it seems because you think only after can forgiveness be asked, but the bible does not say that. That is you reading to much into the scriptures, or interjecting your own standards in the word.