Gen 3:6-7: “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

It is interesting to think that Adam, placed in the Garden of Eden and given the favor of God, with everything he could desire, turned his back on God. Why? One word…SELF. Adam saw his life as meaningless without Eve and chose to follow her into death. He committed suicide because he could not see his destiny.

We can argue that Eve was deceived by the serpent based on the conversation recorded in the scripture- she was tempted through her senses of hearing, sight, and touch. She actually thought she was going to be “equal with God”. Gen 3:4-5: “And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die: For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

But Adam chose to sin. Suicide can be defined as “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally” (Merriam-Webster). In other words, Adam chose to cut off his life with God intentionally and voluntarily. And with that one act, he placed all his seed in the hands of an overlord whose desire is to simply destroy all mankind.

Suicide is not only the culmination of depression as many have concluded, but it is also a spirit that has only one agenda- the destruction of destiny. It will oppress and torment until by your own hand you decide to end it all. 

But Christ came to give us a way of escape. He will lift the burdens. He will set you free. Put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness and depression. Deep within understand you are created in the image and likeness of God and there is a purpose in your life.

Jesus has come that you would have life and unlike Adam who chose death, you can choose to live. Reject the spirit of suicide and it will flee from you. Don’t entertain it. Don’t invite it. Don’t talk to it. Instead, begin to THANK GOD for something. There must be something you are grateful for. Find that silver lining and thread the needle of life. It is not only about you. It is for your seed and those after you. Guard your heart against the devourer, who like a worm, only needs one place to enter. YOU ARE IMPORTANT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS AND YOU ARE LOVED!

Isa 61-1-3 says this about Jesus: “The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To provide for them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”

Let us lift up our eyes to the Maker of heaven and start with thanking Him for our redemption. The enemy’s lies are to make you believe that there is no way out except death… but it is a lie. There is a way of escape. It is only through JESUS CHRIST.. The door through which we have eternal life in the hereafter and abundant life in the now.

Choose life instead of death. Reject the Adamic spirit of suicide and accept the LIFE given by CHRIST.

AMEN