Acts 1:18

(Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out.

1. Purchased a field - This plot of ground was known as the potters field. It was a place to bury those who could not afford a cemetery plot.

2. Suicide - Suicide is an extremely difficult time for the family.

1. Suicide is a cry for help. Most who commit suicide have a problem that THEY SEE as bigger than life.

2. When, in a person's mind, a problem becomes bigger than life, no solution can be seen by them. There seems to be no hope. It is when they see no other way out - they will die at their own hands.

3. I believe most who die by suicide are mentally confused, disturbed and not thinking clearly. They are not responsible for their actions. If they were able to think clearly, they would see the reality of the problem.

4. Suicide is NOT the "unpardonable sin".