“If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our
bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish with our arms about their
knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, at least let it be
filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go there unwarned and
unprayed for.” Charles Spurgeon.
Heaven is for real, but so is Hell. It’s not something pleasant to
think or talk about but that doesn’t mean the topic should be avoided. There
are serious consequences for those who willfully refuse to believe and obey the
gospel and as a believer we need to take this seriously. But don’t just take my
word for it. Instead lets look to God and His Word for the truth.
2 Thes 1:8-10
In flaming
fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel
of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be
punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from
the glory of his power;
Matthew 13:50
And shall cast them
into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Revelations 14:11
And the smoke of their
torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.
Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go out
and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me. For their
worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an
abhorrence to all flesh.”
Ezekiel 18:23
Have I any
pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord God: and not that he
should return from his ways, and live?
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto
them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from
your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Isaiah 65:2
I have spread
out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that
was not good, after their own thoughts;
Isaiah 55:6-8
Seek ye the
Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto
the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Romans 6:23
For the wages
of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
1 John 4:10
Herein is love,
not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
Mark 1:15
And saying,
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and
believe the gospel.
Romans 10:9
That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 16:31
And they
said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Hebrews 13:15
While it is
said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation.
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort
one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin.
“We are not called to proclaim philosophy and metaphysics, but the
simple gospel. Man’s fall, his need of a new birth, forgiveness through
atonement, and salvation as the result of faith, these are our battle-ax and
weapons of war.” Spurgeon
“If there existed only one man or woman who did not love the Saviour,
and if that person lived among the wilds of Siberia, and if it were necessary
that all the millions of believers on the face of the earth should journey
there, and every one of them plead with him to come to Jesus before he could be
converted, it would be well worth all the zeal, labour, and expense. If we had
to preach to thousands year after year, and never rescued but one soul, that
one soul would be full reward for all our labour, for a soul is of countless
price.” Spurgeon
“God save us from living in comfort while sinners are sinking into
hell!” Spurgeon
