Hell & Judgment

"Beautiful Forever"

Psalm 149:4

… To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all His saints. Praise you the LORD. So the Psalm ends upon its keynote—"Hallelujah." "Praise you the …

Love's Great Reason

1 John 4:19

… Ashamed of saying that I love Him? No! Let the earth hear it and let it rage! Let Hell hear it and let it boil over with fury …

Memories of my Father (Continued)

… Although my judgment may be deemed very partial, I venture to express the opinion that, since the days of Paul, there has not lived a greater or more …

The Procession of Sorrow

John 19:16

… true Christian is like a Pariah, lower than the lowest caste, in the judgment of some. The world has in former days counted it God’s service to …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… At any rate, we need not rush into mistakes by omitting to use our judgment and to inform our understanding. Ask the Lord to teach you by His …

Real Contact With Jesus

Luke 8:46

… I daresay she thought, "If I touch the Great Prophet, it will be a wonder if He does not strike me with some sudden judgment," for she was …

Sanctified Sorrow

Isaiah 54:11

… affliction unto the Lord, when, as he testifies, "Out of the belly of Hell cried I, and You heard my voice"? Then you might purge yourselves of all …

Plenary Absolution

Psalm 103:12

… were to die at this moment whether you would be in Heaven or Hell! How dare you sit in comfort in that seat? Dare you go to your …

Comfort for the Tempted

1 Corinthians 10:13

… And He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him: fret not yourself …

Rivers Of Water In A Dry Place

Isaiah 32:2

… In the prophecy before us, very much is said in praise of a king who shall reign in righteousness and princes who shall rule in judgment. Such men …

A Prayer for Everybody

Matthew 15:25

… She did not dictate to Him what He should do, for she believed in His judgment and prudence. All she said was, "Lord, help me!" She did not …

Gathering in the Chosen

Jeremiah 31:8

… or not! But it is Divine Omnipotence that molds the will, enlightens the judgment and fashions the heart and mind and character of man according to the Lord …

COME AND WELCOME

John 6:37

… There is not a soul in Hell that, with all the fully-developed sin of that dreadful place, dares, even in blasphemy, to say, "I came to Jesus …

Faintness and Refreshing

1 Kings 19:8

… And enter not into judgment with Your servant for in Your sight shall no man living be justified. For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten …

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… Many of you think sin to be a trifle, and grace to be worthless, heaven to be a vision, and hell to be a fiction. Some of you …

Martha and Mary

Luke 10:41-42

… Be not rash, Martha, in your judgment of Mary? I fear, too, that Martha censured her Lord a little—and was not that a harsh thing to do …

Providence

Matthew 10:30

… All chance, was it not? Nothing but chance? So fools say; but those who read Bibles, and those who have judgment, say there is something more than chance …

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… As the Son of Man, He is now head over all things to His Church, and He reigns over Heaven, and earth, and Hell with the keys of …

Christ Made Sin

2 Corinthians 5:21

… For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether …

Resurrection for the Just and the Unjust

Acts 24:15

… for of judgment and fiery indignation." Fear not him who can destroy the body—only fear Him who can cast both soul and body into Hell! Why do …

Gathering Without Planting

Joshua 24:13

… is very near us and we are consciously drawing near to the Great Judgment Seat of Christ, than all our faculties are fully awakened and our whole being …

A Sweet Bow

Micah 7:18

… for His mercy endures forever Yet it was an awful judgment and it needs a reverent, lowly, saintly spirit to sing over even the judgments of God. Had …

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints

Psalm 46:8-9

… As it was in the beginning, it is now, and ever shall be. “Every tongue that riseth against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.” The words of the …

A Remarkable Benediction

Deuteronomy 33:16

… it, and we have not been consumed, but can sing this day of judgment and of mercy! That mingled song is well set forth in the bush that …

Psalm 131

Psalm 131

… The original bears somewhat of the form of an oath, and therefore our translators exhibited great judgment in introducing the word "surely"; it is not a literal version …

Knowing and Doing

John 13:17

… rule, go to Heaven! But they shall find themselves shut out when that judgment shall be given which proceeds upon this rule, "By their fruits you shall know …

To the Rescue

Isaiah 49:24

… So perverse do they become that they could argue themselves into Hell! At issue with their own mercies, they contend with all the might of logic against the …

The Pleasures of Piety

Psalm 104:34

… world to judgment and to avenge Himself upon His enemies! Think of all His triumphs when Satan shall be bound, death shall be crushed, Hell shall be conquered …

Christ Asleep in the Vessel

Mark 4:38

… You are brought very low, but you might be lower—you might be in the dungeons of Hell! What a mercy it is that you never can sink …

'The Time Is Short'

1 Corinthians 7:29

… those intervening years? The Infinite Mercy of God has kept you out of Hell, but there is no guarantee that His long-suffering will shield you from destruction …

The Dumb Become Singers

Isaiah 35:6

… The only reason why there is a difference between those who are in Heaven and those who are in Hell rests with Divine Grace and with Divine Grace …

Eyes Opened

2 Kings 6:17

… into the Light of God! And they will be only undeceived when, in Hell, they open their eyes for the first time to find that they are cast …

'As' and 'So'

Colossians 2:6

… There shall we be when earth and Heaven are in a blaze! There shall we be when He shall sit upon His Judgment Seat! And there shall we …

The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life

Job 8:7

… I say it in thy behalf, and on my own—ye principalities and powers of darkness, ye leaguered hosts of hell, ye enemies in human form, or in …

Satan's Arrows and God's

Lamentations 3:12

… What was finished? Why, the road from Hell to Heaven! The pathway along which the vilest sinner may travel to Glory—the Fountain in which the most scarlet …

Spiritual Resurrection

Ephesians 2:1

… Thy beauty shall fade away like a moth; and in the day of judgment thou wilt be severed from the righteous, unless God shall make thee live. Oh …

The Hope That Purifies

1 John 3:3

… Well, you will slip, one of these days, into your appointed place and shall, I think, ought to be a particularly low place in Hell! A sinner who …

The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 4:24

… Ah! I have often thought what consternation there will be in hell when outwardly good men go there. “Lord,” saith one as he goes in, “am I to …

The Two Gatherings

Psalm 50:5

… As for what some said concerning the terrors of Hell, they never alarmed him—and as for what they said concerning the glories of Heaven, he reckoned they …

Why the Gospel Is Hidden

2 Corinthians 4:3

… But to live as though tomorrow might be the Judgment Day, or as though today the King might come in His Glory—that is the style of living …