Hell & Judgment

Preaching in the Open Air

… One sentence in the discourse has been remembered even to the present day:—”All the devils in hell could not make the woman crooked again after the Lord …

Threshing

… nine failed to effect his purpose; but all the powers of earth and hell cannot give us one blow above the settled number. We shall never endure a …

In the Hay-field

… still living in the immortal life which God himself bestows upon you, though hell itself set its heel upon you. Poor and needy one, unknown, unobserved, oppressed and …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… ordinances, those who are exalted to Heaven may yet be cast down to Hell. The putrefaction of the best produces the worst and when a city which has …

The Evidence of Our Lord's Wounds

John 20:27

… incident in the marvellous death by which you are redeemed from death and hell. You will be surprised to find how this familiarizing of yourself with it, by …

Our Great Shepherd Finding the Sheep

Luke 15:4

… It may have taken you fifty years to make yourself such a Hell-deserving sinner as you are, but it will not take Jesus fifty ticks of the …

The Joy of Harvest

… I was condemned, undone, destroyed, lost, helpless, hopeless—I thought hell was before me. Then there came a cross ploughing, for when I went to hear the gospel …

The Bliss of the Glorified

Revelation 7:16

… Oh! when we shall have once crossed the river, how some of us who have been much tempted will look back upon that old dog of hell, and …

A Mingled Strain

Psalm 51:7

… Sin, alone, is real pollution, hellish pollution, abominable pollution! There is nothing in Hell that is worse than sin—even the devil is only a devil because sin …

"Where Are The Nine?"—or, Praise Neglected

Luke 17:15

… You can sin in company, you can go to Hell in company—but when you obtain salvation, you will come to Jesus all alone. And when you are …

The Dual Nature and the Duel Within

Romans 7:23

… May God grant that you may not rest quiet in sin, for to be at peace with sin is to be sleeping yourself into Hell! May God awaken …

"Living, Loving, Lasting Union"

Ephesians 5:30

… be a lie and will help to sink you lower than the lowest Hell unless you endure to the end! Make sure work with what you do in …

Till We Meet Again

Revelation 22:21

… the equipment that men shall need between earth and Heaven to fight against Hell, to trample on the world and to enter into eternal perfection is found in …

Pressing Questions of an Awakened Mind

Acts 9:5

… and the world's Ruler—Master of Providence, Sovereign of Heaven, Conqueror of Hell itself! All power is in His hands. The Father has committed it unto Him …

The Covenant Pleaded

Psalm 74:20

… go to the Lord and say, "Your Covenant runs thus—'the gates of Hell shall not prevail against her.' O Lord, it seems as though they would prevail …

Might Have Been, or May Be

John 11:37

… that there never lived a worse man or a worse woman out of Hell, yet still believe in Jesus Christ! My Lord loves to save great sinners, even …

Samuel and the Young Man Saul

1 Samuel 9:27

… have to make a choice—a choice for eternity—for Heaven or for Hell. God save you from making a fatal choice! There is an engagement for tomorrow …

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… with infamous iniquity—are we doing anything by way of antidote to the Hell-broth concocted in that caldron? Are we, indeed, a power working towards righteousness? How …

Sin Slain

Judges 4:22

… to bitterest tears, they shall be undeceived in the dread day in which hell’s fire shall burn up their delusion, and the flames of the pit shall …

What Self Deserves

Ezekiel 36:31

… We thought we could put away our own sins by some method of our own, and that cross, which s heaven's wonder and hell's terror, are …

The Poor Man's Prayer

Psalm 106:4

… Across the flames of Hell you will see it and you will say to yourself, "The preacher warned us. He told us to cry to God for mercy …

A Plain Answer to an Important Enquiry

John 6:29

… The devil and our own corrupt nature say, "God is unkind, for He has made an awful Hell," and so on. Faith interposes and cries, "He has put …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:6-7

… Should hell break loose, and demons innumerable invade this earth, they shall not go one inch beyond their tether. The chain that God has cast about them shall …

Love

1 John 4:19

… of love that knits your heart to him, when all the roar of hell could not divert his love from you. And you who are suffering because you …

Bringing the King Back

2 Samuel 19:10

… His ultimate and undisputed sovereignty over all things in Heaven and earth and Hell is a matter of Divine decree and will be asserted by the Divine power …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… forget Him? You would be in the grave—no, you would be in Hell—but for His mercy—and yet is He not in all your thoughts? Oh …

Cheer For The Faint-Hearted

Judges 13:23

… There cannot be a greater villainy out of Hell than doubting the promises of God. There cannot be a greater act of treason than to mistrust the love …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… God help the man that is unarmed when he has to fight with hell and earth. O, be not foolish, but “put on the whole armor of God …

The Character of Christ’s People

John 17:16

… and it shall be done with you as with more notorious heirs of hell. There is an old story which was once told of a Dissenting minister. The …

“In Labours More Abundant” (Continued)

… 39-40), under the title, ” Heaven and Hell.” Translations were published in various languages, including Russian and French. Copies of the Russian version reached Mr. Spurgeon from time …

The Fruits of Grace

Isaiah 19:18-25

… And, besides that, all power is in his hands; the keys of death and hell are at his girdle, and the government shall be upon his shoulders, and …

Divine Sovereignty

Matthew 20:15

… while all around the nations were left in darkness, and were sinking into hell by myriads? Why? The only answer that can be given is this, that God …

Hatred Without Cause

John 15:25

… I to hate the Saviour, because he came to quench the flames of hell for me? Should I despise him who allowed his father’s flaming sword to …

The Feast of the Lord

John 2:9-10

… into Abraham’s bosom, and your turn is to come too, when in hell you lift up your eyes, being in torments. Christian, what more shall I say …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… Beloved, if it had been possible to destroy the Church of God on earth, it would have been destroyed long ago! The malice of Hell has done all …

The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption

Romans 8:15

… We wondered that we were not already in Hell. We were so convinced of sin that it was a matter of astonishment to us that the sentence did …

Daniel's Undaunted Courage

Daniel 6:10

… that might be, at a tyrant's word! No, if all earth and Hell should be against him, if he had found it more to God's honor …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… and that if you were evil you would be sure to go to hell. You have been thoroughly selfish, from first to last. Reckon up your accounts and …

John Ploughman's Talk

… There is a notion abroad that thought is free; but I remember reading, that al- though thoughts are toll-free, they are not hell-free ; and that saying …

Christ in the Covenant

Isaiah 49:8

… I have no merits, no righteousness, no works; I shall be damned in hell unless Christ have mercy on me, and should have been there now if I …