HELL-SALVATION
When men talk
of a little hell, it is because they think they have only a little sin, and
believe in a little Savior; it is all little together. But when you get a great
sense of sin, you want a great Savior, and fell that, if you do not have Him,
you will fall into a great destruction, and suffer a great punishment at the
hands of the great God.
C.H. Spurgeon
Joy Hindering Faith, 38.512.
Jesus, the
one who rescues us from hell, is also the one who speaks the most about it.
Edward T. Welch
When People are Big and God is Small, P&R
Publishing, 1997, p. 124. Used by Permission.
Are you
faithfully sharing the bad news of hell so that others will come to know the
Good News of the Savior?
Robert
A. Peterson
Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal
Punishment, P&R Publishers, 1995, p. 64. Used by permission.
Jesus’
preaching about hell is part of His gracious ministry to a lost world. It is
His way of showing unbelievers their need of Him. They, in turn, inevitably
make one of two responses. Some display ingratitude for His warnings and reject
Him. Others, however, gratefully own Him as the One who alone can rescue them.
Instead of experiencing the wrath their sins deserve, they will taste the sweet
victory won by His death and resurrection.
Robert
A. Peterson
Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal
Punishment, P&R Publishers, 1995, p. 50. Used by permission.
At the cross
we catch a glimpse of the enormity of our sins’ offense to God. Here we learn
about hell as Jesus, God’s beloved Son, takes the retributive punishment that
we deserved, even separation from God, to deliver us. Here we look deeply into
the mystery of the love a holy and righteous God for sinners.
Robert
A. Peterson
Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal
Punishment, P&R Publishers, 1995, p. 214. Used by permission.
Let us not so
much labor to know where hell is – as how to escape it.
Chrysostom
There
is something worse than death. And only the gospel of Jesus Christ, proclaimed
by Christians and protected by the church, can set us free from what we truly
must fear. The doctrine of hell reminds us that the greatest need of every
person will not be met by the United Nations or Habitat for Humanity or the
United Way. It is only through Christian witness, through proclamation of
Christ crucified, that the worst thing in all the
world will not fall on all those in the world.
Kevin DeYoung
How Does Hell Glorify God? © 9Marks. Website: www.9Marks.org. Email: info@9marks.org. Toll Free:
(888) 543-1030. Used by Permission.
The
dreadfulness of hell deepens our grateful praise for the salvation we have in
Jesus Christ. Hell is what we deserve. And hell is what He experienced on the
cross in our place.
Tom Ascol
The
Horror of Hell, Tabletalk, October 2008, p. 55. Used by Permission of Ligonier
Ministries.
Hell exists
because unbelievers are eternally guilty. The powerful lesson to be learned is
that no human being’s suffering can ever be a payment for sin. If our suffering
could erase even the most insignificant sin, then those in hell would
eventually be freed after their debt was paid. But all human goodness and
suffering from the beginning of time, if added together, could not cancel so
much as a single sin. Could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever
flow, all for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone. “Rock of
Ages”
Erwin Lutzer
Taken from One Minute After You Die by Erwin Lutzer,
Moody Publishers, 1997, p. 107.