Sermons of Robert Murray MCheyne 7. Future Punishment Eternal

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Future Punishment Eternal
Robert M’Cheyne

“Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched” Mark 9:44.

It is very interesting to notice who they are in the Bible that speak about hell. Now, some think that speaking about hell is not preaching the gospel; and others think that simple men have no right to speak of it. Now, to them who think it is not gospel preaching, I say, it is the truth — the word of God; and to them who say it is not right to speak about it, I would have them to notice who it is that speaks most about it. Let us consider,

I. The persons in the Bible that speak most about hell. II. Why these persons speak so plainly of hell.
III. The names given to hell.
IV. The hell spoken of in the Bible is not annihilation. V. This eternal hell is closed in and surrounded by the attributes of God.

I. Let us consider the persons in the Bible that speak about hell.
And the first I would mention is David. He was a man after God’s own heart, yet he speaks of hell. He who wrote the Psalms, the sweet Psalmist of Israel; he who was filled with love to men, and love to God; yet hear what he says about hell: “The sorrows of hell compassed me about” Psalm 18:5. Again, “The sorrows of death compassed me about, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me” Psalm 116:3. And hear of his deliverance: “And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell” Psalm 86:13. And he tells us also of the fate of the ungodly that will not accept Christ: “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God” Psalm 9:17. “Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire, and …