Finding Comfort by Focusing on the Future (Part 3): 2 Thessalonians 1: 7-12 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

Scripture

• 2 Thessalonians 1:7–12

About this sermon

In this message, we continue to look at the suffering of those who die without Christ and spend eternity in Hell forever. We look at several reasons why people who die without the Lord have no excuse for their punishment. Spurgeon said, "In Hell, there is no hope. They have not even the hope of dying,—the hope of being annihilated. They are forever, forever, forever lost! On every chain in Hell there is written forever. In the fires, there blazes out the word forever. Up above their heads they read forever. Their eyes are galled, and their hearts are pained, with the thought that it is forever. Oh! if I could tell you tonight that Hell would one day be burned out, and that those who were lost might be saved, there would be a jubilee in Hell at the very thought of it, but it cannot be. They are forever cast into utter darkness." There is no hope for those who die without Christ. Some folks have spurned Jesus for so long that their hearts have become hardened beyond repair. That is a tragedy! Consider Sir Francis Newport, the head of an English infidel club, who said to those gathered around his dying bed, "You need not tell me there is no God for I know there is one, and that I am in His angry presence! You need not tell me there is no Hell, for I already feel my soul slipping into its fires! Wretches, cease your idle talk about there being hope for me! I know I am lost forever." This message was preached on Sunday night, July 3, 2022, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.

Topics

• Encouragement