Could Every Damn Sinner Weep A Whole Ocean

A Puritan devotional, featuring classical writings from the ageless Puritans. Here I place without reserve my soul and faith and meekness, trusting in Christ's power and love to flourish in my weakness. Cause my days on earth to be, through time and through eternity, the trophy of His victory, a monument to mercy. And welcome again to a Puritan devotional. The purpose of these segments are to humble the pride of man, to exalt the grace of God in salvation, and to promote real holiness in heart and life. This program is provided by the Ministry of Sermon Index. For more resources, log on to our website, www.SermonIndex.com. Now, here's today's devotional. Could every damned sinner weep a whole ocean? From Thomas Brooks, London's Lamentations, 1670. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever. Revelation, chapter 20, verse 10. Our earthly fires may be quenched and extinguished. The hottest flames, the greatest conflagrations, have been quenched and extinguished by water. Fires on our hearths and in our chimneys often die and go out by themselves. Our fire is maintained with wood and put out with water. But the fire of hell never goes out. It can never be quenched. It is an everlasting fire, an eternal fire, an unquenchable fire. In Mark, chapter 9, from verse 43 to verse 49, this fire is five times said to be unquenchable, as if the Lord could never speak enough of it. Beloved, the Holy Spirit is never guilty of idle repetitions. But by these frequent repetitions, the Holy Spirit would awaken men and teach them to look upon hell as a real thing and as a serious thing and not sport with unquenchable flames, nor go to hell in a dream. Certainly, the fire into which the damned shall be cast shall be without all intermission of time or punishment. No tears, nor blood, nor time can extinguish the fire of hell. Could every damned sinner weep a whole ocean? Yet all those oceans of tears together would never extinguish one spark of infernal fire. The damned are in everlasting chains of darkness. They are under the vengeance of eternal fire. They are in blackness of darkness forever. Said a poor, despairing creature on his deathbed, Oh, that word forever breaks my heart. The damned in hell would gladly die, but they cannot. They shall be always a dying, yet never dead. They shall be always a consuming, yet never consumed. The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Our prayer is that you have been blessed by this Puritan devotional. This program is provided by the Ministry of Sermon Index. For more resources, log on to our website, www.sermonindex.com. And while you're there, let us know how this ministry has blessed you. Sermon Index.