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  TO FILL HEAVEN WITH HELLS
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon warns that filling heaven with wicked men would be
to fill heaven with hells, and that God will shut the gates of glory
upon such workers of iniquity.

Topics: "Consequences of Sin", "Wickedness"
Scripture References: Job 15:16, Proverbs 14:12, Matthew 18:3, John 3:36, Romans 6:23, Galatians 6:7-8, Ephesians 5:5, 2 Thessalonians 2:12, Hebrews 10:26-27, Revelation 21:8

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the grave condition of wicked men who willingly
indulge in sin, illustrating how their hearts are hardened and their
consciences seared. He warns that such individuals, who choose to live
in wickedness despite the consequences, are not only blind to their
peril but are also fully ripe for destruction. Brooks asserts that to
allow these sin-lovers into heaven would be to fill it with hellishness,
as their lives are characterized by rebellion against God. He concludes
with a stark reminder that without true conversion, one cannot enter the
kingdom of heaven.

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"Man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil

like water!" Job 15:16

A wicked man is a sin-lover; he is a sin-maker,

he lives in sin upon choice.

All profane people . . .

give up themselves to wickedness,

wallow in all ungodliness,

delight themselves in all manner of filthiness,

commit wickedness with greediness,

draw iniquity and sin with cords of vanity,

weary themselves to commit iniquity,

are so desperately set upon wickedness,

that neither the rod of God, the lashes and checks of

their own consciences, nor the flashes of hell upon their

souls--can stop them. They are resolved that they will

gratify their lusts--though they damn their souls; and

that will live wickedly--though they perish eternally!

By custom in sin, they have destroyed all conscience

of sin, and contracted such desperate hardness upon

their own hearts, as neither . . .

God's smiles nor frowns,

God's promises nor threatenings,

life nor death,

heaven nor hell,

can possibly hinder them.

The hearts and ways of wicked men are full of

hells; and therefore to fill heaven with such,

would be to fill heaven with hells.

Certainly God will shut the gates of glory upon

such workers of iniquity. These souls are . . .

sadly abandoned by God, and

woefully blinded by Satan, and

fully ripened for ruin.

"All will be damned who have not believed the truth but

have delighted in wickedness." 2 Thessalonians 2:12

"Unless you are converted . . . you will never enter

the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:3

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/to-fill-heaven-with-hells/
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