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  TO THINK OF HELL
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Thomas Brooks' sermon urges listeners to contemplate hell as a
means to inspire repentance and a holy life.

Topics: "The Reality of Hell", "Eternal Judgment"
Scripture References: Matthew 10:28, Luke 16:23

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DESCRIPTION
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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the importance of contemplating hell as a means
to deter individuals from sinful behaviors and pleasures. He laments the
apathy of people who recklessly pursue a life of sin, oblivious to the
eternal consequences that await them. Brooks argues that if sinners
could truly grasp the reality of hell, it would instill fear and lead
them to abandon their destructive ways. He calls for a serious
reflection on the fate of the soul, urging listeners to recognize the
gravity of their choices and the reality of divine judgment.

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CONTENT
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"To think of hell," says one, "preserves a man from falling

into it!" Says another, "He who does but hear of hell is,

without any further labor or study, taken off from sinful

pleasures."

Surely men's hearts are grown stupid, for how do most

men run headlong to hell, and take a pleasure to dance

hoodwinked into everlasting burnings!

Oh, had but the sinners of this day who swear and curse,

drink and party, and drown themselves in fleshly pleasures,

but one sight of this hell--how would it shut their mouths,

appall their spirits, and strike fear and astonishment into

their hearts!

"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill

the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both

soul and body in hell." Matthew 10:28

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/to-think-of-hell/
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