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  TURNED INTO BEASTS, BIRDS, STONES, TREES, OR AIR
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon describes the terror and dread that will fall upon
the ungodly when they face God's consuming fire, and contrasts it with
the salvation and refuge available through Jesus Christ.

Topics: "Judgment", "Salvation"
Scripture References: Psalm 9:17, Matthew 25:41, Mark 9:48, Luke 16:23-24, John 3:36, Romans 2:6-8, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Hebrews 12:29, Revelation 20:15

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the terrifying reality of God's judgment,
portraying Him as a consuming fire that will expose the ungodly to their
sins and divine justice. He vividly describes the horror and despair
that will engulf those who have turned away from God, as they face the
consequences of their actions and the reality of hell. The sermon serves
as a stark reminder of the urgency for repentance and the hope of
salvation through Jesus Christ, contrasting the fate of the ungodly with
the promise of salvation for believers.

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CONTENT
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"Our God is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12:29

Chaff and stubble cannot stand before that God, who is

a consuming fire. Oh, how will the ungodly tremble and

quake when the whole frame of heaven and earth shall

break in pieces, and be set in a flame about their ears!

Oh, what trouble of mind,

what horror and terror of conscience,

what weeping and wailing,

what crying and roaring,

what wringing of hands,

what tearing of hair, and

what gnashing of teeth,

will there be among the ungodly in this day--when

they shall see their sins charged upon them on the one

side--and divine justice terrifying them on the other

side! When they shall look upward, and there see an

angry God frowning upon them; and look downward,

and there see hell gaping ready to receive them; and

look inward, and there find conscience accusing and

gnawing of them! When they shall look on their right

hand, and there behold the holy angels standing with

so many flaming swords to keep them out of heaven;

and look on their left hand, and there behold the devil

and his demons ready to drag them down to the lowest

hell! Oh, now how will they wish for the rocks to fall

upon them, and the mountains to cover them! How

will they wish that they had never been born; or that

they might now be unborn! How will they now wish

that their immortal souls were mortal; or that they

might be turned into beasts, birds, stones, trees,

or air--or anything rather than what they are!

Alas! what heart is able to conceive, or what tongue

is able to express--the fear and dread, the horror and

terror, the astonishment and amazement, which will

fall upon all ungodly people in that day!

"For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to

receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ."

1 Thessalonians 5:9

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/turned-into-beasts-birds-stones-trees-or-air/
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