From Burning to Burning!
The torments of hell will be exceeding great and dreadful, making the stoutest sinners to quake and tremble.
Thomas Brooks delivers a powerful sermon titled 'From Burning to Burning!' emphasizing the extreme and unparalleled torments of hell compared to any earthly suffering. He vividly describes hell as a place of darkness, sorrow, and unending pain, where the damned will experience eternal torment without relief. Brooks warns that those who indulge in sin will transition from the burning of their sinful desires to the burning of hellfire, highlighting the absence of joy or comfort in that dreadful place. He contrasts the horrors of hell with the joys of heaven, urging listeners to recognize the gravity of their choices and the salvation offered through Christ. Ultimately, he calls for exaltation of Christ, who saves believers from the wrath of hell.
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The Spirit of God, in Scripture, by metaphors of all sorts
of things which are dreadful unto sense--sets forth the
condition of the damned, and the torments which He has
reserved for them in the life to come. Hell's punishments
do infinitely exceed all other punishments, that there is
no pain so extreme--as that of the damned.
Look! As there are no joys which can compare to the joys
of heaven--so there are no pains which can compare to the
pains of hell. All the cruelties in the world cannot possibly
make up any horror comparable to the horrors of hell. The
brick-kilns of Egypt, the fiery furnace of Babylon--are but
as a fleeting spark--compared to this tormenting Tophet
which has been prepared of old to punish the bodies and
souls of sinners with. Hanging, racking, burning, scourging,
stoning, sawing asunder, flaying of the skin, etc., are not
to be compared with the tortures of hell.
If all the pains, sorrows, miseries, and calamities which have
been inflicted upon all men, since Adam fell in Paradise, should
meet together and center in one man--they would not so much
as amount to one of the least of the pains of hell.
Who can sum up the diversity of torments which are in hell!
1. In hell there is darkness; hell is a dark region!
2. In hell there are sorrows!
3. In hell there are bonds and chains!
4. In hell there are pains and pangs!
5. In hell there is the worm which never dies!
6. In hell there is the lake of fire!
7. In hell there is the furnace of fire!
8. In hell there are the devil and his demons!
And oh, how dreadful must it be to be shut
up forever with those roaring lions!
9. In hell there is weeping and gnashing of teeth!
10. In hell there is unquenchable fire--everlasting burnings!
"The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the
godless--Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?" Is. 33:14
O sirs, the torments of hell will be exceeding great
and dreadful--such as will make the stoutest sinners
to quake and tremble!
Wicked men, who are now such jolly fellows, shall one
day go from burning to burning! They shall go . . .
from burning in sin--to burning in hell;
from burning in flames of lusts--to burning in flames of torment!
O sirs! in this devouring fire, in these everlasting burnings,
there will be no music or merry company to pass time away,
nor any dice or cards to pass care away; nor any bottles of
wine wherein to drown the sinner's grief! As in heaven there
shall be all bodily perfection, so there shall be also in hell
all bodily miseries. Whatever may make a man perfectly
miserable--shall be in hell. Out of this fiery bed there is
no deliverance!
Oh, how terrible will the torments of hell be to the damned!
The torments of hell will be universal torments. All torments
meet together in that place of torment. Hell is the center . . .
of all punishments,
of all sorrows,
of all pains,
of all wrath,
of all vengeance, etc.
All the pains, torments, curse, and wrath which were
due to the elect--fell on Christ, until divine justice was
fully satisfied. "For God did not appoint us to suffer
wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus
Christ." 1 Thes. 5:9. Oh, exalt that Christ! Oh, extol
that Savior, who has saved you from that eternal wrath!
Sermon Outline
- The Torments of Hell
- Exceeding Great and Dreadful
- No Pain Can Compare
- The Damned Will Experience Unquenchable Fire
Key Quotes
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?” — Thomas Brooks
“Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?” — Thomas Brooks
“For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” — Thomas Brooks
Application Points
- The torments of hell are a warning to us to repent and turn to God.
- Christ has saved us from eternal wrath and punishment.
- We must exalt and extol Christ, our Savior, who has saved us from that eternal wrath.