Turn or Burn

Introducing the somber theme of this sermon, Charles Spurgeon points out how unpopular the doctrine of hell and eternal punishment was in his day—as it clearly is in ours. “I fear in too many places the doctrine of future punishment is rejected and laughed at…but the day will come when it will be known as a reality.” He goes on to explain the nature of repentance and addresses why it is necessary that God should punish men if they will not repent. Finally, consistent with its provocative title, Spurgeon ends his sermon with a precious promise and a blunt warning, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned.”