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.” Chapel Library holds the copyright to the annotations in this book.
He was converted to Christ at the age of 16 and immediately began preaching. He preached in the streets and in the fields before he was 21. In his first church, he began with 100 members. It grew until he was preaching to 10,000 people in the Surrey Music Hall. His church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle, seated 6,000 people. He withdrew from every movement among English Baptists which tended to criticize the Authorized Version 1611 in any way.
Before his death, he published more than 2,000 sermons and 49 volumes of commentaries, sayings, anecdotes, illustrations, and devotions.
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