"I picture myself standing at the bar of God. As the Lord
liveth, the day of judgment is coming. You believe that? You are not an
infidel; your conscience would not permit you to doubt the Scripture.
Perhaps you may have pretended to do so, but you cannot. You feel there
must be a day when God shall judge the world in righteousness. I see you
standing in the midst of that throng, and the eye of God is fixed on
you. It seems to you that he is not looking anywhere else, but only upon
you, and he summons you before him; and he reads your sins, and he
cries, 'Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire in hell!' My hearer, I
cannot bear to think of you in that position; it seems as if every hair
on my head must stand on end to think of any hearer of mine being
damned. Will you picture yourselves in that position? The word has gone
forth, 'Depart, ye cursed.' Do you see the pit as it opens to swallow
you up? Do you listen to the shrieks and the yells of those who have
preceded you to that eternal lake of torment? Instead of picturing the
scene, I turn to you with the words of the inspired prophet, and I say, 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall
dwell with everlasting burnings?' Oh! my brother, I cannot let you put
away religion thus; no, I think of what is to come after death. I should
be destitute of all humanity if I should see a person about to poison
himself, and did not dash away the cup; or if I saw another about to
plunge from London Bridge, if I did not assist in preventing him from
doing so; and I should be worse than a fiend if I did not now, with all
love, and kindness, and earnestness, beseech you to ''Lay hold on eternal
life,' 'to labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for the meat
that endureth unto everlasting life.'"- From Spurgeon's Sermon Compel Them to Come InFurther recommended reading & listening:
The Best of The Daily Spurgeon
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
