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Word to Preachers. Brethren, do we
in our oral ministry, preach on this solemn subject as much
as we ought? The Old Testament prophets frequently told
their hearers that their wicked lives provoked the Holy One
of Israel, and that they were treasuring up to themselves
wrath against the day of wrath. And conditions in the world
are no better now than they were then! Nothing is so
calculated to arouse the careless and cause carnal
professors to search their hearts, as to enlarge upon the
fact that "God is angry with the wicked every day" (Ps.
7:11). The forerunner of Christ warned his hearers to "flee
from the wrath to come" (Matt. 3:7). The Saviour bade His
auditors "Fear Him, which after He hath killed, hath power
to cast into Hell; yea, I say unto you. Fear Him" (Luke
12:5). The apostle Paul said, "Knowing therefore the
terror of the Lord, we persuade men" (2 Cor. 5:11).
Faithfulness demands that we speak as plainly about Hell as
about Heaven.
A. W. Pink, The
Attributes of God
