One of the most terrifying truths about hell is that the majority of people will end up there. What’s even more alarming is that many preachers in America no longer address the horrific reality of hell. They argue, “It turns people away,” or “Jesus preached only love.” These are deceptions from the enemy. Satan wants us lulled into complacency with soothing messages that never challenge or convict the heart. How can you share the gospel without mentioning repentance and the reality of hell? Jesus took your hell upon Himself! He saved Christians from God’s righteous wrath and the torment of hell. How dare we downplay this truth!
Have you ever considered that Jesus—God in human flesh—spoke about hell more than anyone else in the Bible? His teachings are filled with warnings about it. In Mark 9:47, He says, “And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell.” In Matthew 23:33, He declares, “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?” If Jesus emphasized hell so frequently, why do we think we can avoid the topic? The stark reality of hell magnifies the glory of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He provided a way to escape this dreadful fate. Let’s explore some powerful hell quotes.
Martin Luther – “The fiery oven is ignited merely by the infinite wrath of God and will burn eternally.”
John Calvin – “The dread of hell is the shadow of God’s justice, pressing upon the conscience of the sinner.”
Jonathan Edwards – “The wrath of God burns against them; their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready.”
Charles Spurgeon – “If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our dead bodies.”
John Wesley – “Hell is a place where hope is extinguished, and the worm of conscience gnaws forever.”
R.C. Sproul – “Hell is not a place where God sends people; it’s where they arrive by rejecting Him.”
A.W. Tozer – “The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.”
George Whitefield – “The torments of hell abide forever; there is no intermission, no cessation.”
J.I. Packer – “Hell is the ultimate display of God’s justice, where the unrepentant meet their due.”
Thomas Watson – “Hell is a place where the fire burns, but the conscience burns hotter.”
John Bunyan – “In hell, thou shalt have none but a company of damned souls with an innumerable company of devils to keep thee company.”
Matthew Henry – “Hell is the bottomless pit of despair, where the wicked sink under the weight of their sins.”
D.L. Moody – “I’d rather scare someone into heaven than lull them into hell.”
B.B. Warfield – “Hell is the eternal consequence of a life lived in defiance of the divine will.”
Leonard Ravenhill – “If we had more hell in the pulpit, we’d have less hell in the pew.”
Richard Baxter – “Hell is truth seen too late—when the door of mercy is shut forever.”
John Piper – “Hell is unspeakably real, consciously experienced, and eternally deserved by those who reject Christ.”
William Gurnall – “Hell is the prison where the soul is bound in chains of its own making.”
Thomas Brooks – “The greatest and hottest fires on earth are but ice compared to the fire of hell.”
Horatius Bonar – “Hell is the full ripening of sin, where the harvest of rebellion is reaped eternally.”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones – “To deny hell is to deny the holiness of God and the seriousness of sin.”
John Owen – “In hell, the damned have no rest, no comfort, only the torment of their own guilt.”
Charles Hodge – “Hell is the eternal abode of those who love darkness rather than light.”
Albert Barnes – “Hell is not annihilation, but the ceaseless suffering of the soul apart from God.”
Francis Turretin – “The eternity of hell corresponds to the eternity of the offense against an infinite God.”
John Flavel – “Hell is the place where mercy is forever silent, and justice speaks without restraint.”
Timothy Keller – “Hell is the freely chosen, eternal skid-row of the universe.”
Philip Doddridge – “Hell’s torments are not mitigated by time; they grow sharper with every moment.”
John Murray – “Hell manifests the righteousness of God in the punishment of unrepentant sin.”
Edward Payson – “In hell, the damned curse their existence, yet cannot escape it.”
Samuel Rutherford – “Hell is the dark cellar where the refuse of sin is cast forever.”
Cotton Mather – “Hell is the furnace of wrath, heated seven times hotter by divine indignation.”
Isaac Watts – “There is a dreadful hell, and everlasting pains; there sinners must with devils dwell in darkness, fire, and chains.”
Andrew Fuller – “Hell is the eternal echo of a soul’s rejection of God’s grace.”
Robert Haldane – “Hell is the ultimate separation, where the soul is cut off from all that is good.”
John Gill – “Hell’s fire is unquenchable because the sin against God is infinite in its offense.”
James Henley Thornwell – “Hell is the destiny of those who prefer self to God.”
William Perkins – “In hell, the damned are their own tormentors, gnawed by the worm that never dies.”
Alexander Maclaren – “Hell is the shadow cast by a life lived without God.”
John Knox – “The pains of hell are the just reward of those who despise the gospel.”
Thomas Chalmers – “Hell is the eternal quarantine of sin, where the wicked are confined.”
Herman Bavinck – “Hell is not an arbitrary punishment, but the necessary outcome of rejecting infinite holiness.”
John Newton – “Hell is a bottomless pit, where the fall never ends.”
Archibald Alexander – “Hell is the place where God’s wrath is no longer tempered by His mercy.”
Donald Grey Barnhouse – “Hell is eternity in the presence of justice without mercy.”
Cornelius Van Til – “Hell is the logical end of autonomy apart from God.”
William Ames – “Hell’s eternity matches the eternity of God’s glory, which the damned have scorned.”
John Gerstner – “Hell is God’s jail, where the sentence is life without parole.”
Wayne Grudem – “Hell is real, eternal, and a testimony to the seriousness of human rebellion.”
Sinclair Ferguson – “Hell is the place where God’s ‘no’ to sin becomes final and forever.”
Stephen Charnock – “Hell is the monument of God’s justice, where His wrath is eternally displayed.”
J.C. Ryle – “Hell is a real place, and its miseries are as real as its existence.”
Abraham Kuyper – “Hell is the eternal consequence of a creature daring to defy its Creator.”
George Gillespie – “The damned in hell weep, but their tears purchase no relief.”
Ralph Erskine – “Hell is the eternal night where the light of God’s face never shines.”
William Guthrie – “In hell, the wicked find no rest, only the ceaseless storm of divine displeasure.”
James Durham – “Hell is the harvest of sin sown in time, reaped in eternity.”
Thomas Manton – “Hell’s fire is fed by the guilt of sin and the fury of God.”
Hugh Binning – “Hell is the prison of despair, where the key of hope is forever lost.”
John Brown of Haddington – “The torments of hell are the wages of sin paid in full.”
Ebenezer Erskine – “Hell is the echo of God’s holiness, sounding forever in the ears of the damned.”
Robert Murray M’Cheyne – “One hour in hell will make men wish they had lived a thousand years for God.”
Thomas Boston – “Hell is the sink of all iniquity, where the dregs of sin are poured out.”
John MacArthur – “Hell is the eternal destiny of those who refuse the eternal offer of grace.”
Samuel Davies – “Hell is an eternity of woe, where every moment is a fresh wound.”
David Clarkson – “In hell, the soul is its own executioner, tormented by its own rebellion.”
John L. Girardeau – “Hell is the dark abyss where the light of mercy never penetrates.”
William Plumer – “Hell’s eternity is the mirror of God’s unchanging justice.”
Charles Simeon – “Hell is the portion of those who reject the Savior’s blood.”
Octavius Winslow – “Hell is the eternal wail of a soul that chose self over Christ.”
