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  AN INLET TO THREE DREADFUL THINGS
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Death is a dreadful reality for unbelieving sinners, leading to
judgment, condemnation, and endless sufferings.

Topics: "Eternal Consequences", "Death", "Judgment"
Scripture References: Matthew 25:41, Luke 16:23, Hebrews 9:27, Revelation 20:10

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Thomas Brooks warns about the dreadful reality of death for the
unbelieving sinner, emphasizing that it marks the end of all earthly
mercies and pleasures. He describes death as a gateway to three
terrifying outcomes: judgment, an irreversible sentence of condemnation,
and endless suffering. Brooks illustrates the stark contrast between the
fleeting joys of sin and the eternal torment that awaits in hell, where
there is no joy, only despair. The sermon serves as a sobering reminder
of the consequences of a life lived apart from God.

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("A Heavenly Cordial" 1665)

Death is dreadful to the unbelieving sinner, for it

puts an everlasting end to all his temporal . . .

mercies,

comforts,

contentments,

and enjoyments.

Death will put an everlasting end to all his pleasures

of sin. Now the sinner shall never more have one

merry day. In hell there is . . .

no singing--but howling;

no music--but madness;

no sporting--but sighing;

no dancing--but wringing of hands

and gnashing of teeth for evermore!

In a word, now the sinner shall find by woeful

experience that death will be an inlet to three

dreadful things:

1. To judgment, Heb. 9:27;

2. To an irreversible sentence of condemnation, Mat. 25:41;

3. To endless, ceaseless, and remediless sufferings.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/an-inlet-to-three-dreadful-things/
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