The Necessity of the Wrath of God
"This is a supreme necessity in the interest of the universe. Prisons are
in the interest of the free. Hell is the safeguard of heaven. A State that
cannot punish crime is doomed; and a God Who tolerates evil is not good.
Deny me my Biblical revelation of the anger of God, and I am insecure in
the universe. But reveal to me this Throne established, occupied by One
Whose heart is full of tenderness, Whose bowels yearn with love; then I am
assured that He will not tolerate that which blights and blasts and damns;
but will destroy it, and all its instruments, in the interest of that
which is high and noble and pure."
~Studies in the Prophecy of Jeremiah, pg 248, G. Campbell Morgan
"Have we realized that to deny the justice of eternal punishment is also to repudiate
the grace of God? If endless misery be unjust, then exemption from it must be the
sinner's right, and if so, his salvation could never be attributed to grace, which is
unmerited favor!"
~Arthur Pink, Eternal Punishment
If we understand not God's wrath and His infinite displeasure at sin and the sinner, then there is no way that we might understand and appreciate the Infinite Mercy bestowed upon those who believe and trust in Christ's atoning work on Calvary.
Hell is not the absence of God. Rather it is the absence of all of God's benevolent attributes, such as kindness, mercy and love; and the full presence of God's attributes of anger and justice.
There are over 162 references in the New Testament alone which warn of hell.
Bear in mind that over 70 of these references were uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ himself!
There must be something to it if the founder of Christianity referenced it so often! (Other terms used include eternal destruction, a place of fire, or of weeping and gnashing of teeth.)
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