"Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." (Jeremiah 6:16)

Pink on the Truths That Need To Be Published Today


“What is needed today is a scriptural setting forth of the condition of the natural man — his total depravity, his spiritual insensibility, his inveterate hostility to God, the fact that he is “condemned already” (John 3:18) and that the wrath of a sin-hating God is even now abiding upon him (John 3:36).

What is needed today is a scriptural setting forth of the alarming danger in which sinners are–the indescribably awful doom which awaits them.

What is needed today is a scriptural setting forth of the nature of that punishment which awaits the lost–the awfulness of it, the hopelessness of it, the unendurableness of it, the endlessness of it.

It is because of these convictions that by pen as well as by voice we are seeking to raise the alarm. It is just because these truths have been withheld so much from public ministry to the saints that we now find so many backboneless, sentimental, lopsided Christians in our assemblies.

A clearer vision of the awe-inspiring attributes of God would banish much of our levity and irreverence. A better understanding of our depravity by nature would humble us, and make us see our deep need of using the appointed means of grace. A facing of the alarming danger of the sinner would cause us to “consider our ways” and make us more diligent to make our “calling and election sure” (2 Peter 1:10). A realization of the unspeakable misery which awaits the lost (and which each of us fully merited) would immeasureably deepen our gratitude and bring us to thank God more fervently that we have been snatched as brands from the burning and delivered from the wrath to come (1 Thess. 1:10); and too, it will make us far more earnest in our prayers as we supplicate God on behalf of the unsaved.

Remember that the ground must be plowed before it is ready to be sowed; and the truths mentioned above are needed to prepare the way for the Gospel.”

— Arthur Pink, “Eternal Punishment”

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