Why Silence About Hell Is Cruelty, Not Love

🔥If We Love, We Must Warn: The Necessity of Preaching Hell

> “And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” — Matthew 10:28

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I. Silence is Not Love, It is Hatred

Church — hear me. If hell is real, then silence is not kindness. Silence is cruelty. Silence is hatred dressed up in smiles.

Imagine watching a blind man stumble toward a cliff. You don’t wave politely. You don’t whisper, “I don’t want to offend him.” No, you cry out! You run! You grab him before he falls.

And yet — multitudes are stumbling toward eternal fire, and pulpits stay silent. That is not love. That is hatred. If we love people, we must warn them.

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II. Christ Spoke More of Hell Than Anyone Else

Do not forget this: Jesus — gentle Jesus, meek and mild — spoke more of hell than any other figure in Scripture.

He warned of outer darkness (Matt. 8:12).

He described weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matt. 13:42).

He told of a place “where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:48).

He declared the punishment is eternal (Matt. 25:46).

So let us not pretend we are wiser, kinder, or more loving than Christ. To be silent where He spoke is to contradict Him.

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III. To Warn is to Love

Paul said, “Knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others” (2 Cor. 5:11). Jude said, “Save others by snatching them out of the fire” (Jude 23).

If a doctor found cancer and refused to tell you because it might upset you, you would call him a monster. Why then do we think silence about eternal death is mercy?

No, beloved — warning is love. Preaching judgment is compassion. Evangelism is not arrogance; it is rescue.

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IV. Hell and Hope Go Hand in Hand

Now, let us be clear: to preach hell without hope is to crush souls. But to preach heaven without hell is to lull souls to sleep.

Jesus, the same One who thundered about eternal fire, is the One who wept over Jerusalem.

He warns of destruction, but offers Himself as the Good Shepherd.

He speaks of outer darkness, but proclaims Himself the Light of the World.

He describes eternal punishment, but invites, “Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Warning and wooing — both are love. Both are Christlike.

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V. Evangelism: Arms Around Their Knees

Charles Spurgeon once thundered:

> “If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. If they perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let not one go there unwarned and unprayed for.”

That is evangelism. That is love. That is what it means to preach Christ crucified.

If we believe in eternal judgment, then we cannot sit silent while souls perish. We must speak, we must plead, we must pray, we must warn. Better to be hated for telling the truth than applauded for withholding it.

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VI. Conclusion – Which Song Will We Echo?

In Revelation 7, the redeemed sing: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” But in Revelation 20, the lost are cast into the lake of fire — and there is only silence.

Which sound will echo from our lives? Will we echo heaven’s song with evangelistic urgency? Or will we echo hell’s silence by keeping our mouths shut?

If we love, we must warn. If we believe in judgment, we must evangelize. To do otherwise is hatred. To do otherwise is cruelty.

So let us rise, Church. Let us preach Christ with fire in our bones and tears in our eyes. Let us cry out to a dying world:

Flee the wrath to come — and run to the Savior who saves to the uttermost!

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