Hell itself is not more horrible than sin!
Charles Spurgeon, "A Simple Remedy"
(You will find it helpful to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
"There is no one righteous, not even one;
there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
All have turned away, they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good, not even one!" Romans 3:10-12
Those who are now before the throne of God, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing—were once as defiled with sin as the most loathsome lepers are defiled with disease. Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, David, Elijah, Hezekiah, Daniel—all of these were once sick with the accursed malady of sin.
All the excellent of the earth among us now, who have been saved by sovereign grace—were once heirs of wrath even as others. They were as surely shaped in iniquity and conceived in sin, as the rest of mankind—all were sorely sick with sin.
We were so diseased, that nothing could have restored us but the precious sin-atoning blood of our dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
It is a dreadful fact that sin has infected the entire family of men. We are all sinful—sinful through and through, corrupt with evil passions and depraved desires. Our fathers were fallen men, and so are we, and so will our children be.
Oh mournful, miserable fact, that every man by nature lives as . . .
a rebel to his Maker and Sustainer,
a traitor to the truth,
an enemy of all that is pure and holy,
a Hell-bound slave of sin and Satan.
Sin has left man spiritually wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked!
Hell itself is not more horrible than sin! No ghastly and grim sight, can ever be so terrible to the spiritual eye, as the hideous and loathsome thing called sin.
No man ever desires the Savior, until he knows that he is a lost, ruined, and undone soul.
No man ever loves Christ, until he loathes himself.
"He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities,
the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
and by His wounds we are healed!" Isaiah 53:5