Heaven would be an
intolerable hell
"Not so the wicked! They are like
chaff that the wind blows away. Therefore the wicked will not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the
righteous!" Psalm 1:4-5
Well may the saints long for heaven, for no evil men shall dwell
there! All our congregations on earth are mixed. Every church
has at least one devil in it. The tares grow in the same furrows
as the wheat. There is no threshing-floor which is as yet
thoroughly purged from chaff. Sinners MIX with saints--as dross
mingles with gold.
God's precious diamonds still lie in the same field with
worthless pebbles. On this side heaven, righteous Lots are
continually vexed by the wicked men of Sodom. Let us rejoice
then, that in heaven above, there shall by no means be admitted
a single unrenewed soul.
The wicked cannot live in heaven. They would be out of their
element. Sooner could a fish live in a tree--than the wicked in
Paradise! Heaven would be an intolerable
hell--to an impenitent man, even if he could be allowed
to enter. But such a privilege shall never be granted to the man
who perseveres in his iniquities. May God grant that we may have
a name and a place in His courts above!
Charles Spurgeon, The
Treasury of David
