Unless people truly repent and turn away from their sins, God will punish them with hell—not because God is mean, but because He must be just and cannot let sin go unpunished. He explains that real repentance isn't just feeling sorry or making promises to be better, but actually hating sin and turning completely away from it while trusting only in Jesus Christ to save you, not in your own good deeds. The sermon ends with an urgent plea for listeners to ask Jesus for the power to repent (since people can't change their own hearts), and Spurgeon shares his own conversion story to encourage sinners to look to Christ for salvation before it's too late.

A sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon on December 7, 1856.