# R.C. Sproul on Hell, Sin, and God's Gift of Eternal Life

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120139415217397852
- Source account: [@SalvationOnX](https://x.com/SalvationOnX)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:56
- Published: 2026-11-11
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life) This is the best three minutes of preaching on hell you will ever see. R.C. Sproul.

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=5) You ever wonder what people are doing who are in hell?

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=7) Jesus doesn't describe every activity that takes place there, but He does describe two responses of humans who have been consigned there, where He says, "In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=21) Some people, when they wake up in hell, will be devastated, and they won't find enough water in their eyes to satisfy their need to weep.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=29) They'll be sobbing, "Oh, no, not here. Oh, God, please have mercy upon me."

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=36) Be the greatest disappointment they could possibly experience to wake up in hell.

[0:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=40) But then the other group will be there, won't be weeping a bit.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=43) They'll be gnashing their teeth, which is a biblical metaphor for human- Wow ... fury. Is it?

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=49) "How dare you, God, put me here?" The anger of the damned will know no bounds.

[0:59](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=59) I sure don't want to end up in hell. Watch this.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=60) One thing I know for sure- Watch this ... that if I do, if I've deceived myself all these years, and if I'm one who says, "Well, Lord, Lord, didn't I do this and didn't I do that?"

[1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=69) And He looks at me and says, "Please leave. I don't know you."

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=72) And He sends me to hell. One thing I can promise you, that I'll be a weeper, not a gnasher.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=77) Because if I know anything about theology, I know that if He sent me to hell tonight, I could make no just complaint against Him.

[1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=85) Mm. I've been guilty of treason. Every time I have sinned, I have asserted my will over the will of my Creator.

[1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=91) I have declared that I am sovereign, not the Lord God.

[1:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=95) I've worked against His kingdom, not for it.

[1:37](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=97) I've sinned against a holy and infinitely righteous being who owes me nothing. Now listen.

[1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=104) "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Mm.

[1:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/59xtxXlM0wxv/en/r-c-sproul-on-hell-sin-and-god-s-gift-of-eternal-life?t=112) That's it right there. Amen. Amen.