If a person sees a house on fire and does everything he can to rescue the occupants, he is heralded as a hero. And that's the way it should be. Why is it, then, that a Christian who accepts what God says in the Bible about hell and tries to warn people is ridiculed as an alarmist?

We read about a similar situation in Genesis 19, which tells of the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham's nephew Lot was warned by God that Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed. He urged his sons-in-law to leave the city, but his plea fell on deaf ears because they thought he was joking (v.14). But Lot was right. Judgment did come.

One of these days God's wrath will again be poured out on the wicked of this earth. As believers, we'll be delivered from His wrath because our sins have been forgiven. Therefore, it's our responsibility to do for others what someone did for us--sound the warning and give the alarm! Unbelievers must be told of the only way to escape punishment. They may ridicule our message and make fun of us, but that doesn't change the facts.

Let's keep working to lead people to the safety that can be found in Christ alone. This world needs more "alarmists"!  — Richard De Haan