"Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God" Questions

6 September 2022
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What does Edwards believe all people are born with?
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Sin
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What does he believe that God is?
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Omnipotent, onnipresent, and omniscient
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What's the purpose of the sermon?
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To frighten unrepentant sinners to change
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Due to the viral imagery of hell, most of his congregants would be...
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frightened for their everlasting souls after listening to his souls
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When unremorseful reprobates die, Edwards...
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believes they'll suffer eternal misery
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He builds upon the sense of imminent peril by stating...
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...their death and condemnation could occur at any moment
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According to Edwards, what is the only thing keeping the sinners from the fiery pit of infinite agony?
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God's hand
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Unlike earlier Puritans who believed in predestination, Edwards offers what to these sinners?
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Hope
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Edwards states that the sinners still have time to save themselves if they...
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seek enlightenment by changing their heart and accepting God into their lives
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What is the theme of the sermon?
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Divine wrath & Human sinfulness