Table of Contents
- 1 What two things that Edwards says will happen to people who are born again?
- 2 What does Jonathan Edwards explain about sinful behavior in the sermon?
- 3 What does Edward say sinners can obtain?
- 4 What threat does Edwards make in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
- 5 What is the excerpt from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God about?
- 6 What does Edwards say about your wickedness?
- 7 What do sinners do to obtain the grace of God?
- 8 What keeps the sinners from falling into Hell?
What two things that Edwards says will happen to people who are born again?
Edwards preaches that all humans are sinners poised between heaven and hell. Those who believe in and accept Christ, Edwards declares, will go to heaven. Those who refuse Christ will be condemned to hell.
What does Jonathan Edwards explain about sinful behavior in the sermon?
Answer: In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, the speaker Jonathan Edwards describes the fate of sinners by saying that they would burn in hell if they did not repent from their sins and ask for forgiveness.
What message is Edwards conveying in this sermon note two places where he directly states his purpose?
Note 2 places where he directly states his purpose and message. Edward wants his audience to have a change in heart and to turn to God or become closer to God. He is warning the readers by using a passionate or intense tone to explain how God’s wrath will affect sinners and to make them fearful.
What does Edward say sinners can obtain?
At the conclusion of his sermon, Edwards says that those who are sinners, who have not yet been born again, must obtain salvation in order to escape God’s wrath. As long as his listeners haven’t died yet, they are “in the Land of the Living, and in the House of God, and have an Opportunity to obtain Salvation.”
What threat does Edwards make in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
Edwards sees the threat of wickedness present in those who knowingly turn from God’s grace and power. He also sees it in those who are “spiritually somnolent.” Edwards seeks to awake these individuals for their actions cause God great anger, and thus pose a constant threat to individual salvation.
What message is Edwards conveying in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
The message from Edwards’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is that mankind is inherently sinful and it is only through God’s grace that Man is able to avoid eternal damnation and torment. Edwards’s goal was to encourage people to turn towards God and away from sin before it was too late.
What is the excerpt from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God about?
His sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” describes hell as a real place. In this excerpt, Edwards describes sinners’ relationship with God. As you read, take notes on how the speaker describes sinners’ relationship with God.
What does Edwards say about your wickedness?
Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards Hell; and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink, and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf… Edwards preached to listeners about God’s all-powerful character.
What does Jonathan Edwards say about salvation for sinners?
To become converted then, one need only believe in Christ and the sacrifice he made out of love for us, to redeem our sins and make our salvation possible. At the conclusion of his sermon, Edwards says that those who are sinners, who have not yet been born again, must obtain salvation in order to escape God’s wrath.
What do sinners do to obtain the grace of God?
In order to obtain the grace of God, sinners must believe in his power, wrath, and authority, and above all–listen. Edwards explains that
What keeps the sinners from falling into Hell?
According to the opening paragraph , what keeps sinners from falling into hell The only thing keeping the sinners from falling into hell is the power of god and his mere pleasure According to edwards, what do his listeners mistakenly feel keeps them from falling into hell
What does Jonathan Edwards say about the unregenerate?
Edwards suggests that the unregenerate must be spiritually reborn or else God will take no pity on them, will feel no compassion for them, but will only deliver the wrath that “Justice requires” him to.