Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God Analysis

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After reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," the major features I saw were related to wrath of God, hell, and evil. I saw the sermons main focus being projected towards people that did not take Gods word or the commandments into consideration when living their lifestyle, these people would be sentenced to the wrath of God which resulted in God sending them into hell. I had a hard time grasping this concept because I don’t see as God sending one to hell as being angry or having a wrath as the text supposed. I see one being descended into hell by God as a punishment for not following Gods word not out of anger as I cant see one being as holy and calm as God becoming angry. The text states in the beginning “Surly thou didst set them in slippery places thou castedst them down into destruction” I …show more content…

People of this nature were considered wicked and evil, people of this nature committed sin without any doubt of their own afterlife security. The statement “ So that every uncovered man properly belongs to Hell; that is his place, from thence he is.” And also verse 9 on page 173 gave evidence that one that denies God will be sentences to hell as he will deny them in heaven. A verse that really stood out to me was “There are black clouds of God’s wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder; and were it not for the restraining hand of God it would immediately burst forth upon you.” When reading this verse the thought of what comes around goes around came into my head as I felt that if you sin it will come back to bite you in some shape or form. The sermon took place on July 8, 1741 during the Great Awakening, I got the sense that during this time the main focus was religion and getting people saved into the church as a member of Christ, I felt that was the thinking the preacher was attempting to get a crossed In the

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