Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

• Sermon by Jonathan Edwards
• Background 44-45
• Text 46-49

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Vocabulary (pg 45)

• Provoked
• Appease
• Abhor
• Abominable
• Induce

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Literary Terms

• Figures of speech (pg 45)
• Metaphors, similes, personification
• Rhetorical Devices
• Parallelism repetition of words or phrases that
  have similar grammatical structure (example page
  46)
• Repetition (48)
• Analogy and imagery (throughout)

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Edwards Purpose

• To strike fear into the listeners in order to
  convince them that they need to live a life of
  humility and righteousness.

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Edwards Message

• You are all in hell, but God is keeping you out
  by his grace
• God can abandon you whenever he wants
• Become reborn in Christ so that you can be
  rescued

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Discussion/Analysis

• Identify his rhetorical devices and use of
  imagery
• How does Edwards see God? What does he mean by
  men are held in the hand of God? How do you
  escape Gods anger?
• How do we view God today?
• How would Edwards have viewed a national tragedy,
  such as September 11?