Jonathan Edwards's depiction of God would have helped his congregation by scaring them straight. That meaning that they would not do any thing to go against the words of God. With him taking the strong approach and telling the congregation the way it was he could have lost the respect of the people. Also the congregation could have just given up on trying to please God. They could have also though that Jonathan Edwards was crazy.
Jonathan Edwards meant "sinners" in the way of the people doing the thing that they know is against the word of God. In this knowledge that the sinners have, they proceed to disrespect God by doing the things that he said not to. To give examples Adam and Eve; God told Adam not to eat the apple from the knowledge tree but he did it anyways. When God saw Adam take the bit of the apple, he cast them out of the Garden of Eden. When you disrespect God he will not protect you from the evils of other.
Jonathan Edwards In Jonathan Edwards", a Puritan preacher, sermons he scares his audience into believing in God by using different techniques that evoke fear and visions of hell. ... The metaphors Edwards used were strong and effective on his audience. ... The imagery portrayed by Edwards was astonishing. ... Edwards used any approach necessary to get his point across. ... As you can see, Edwards did a lot. ...
Jonathan Edwards was the preacher of the great sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." ... Jonathan Edwards used a more religious approach in his use of literary elements. ... Edwards is trying to awaken and persuade those who are living their life in sin. ... Edwards has a ranging tone throughout his sermon. ... Like Edwards, Henry contains imagery in his work, but Henry's is more subtle. ...
Edwards is very good at using different images of god and the destruction he is capable of, if people stray from the righteous path. I think Edwards uses water because of the destruction water can cause in its own right. ... It is easy to associate great destruction with water; Edwards effectively uses tactics in which people can relate to scare them. Another method of Edwards is to relate your damnation with fiery images of hell. ... I can just imagine how helpless the people who followed the words of Edwards would've felt. ...
He states that once placed on slippery ground, it is inevitable that you will eventually fall (Edwards 278). I coincide with Edwards on this statement, where there is a bad decision there is also a consequence that follows. ... When Edwards says that, God has laid himself under no obligation, by any promise to keep any natural man out of hell one moment (Edwards 282), he was stating that God is not going to force you to follow and live by his word the decision is all up to you, but with every choice there is always a right and a wrong. ... Edwards says that, mens own wisdom is no security to t...
Jonathan Edwards has no shortage of analogies when the topic turns to eternal damnation. ... Initially Edwards' work appears to be a pretentious writing of a choleric God and the torment under his wrath. ... After completely reading Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, I understood what points Jonathan Edwards was trying to make. ... If Jonathan Edwards were to focus some on God's kindness, while defining the consequences, he could convert more sinners to lead virtuous lives than by frightening them. ... As long as Jonathan Edwards's writing terrified some sinners to con...
Many preachers were involved, including George Whitefield, and Jonathan Edwards, who preached the famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God " (1741). Through Jonathan Edwards's sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards offers a very harsh interpretation to humankind. Meanwhile through a man named George Whitefield, Anglicization was expanding beyond the magnitude Jonathan Edwards could ever truly ascertain. ... Edwards conveys frightening images throughout his sermon to induce his congregation into believing they are vulnerable to God's wrath. ... "(Pg 87) J...
A Study of the Literary Career of Jonathan Edwards Although many think of Jonathan Edwards as one of the greatest American theologists, he was an amazing philosopher and scientist as well. ... Edwards came from a family with a long line of ministers and took his grandfather's place in Northampton, Massachusetts when he died in 1729 (Browning). ... Some people today, and maybe some back when the sermon was presented, believe that Edwards's idea of God was distorted and that the speech was too exaggerated. ... In his years of ministry, Jonathan Edwards published countless works...
In this passage, Edwards gives the image of a God who can easily decide whether or not to send sinners to the Hell. Edwards also warns the people that God has the ability to do horrible things to the sinners. ... Edwards believes that the power of God is superior to storms, arrows and anything in this world. All in all, Edwards tries to create fear inside people in order to bring people to religion. ... Things get scarier when Edwards depicts the crucial scene of Hell. ...
