Throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards uses imagery to make readers feel fear about being sent to hell.
Jonathan Edwards wrote a scathing and horrific picture of what sinners can expect after they die. His sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is an argument to make people turn their ways to God and refrain from committing sinful deeds.
- The sermon was meant to try to appeal to and persuade the people to turn away from evil deeds.
- Edwards paints a picture of an angry God capable of inflicting extreme pain and hurt to anyone who crosses Him.
- But he also paints an image of the same God as a forgiving and ever-ready to embrace us for our sins if we ask for forgiveness.
- Edwards's main purpose of the sermon seems to be to try to make people understand and realize the dangers of straying away from God.
- But at the same time, he also made sure to present a solution for if anyone feels regret and wants to turn away from the sinful life.
Jonathan Edwards posed a dangerous yet insightful description of what sin can lead to. Then he also presented a forgiving God who is ready to welcome anyone who asks for forgiveness. Thus, the main use of the imagery is to make the people fear being sent to hell.
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