![]() For it is said, that when that due time, or appointed time comes, their foot shall slide. That the reason why they are not fallen already, and do not fall now, is only that God’s appointed time is not come. Another thing implied is, that they are liable to fall of themselves, without being thrown down by the hand of another as he that stands or walks on slippery ground needs nothing but his own weight to throw him down.Ĥ. As he that walks in slippery places is every moment liable to fall, he cannot foresee one moment whether he shall stand or fall the next and when he does fall, he falls at once without warning: Which is also expressed in Psalm 73:18-19, “Surely thou didst set them in slippery places thou casted them down into destruction: How are they brought into desolation as in a moment!”ģ. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. The same is expressed, Psalm 73:18, “Surely thou didst set them in slippery places thou casted them down into destruction.”Ģ. ![]() This is implied in the manner of their destruction coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. That they were always exposed to destruction as one that stands or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall. The expression I have chosen for my text, Their foot shall slide in due time, seems to imply the following doings, relating to the punishment and destruction to which these wicked Israelites were exposed.ġ. Under all the cultivations of heaven, they brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit as in the two verses next preceding the text. In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were God’s visible people, and who lived under the means of grace but who, notwithstanding all God’s wonderful works towards them, remained (as verse 28) void of counsel, having no understanding in them. The complete text of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God can be found below: ![]() It, and sermons like it, played a crucial role in the first Great Awakening. There is a time and a place for a sermon such as Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. And many people do not understand the urgency of their need of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2). However, hell truly is a horrible place (Revelation 20:10-15). The idea of scaring a person into trusting in Christ is offensive to some. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is definitely a “ hellfire and brimstone” sermon. #Hand of fate secret society free#Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God uses Deuteronomy 32:35 as its starting point, particularly the clause “their foot shall slide in due time.” The message of the sermon can be summarized: “It is only the mercy of God the keeps people from falling into hell, and God is free to withdraw that mercy at any moment.” In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards used vivid illustrations of hell and the perilousness of life in order to force people to consider the reality of their eternal destiny and to invoke a decision to receive Jesus Christ as Savior. It is the most famous sermon of the first Great Awakening and one of the most famous sermons in Christian history. ![]() That day, God used Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God to produce powerful conviction and repentance among those who heard it, with many people coming to faith in Christ. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a sermon that was preached by Jonathan Edwards on a few (likely three) occasions, but most famously on July 8, 1741, in Enfield, Connecticut. ![]()
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