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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by British Colonial Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts to unknown effect, and again on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut.〔; 〕 Like Edwards' other works, it combines vivid imagery of Hell with observations of the world and citations of the scripture. It is Edwards' most famous written work, is a fitting representation of his preaching style, and is widely studied by Christians and historians, providing a glimpse into the theology of the Great Awakening of c. 1730–1755. This is a typical sermon of the Great Awakening, emphasizing the belief that Hell is a real place. Edwards hoped that the imagery and language of his sermon would awaken audiences to the horrific reality that he believed awaited them should they continue life without devotion to Christ. The underlying point is that God has given humanity a chance to rectify their sins. Edwards says that it is the will of God that keeps wicked men from the depths of Hell. This act of restraint has given humanity a chance to mend their ways and return to Christ. ==Doctrine== "''There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.''" Most of the sermon's text consists of ten "considerations": # God may cast wicked men into hell at any given moment. # The Wicked deserve to be cast into hell. Divine justice does not prevent God from destroying the Wicked at any moment. # The Wicked, at ''this'' moment, suffer under God's condemnation to Hell. # The Wicked, on earth - at this very moment - suffer the torments of Hell. The Wicked must not think, simply because they are not physically in Hell, that God (in Whose hand the Wicked now reside) is not - at this very moment - as angry with ''them'' as He is with those miserable creatures He is ''now'' tormenting in hell, and who - at this very moment - do feel and bear the fierceness of His wrath. # At any moment God shall permit him, Satan stands ready to fall upon the Wicked and seize them as his own. # If it were not for God's restraints, there are, in the souls of wicked men, hellish principles reigning which, presently, would kindle and flame out into hellfire. # Simply because there are not visible means of death before them at any given moment, the Wicked should not feel secure. # Simply because it is natural to care for oneself or to think that others may care for them, men should not think themselves safe from God's wrath. # All that wicked men may do to save themselves from Hell's pains shall afford them nothing if they continue to reject Christ. # God has never promised to save us from Hell, except for those contained in Christ through the covenant of Grace. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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