Question
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
"So that, thus it is that natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked, his anger is as great towards them as to those that are actually suffering the executions of the fierceness of his wrath in hell, and they have done nothing in the least to appease or abate that anger, neither is God in the least bound by any promise to hold them up one moment; the devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up...."
- from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards, 1741
Question 1
This sermon is BEST associated with which of these time periods?
Responses
A Colonial EraColonial Era
B Antebellum EraAntebellum Era
C First Great AwakeningFirst Great Awakening
D Second Great Awakening
"So that, thus it is that natural men are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked, his anger is as great towards them as to those that are actually suffering the executions of the fierceness of his wrath in hell, and they have done nothing in the least to appease or abate that anger, neither is God in the least bound by any promise to hold them up one moment; the devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up...."
- from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards, 1741
Question 1
This sermon is BEST associated with which of these time periods?
Responses
A Colonial EraColonial Era
B Antebellum EraAntebellum Era
C First Great AwakeningFirst Great Awakening
D Second Great Awakening
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is best associated with the **C First Great Awakening**. This period, which took place in the early to mid-18th century, was characterized by religious revivalism and promoted a more emotive and personal approach to faith, of which Edwards' sermon is a notable example.