Why is Edwards giving this sermon, if we are all in such mortal peril from God’s wrath?
He believes we must be awoken to our peril so that we may experience conversion.
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He has diagnosed our peril and wants to prepare us for what is coming.
He believes if we journey westward we can escape God’s wrath.
He believes we must make propitiary offerings to appease God’s wrath.
At one point during his description of God’s wrath, Edwards quotes and then interprets Isaiah 63.3: “I will tread them in mine anger, and will trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.” Which of the following is not one of the “manifestations” that Edwards names from this passage?
pity
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contempt
hatred
fierceness of indignation
If He is so wrathful, why doesn’t God smite the wicked now, instead of waiting?
God is waiting for some sign that we believe in Christ, but he is ever ready to smite us if we turn out not to believe.
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God has a particular date in mind for all of us, and won’t move it forward or backward because of any of our actions.
Most wicked men have not yet crossed the threshold of grievances that God tallies up before deciding whom to smite and whom to leave alone for a time.
God is essentially patient and kind, and does not smite just anybody without good reason.
What phrase does Edwards use to describe the force that stays God’s hand from smiting us in his wrath?
the sovereign pleasure of God
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the arbitrary mystery of God
the burning brimstone of God
the awesome wrath of God
Which of the following will not be a characteristic quality of the wrath we can expect from God if we continue in our unregenerate ways?
appropriate to your sins
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infinite as God is infinite
fierce and furious and terrible
everlasting: you will suffer for all eternity
[Quiz originally from here]