Friday, February 21, 2014

Who does Edwards consider God's enemies in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?

In brief, Edwards considers all who will not turn from
their own sin and wickedness and turn to God as enemies. He gives these people a variety
of names throughout his sermon. At times these are "the foolish children of men", "many
miserable human beings", or the singular "unconverted man". Whatever the descriptor
might be, the common characteristics of the group are always the
same:


  • people who
    sin

  • people who no better than to
    sin

  • people who are not choosing to give Christ their
    entire heart

These people can be members of his
congregation. Many people go to churches but do not actually believe in their hearts.
These same people act like they understand the morals being taught but choose not to
apply them in life. These seem to be the people that Edwards is trying to reach as he
quotes Scripture with direct references to this type of behavior. These are the people
he would consider enemies of God.


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They not only justly deserve to be thrown down
there, but the sentence of the law of God, that eternal and unchangeable rule of
righteousness that God has fixed between Him and mankind, is gone out against them, and
stands against them; so that they are already bound over to hell. John 3:18, "Whoever
does not believe stands condemned
already."



Those who do not
believe are enemies of God.

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