Unredeemed humanity is on a run-away freight train careening down a slithering track at breakneck speed hurdling towards a 10’ thick brick wall. Their train has no brakes, the engineer is gone, and they are doomed. However, there is hope - they can be saved. All they have to do is reach out and take the hand of a Savior, but will they? We see the hand of the Savior reaching in through the windows of the train. He is desperately searching the train cars, His eyes are moving to and fro, His hand is darting in and out of the windows as He plucks each redeemed soul and holds them close to His bosom. He knows the emanate danger and can see their calamity and horrible death. A few lucky souls have reached out and taken hold of the promise of salvation. He gently lifted them out of the peril and set them on solid ground. They are not that different from the doomed sinners on the train, they just wanted salvation from the clear and present danger they saw before them. The other poor wretched unredeemed in their company will now absolutely perish. They will be lost like so many billions before them. The ironic thing is that they all knew in their hearts what would happen if they did not grab hold of that Hand of Salvation thrust through the window of that train. They knew that Salvation was required in order to save them. What drove them to turn from their obvious rescue? Sin stopped them from accepting the Hand of salvation when He offered it. We see in 1Revelation 16:10-11 that even after humanity sees the end times tribulation and has suffered great curses and torment, they still will not repent. Sins hold on their eternal souls is so deep-seated they would rather succumb to eternal torture and death than repent and acc...
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...rupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
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4 John 8:34 - Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
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5 ISA 59:1-2 - Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
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6 GA 6:7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
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1) Jonathan Edwards delivered this sermon during the first Great Awakening, a time of religious revival in Europe and America. During the Great Awakening, christianity shifted its focus from ceremonies and rituals, and began to realign itself with introspection to encourage fostering a deep sense of morality and redemption. Edwards was a key preacher and minister that delivered many sermons preaching about revival and reformed theology.
In these text, “The Minister’s Black Veil” and “The Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” the preachers are teaching their congregations a lesson.
These literary works portray how differences in societal circumstances, expression, and other people can change the way a person interprets the paper. The authors offer different perspectives in order to get their points across. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” the audience of the sermon is being persuaded to follow God because He is the only one who can keep a person from spending an eternity in hell. The story “Young Goodman Brown” proves how easily people are influenced by the decision of others and also includes how witchcraft was changing the faithful of that time. In comparing the two stories the reader will come to know the influence of the time era, the differences in which the characters are being approached, and the impact the clergy has on people.
have any freedom because he was always there. John acts as if he knows what the
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon.
Hogan). If we are not free to do so then there is no point in our existence as a whole because sinning would be a concept outside of our control. The teachings of Jesus are based on the fact that we can freely choose at all times. For example, if we are asked to repent then we’re obviously free to choose whether to repent or not. If we apply the Libertarianism view to this question then it is simple to understand that human beings would be considered completely free. To say that humans are completely free is wrong because there’s no way that everything we do is one hundred percent up to us. There are many different background causes that we don’t even think about when we’re about to make a certain decision. For example, if someone is debating whether to run through the yellow light or slow down, you might not go through it if last time the light changed to red and you got a ticket. The decision was determined by previous decisions that you made. Even though you might think that you had a number of different options, they weren’t really options. You were bound to do exactly what you did in that
though he tries so hard not to do what was foretold that he would do,
In the story “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” the author Jonathan Edwards uses
There are many religious groups throughout the world and the three largest religious groups are Christianity, Islam, and Nonreligious people who claim no religion at all. Under these three religions are other religions that basically having the same belief, but their belief may differ slightly. They all worship God, but in their own way, each having their own belief of salvation of how man is saved.
If the negro be a soul, if the woman be a soul, appareled in flesh, to one master only are they accountable. There is but one law for all souls, and, if there is to be an interpreter of it, he comes not as man, or son of man, but as Son of God.
...scue of David will result in praise by David. In verses 30 and 31 we see David’s vow of praise. David says that he will praise God for His deliverance in the midst of the all of his trials and enemies (Bible v. 30, 874). The basis for this praise is David’s experience of seeing God stand at his right hand to defend him. David knows that the accusers will finally be silenced when God reveals Himself as his helper and defender.
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death" (Rom 8:1-2). Paul believes if you are in Christ Jesus, then you will be saved. Because of Jesus' selflessness, he has freed us from sin and death. God had created the world through wisdom and with Adam we then were under the reign of sin. Then, with the resurrection of Jesus, He freed us from the law and we entered into a period of grace with God. We are living by the Spirit in an era of grace, so therefore we should be dead to sin. Paul explains this in greater detail in the beginning of Romans in 3:9.
“For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength… but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong” -(Corinthians 25-28)
Clifford, Richard J., A Commentary by… Proverbs, The Old Testament Library. Editorial Advisory Board; James L. Mays, Carol A. Newsom, David I. Petersen. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, 1999.
Adam and Eve, the two that started it all. These two names will remain as a reminder to us forever because of their actions. Genesis chapter two talks about how man was made perfect; flawless and in God’s favor. These two individuals change how mankind would be from that time on. Sin entered the world and things began to change.