Christian Beliefs And Salvation For A Christian

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The concentration for my research topic is to address that Christians need to recognize the importance of their denominational distinctions. I wanted to expand my focus to include how salvation plays a component in the denominational distinctions, because salvation is the significant part of being a Christian. People need to know the beliefs and principles of their denomination. Being Southern Baptist, my focus was on the different Protestant denominations and to better understand the Protestant denominations. As I researched, I kept discovering how the Puritans had such a major influence on the Protest denominations. I found a sermon that outlined the role, beliefs and salvation for a Christian, preached by a prominent Puritan preacher.
Puritan theologian Jonathan Edwards was a member of a religious revival known as The Great Awakening. On July 8, 1741, to a Puritan congregation at Enfield, Connecticut, the Reverend delivered a sermon “Sinners in the hands of an angry God.” Edwards became famous for his fire and brimstone type messages. “Sinners in the hands of an angry God” was undeniably a fire and brimstone sermon, which is perhaps one of Edwards’ most famous sermons. With his direct tone he has control over his sermon and his audience, while the Pastor persuades them to accept that the wrath of God is upon them.
At this time the Puritans had become complacent in their religion, which is relevant today for a number of people of all denominations. Edwards preached this sermon to awaken and persuade the unsaved to accept Christ as their Savior and to become a Christian. The Reverend is urging his listeners to have hope, relief, and acceptance with Jesus Christ. The sermon was a chance for him to plea with the congregation ...

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...o repent from their sinful ways for the day of judgement was quickly approaching. “Sinners in the hands of an angry God” was a sermon preached to help save people from going to the pits of hell.
“Sinners in the hands of an angry God” accomplished its charge by the method it was delivered. Although a popular Puritan minister, I do not feel as if Jonathan Edwards preached this sermon only for Puritans. His sermon did not dictate specific Puritans principles only applicable to Puritans, however it reveal Biblical truths relevant to everyone. I plan to broaden my research to see how far the Protestant denominations have changed from the salvation and God displayed in this sermon. I have discovered, while denominations are important there is no saving grace in a specific denominations. The only means of salvation comes from Jesus Christ as portrayed in Edwards’s sermon.

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