Jasmine Mapp
02-23-09
1st period
The Puritans Belief
The Puritans believed in total depravity or original sin because of Adam and eve. They believed that everyone was born a sinner. They also believed God saved only a certain few and Jesus didn’t die for all, everyone else was going to hell. They believed there was no way to earn Gods grace. It was up to saint’s like Jonathan Edwards to interpret the word of God the way they chose. Sinners in the hands of an angry God, was the best known sermons of Edwards. They say people got so scared they fainted when they heard it. They also believed that there is nothing between you and hell but Gods hands and when he gets angry enough he will let you go and you will fall into the fiery pits of hell.
I think that Sinners in the hands o f an angry God was just a way to scare people into doing the right thing. I seriously doubt that God has already picked the ones of use who are going to heaven and the ones who are going to hell. I mean some people have to go thru life altering things to become in the likeness of God and just because they slip up one time doesn’t mean that they are going to hell for there one mistake.
I don’t think that God is a caring and understanding God. I think that he knows that people make mistakes, but they try to do better for him and only him. The way that Edwards betrays him in the sermon is as a mean man who is only keeps us over the fire for his own amusement. It makes me feel like he is just roasting us over his fire until he gets tired of us and just lets us go. And I don’t think he is like that at all.
In the text On the Mayflower, when they got off of the boat they laid on the ground and thanked God for getting them there safely. But when they saw that where they came was nothing but trees, lands, and any houses or roads they prayed to God to help them get started. They asked their selves what could hold them back. Nothing but Gods grace of course. They think that since God got them there that they were going to help them get started.
In this text I think that it had nothing to do with the Sermon that Edwards read, because if it did then they wouldn’t even want to go out to the see because they would think that, that might be a perfect time for God to let them fall into hell because they are all sinners. Now that might not be true but if it were me then I wouldn’t take my chances. It just doesn’t seem to add up with me.
Limited Atonement – Jesus died for the chosen only, not for everyone. Irresistible Grace – God’s grace is freely given, it cannot be earned or denied. Grace is defined as the saving and transfiguring power of God. Sinners in the hands of an angry God also says that only a certain few are chosen to go into heaven and everyone else is going to hell and that you cannot earn Gods grace.
Total Depravity – through Adam and Eve’s fall, every person is born sinful – concept of Original sin. Sinners in the hands of an angry God also tells us that we are born with sin because of Adam and Eve.
02-23-09
1st period
The Puritans Belief
The Puritans believed in total depravity or original sin because of Adam and eve. They believed that everyone was born a sinner. They also believed God saved only a certain few and Jesus didn’t die for all, everyone else was going to hell. They believed there was no way to earn Gods grace. It was up to saint’s like Jonathan Edwards to interpret the word of God the way they chose. Sinners in the hands of an angry God, was the best known sermons of Edwards. They say people got so scared they fainted when they heard it. They also believed that there is nothing between you and hell but Gods hands and when he gets angry enough he will let you go and you will fall into the fiery pits of hell.
I think that Sinners in the hands o f an angry God was just a way to scare people into doing the right thing. I seriously doubt that God has already picked the ones of use who are going to heaven and the ones who are going to hell. I mean some people have to go thru life altering things to become in the likeness of God and just because they slip up one time doesn’t mean that they are going to hell for there one mistake.
I don’t think that God is a caring and understanding God. I think that he knows that people make mistakes, but they try to do better for him and only him. The way that Edwards betrays him in the sermon is as a mean man who is only keeps us over the fire for his own amusement. It makes me feel like he is just roasting us over his fire until he gets tired of us and just lets us go. And I don’t think he is like that at all.
In the text On the Mayflower, when they got off of the boat they laid on the ground and thanked God for getting them there safely. But when they saw that where they came was nothing but trees, lands, and any houses or roads they prayed to God to help them get started. They asked their selves what could hold them back. Nothing but Gods grace of course. They think that since God got them there that they were going to help them get started.
In this text I think that it had nothing to do with the Sermon that Edwards read, because if it did then they wouldn’t even want to go out to the see because they would think that, that might be a perfect time for God to let them fall into hell because they are all sinners. Now that might not be true but if it were me then I wouldn’t take my chances. It just doesn’t seem to add up with me.
Limited Atonement – Jesus died for the chosen only, not for everyone. Irresistible Grace – God’s grace is freely given, it cannot be earned or denied. Grace is defined as the saving and transfiguring power of God. Sinners in the hands of an angry God also says that only a certain few are chosen to go into heaven and everyone else is going to hell and that you cannot earn Gods grace.
Total Depravity – through Adam and Eve’s fall, every person is born sinful – concept of Original sin. Sinners in the hands of an angry God also tells us that we are born with sin because of Adam and Eve.
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