Question

How does Jonathan Edwards depict the powerlessness of people and the precariousness of their situation in the passage below from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

"This that you have heard is the case of every one of you that are out of Christ. That world of misery, that lake of burning brimstone is extended abroad under you. There is the dreadful pit of the glowing flames of the wrath of God; there is hell's wide gaping mouth open; and you have nothing to stand upon, nor anything to take hold of: There is nothing between you and hell but the air; 'tis only the power and mere pleasure of God that holds you up."

Question options:

He describes people as being pushed by God to the edge of a steep and dangerous cliff, below which are jagged rocks.

He describes people as being in danger of facing a flood like the one God sent during Noah's time.

He describes people as being held over a lake of fire and brimstone by God, who may choose to drop them.

He describes people as being likely to be turned into a pillar of salt, as Lot's wife was, for their wicked and sinful ways.

Answer 1

How does Jonathan Edwards depict the powerlessness of people and the precariousness of their situation in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"? He describes people as being pushed by God to the edge of a steep and dangerous cliff, below which are jagged rocks.