LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
There is no hope for salvation.
|
|
|
The only hope for salvation is in good deeds.
|
|
|
The only hope for salvation is through Christian rebirth.
|
|
|
Sinners can save their souls through constant prayer.
|
Detailed explanation-1: -Jonathan Edwards’s Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, preached on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut, is an appeal to ‘sinners’ to recognize that they will be judged by God and that this judgment will be more fearful and painful than they can comprehend.
Detailed explanation-2: -No matter where the sermon finds Biblical roots it will ultimately point to Jesus Christ who is the central message of the Gospel. “The motto of all true servants of God must be, ‘we preach Christ; and him crucified. ‘ A sermon without Christ in it is like a loaf of bread without any flour in it.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the central message of the sermon? The only hope for salvation is through Christian rebirth.
Detailed explanation-4: -On July 8, 1741, theologian Jonathan Edwards spoke the words of the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” at a Congregational church in Enfield.