Rhetorical Analysis Of Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God

In the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards the author describes how God will condem all sinners into hell. Jonanthan Edwards vividly informs his audience that God has infinite power and that the almighty will not hesitate to send anyone in the fiery pit of hell. He disguises his message under a variety of methods such as imagery, alliteration, and similes.

First, the author uses imagery to vividly explain the sufferable experience sinners will have in hell. For instance in the ninth paragraph Jonathan Edwards coldly states, " When you look forward, you shall see a long for ever, a boundless duration before you, which will swallow up your thoughts, and amaze your soul , and you will absolutely despair of ever having any deliverance,
For example, throughtout the whole text he uses "fiery pit", "Pit of hell", "Wrath in hell", "dreadful pit", and "Wrath of God." The author provides all these examples to convince his audience the tragic experience they will obtain if they commit sins. He wants to hook his audience and persuades them not to sin. He uses "Fiery Pit", "Pit of hell", and "Wrath of God" to inform them the consequences of their sins.

Lastly, the author expresses his message throughout examples of similies. For instance, in the fifth paragraph Jonathan Ecwards directly states, "The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present." In this simile the author compares God to great waters, which he is indirectly stating that God is an omnipotent force that cannot be stopped. In comparison to water, once it accumilates the water becomes a powerful, invincible force. Jonathan Edwards uses this similes to inform his audience that God has absolute power and that he will not hesitate to send sinners to their absolute misery of hell.

God will send any sinnet to hell along with their unending