who strayed away from strict religion to come back and have a second chance at a pure life. Edwards uses frightening imagery to make the puritans scared of what is to come if they continue being unfaithful to God. Striking the cord of a personal sin‚ “justice bends the arrow at your heart‚ and strains the bow” giving God the power to take away ones life in a second. Edwards’s scares the puritans by using imagery that relates to them‚ knowing that they have watched people of their kind be shot by
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It’s interesting to note that all of Job’s family was destroyed except his wife. It could be possible that it caused Job even more suffering by her constant rebuking and blaming (2:9). In verse 11 Job’s three friends come on the scene remaining with him for seven days in complete silences. According to Jewish tradition‚ people who come to comfort someone in mourning should not speak until the mourner speaks. This is often a good response for us when we visit one who is suffering. Sometimes just
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his sins. Although Hooper was doing the right thing in God’s eyes the community thought of Hooper’s sacrifices as evil. In “The Minister’s Black Veil”‚ Hawthorne portrays God as Hoopers greatest value as he examines the dignity‚ happiness‚ and relationships Hooper sacrificed for his relationship with God. By wearing the veil Reverend Hooper lost all of his self-respect and dignity. Instead of questioning the reverend and the townspeople strayed from him assuming the veil was a symbol of sin and evil
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He also suggested that this also does mean that individual within the family cannot sin. As he clarifies in his definition that‚ “A truly Christian home is a place where sinners live; it is also a place where members of the home admit the fact and understand the problem‚ know what to do about it‚ and as a result grow by grace. Beside this‚ Christians admit their sins: in this he explains that in Christian home‚ there should not be an attitude like excuses‚ or blame shifting
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while Edwards used the element of fear to convey and persuade those from the repentance of sin. In Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” he describes the ideal Christian society where Christian followers would carrier out the duties and morals standards of God. While on the other hand Edward’s “Personal Narrative” shows his path towards a closer relationship to God and his self-reproach of repentance to sins. In Edwards‚ persuasive speech he uses the element of fear as a way to persuade his audience
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followed was too dangerous for them to handle and argues that due to the magnitude of the sins they committed‚ it would lead them to their ultimate destruction. The author explains how God was patient with the Israelites‚ and that the anointed time for God to unleash his vengeance on the wicked Israelites had not yet resonated. He acknowledges that God gave them enough time to repent and turn away from their sins to avoid the impending
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there is still imperfections‚ problems and sins‚ He can’t control them because the evil spirits always cause them. He can’t control those bad things‚ but it is okay because those problems can help us to grow and learn more things. He didn’t created those evil things‚ but He is doing something to stop those things in different ways‚ maybe like making us more faithful to us and to be more kind and responsible in able to not do bad things that will cause sin. Same thing is with atheists‚ sinners‚ and
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to Judaism‚ and what role does free will/choice play in this? According to Judaism‚ human beings are not inherently sinful. They come into the world at the time of their birth without any sins. However‚ it is their human inclination that makes them immoral. The Jews‚ therefore‚ believe that people are born sin free and become sinful due to their desires. It is these desires which make them wicked‚ and the most sinful humans become‚ the more they drift far away from the
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plants seeds of bitterness‚ resentment and unrighteous anger‚ which grow into barriers which keep us from experiencing intimacy with God and others. I am amazed as Jesus hung on the cross‚ at the very moment he was experiencing the fullness of the sin committed against him‚ that he could pray‚ “Father‚ forgive them for they know not what they are doing.” What may be even more astonishing is the seeing Stephen‚ a follower of Jesus‚ echo this same posture of forgiveness‚ at the very moment he was
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verse to fit their situation. For instance‚ when a person has committed a sin repeatedly and continues to ask for forgiveness‚ only to commit the exact thing again. They could read from the book of 1 John‚ “If we confess our sins‚ he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9 New International Version) This is not to be taken that we can continue to do the same sin. We must repent. The book of Luke says‚ “In the same way‚ I tell you‚ there
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