Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Jonathan Edwards — A Special Reading)

This is a reading of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards, preached in 1741 during the First Great Awakening.Jonathan Edwards is often remembered for this sermon’s severity, yet his aim was not fear for its own sake. He believed that a right understanding of God’s holiness and wrath is necessary if grace is to be rightly understood. Where sin is minimized, redemption is diminished, and trust quietly shifts from Christ to self.In Edwards’ theology, God’s wrath is not opposed to His mercy, but reveals the depth of it. Only when the danger is real does the refuge matter. This sermon confronts false security so that faith may rest where it belongs; not in morality, effort, or religious familiarity, but in Christ alone.This reading is offered plainly, allowing the weight of the text to speak for itself.