SINNERS in the Hands of an ANGRY God!

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A Classic Sermon by Jonathan Edwards

SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD

-Their foot shall slide in due time- Deut. 32:35

In this verse is threatened the vengeance of God on the wicked
unbelieving Israelites, who were God's visible people, and who lived
under the means of grace; but who, notwithstanding all God's
wonderful works towards them, remained (as ver. 28.) void of
counsel, having no understanding in them. Under all the cultivations
of heaven, they brought forth bitter and poisonous fruit; as in the two
verses next preceding the text. The expression I have chosen for my
text, Their foot shall slide in due time, seems to imply the following
doings, relating to the punishment and destruction to which these
wicked Israelites were exposed.
1. That they were always exposed to destruction; as one that stands
or walks in slippery places is always exposed to fall. This is implied in
the manner of their destruction coming upon them, being
represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm
73:18. "Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst
them down into destruction."
2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected
destruction. As he that walks in slippery places is every moment
liable to fall, he cannot foresee one moment whether he shall stand
or fall the next; and when he does fall, he falls at once without
warning: Which is also expressed in Psalm 73:18, 19. "Surely thou
didst set them in slippery places; thou castedst them down into
destruction: How are they brought into desolation as in a moment!"
3. Another thing implied is, that they are liable to fall of themselves,
without being thrown down by the hand of another; as he that stands
or walks on slippery ground needs nothing but his own weight to
throw him down.
4. That the reason why they are not fallen already, and do not fall
now, is only that God's appointed time is not come. For it is said, that
when that due time, or appointed time comes, their foot shall slide.
Then they shall be left to fall, as they are inclined by their own
weight. God will not hold them up in these slippery places any
longer, but will let them go; and then at that very instant, they shall
fall into destruction; as he that stands on such slippery declining
ground, on the edge of a pit, he cannot stand alone, when he is let go
he immediately falls and is lost.
The observation from the words that I would now insist upon is this.
"There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of
hell, but the mere pleasure of God." By the mere pleasure of God, I
mean his sovereign pleasure, his arbitrary will, restrained by no
obligation, hindered by no manner of difficulty, any more than if
nothing else but God's mere will had in the least degree, or in any
respect whatsoever, any hand in the preservation of wicked men one
moment...

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