Chapter 9, God in the Hands of Angry Sinners

This chapter title is a play on the famous Jonathan Edwards sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God". During the second Great Awakening of 1740's Mr. Edwards was Pastor at Northhampton, Ma. There were reports that when he preached this sermon men and women would fall out in a terror, some running from the church before he could finish. I encourage you to read it, if you have not. But here in this Chapter Sproul finds us in a different lot. God in the hands of Angry Sinners...interesting.

Chapter 8; Be Holy Because I am Holy

The rubber meets the road in Chapter 8. You are called to be Holy. Not kinda Holy, but set apart and pure. How's it going? This is a great chapter, where you will learn the meaning of Luther's famous declaration "simul justus et peccator." To me it reveals the burden we can not carry at the same time showing how that burden is carried by Christ. A very encouraging chapter. It's short, only about 13 pages but it is packed. So go be Holy, your commanded to, course if you've been Justified the command is not necessary.