"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was a very powerful sermon written by Johnathon Edwards in 1741. It frightened many people with it's vivid images of how angry God was at them as quoted below.
"The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow is made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your hear, and strains the bow, it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood." (pg. 97-98)
It's no surprise that this sermon sparked the Great Awakening. I believe that it would effect people today. Some people do not practice their religion very strictly. A sermon like this would certainly intimidate them into practicing it more. It could be confusing to people to see this other perspective of what God is like. Some people might try to make their religion a bigger part of their lives. For others who half-heartily follow a religion, it could act like a wake up call and show that God sees your actions and these are the consequences.
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