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.

In this final episode of All of Grace, Charles Spurgeon addresses why saving faith endures, and brings the book to a close.

Reading the final two sections together, Spurgeon grounds perseverance not in human resolve, but in the preserving faithfulness of God revealed in Scripture.

All of Grace begins with our need, moves through the sufficiency of Christ, and ends with assurance; that what God begins, He brings to completion.

Read from All of Grace by Charles H. Spurgeon.

In this chapter, Charles Spurgeon speaks to believers who trust Christ, yet struggle with assurance.

Confirmation reminds us that grace does not prove itself through perfection, but through perseverance; and that our confidence remains not in the strength of our faith, but in the strength of Christ.

Read from All of Grace by Charles H. Spurgeon.