Are human beings sinners in the hands of an angry God?

Answer 1

I've always wondered if Pat Robertson was the reincarnation of Rev. Edwards.

Answer 2

It depends on the life that the human being lives before God. If the individual is doing everything under the sun that he or she feels big enough to do, (smoking, drinking, getting high, committing fornication) then yes the sinner is in the hands of an angry God.

Answer 3

OK, let's see... "sinners" -- i.e., those who "miss the mark" (the original meaning of the Greek term). Sure. All of us miss the mark all the time. In short, no one's perfect.

"In the hands" -- in the sense that God is an all-pervasive element in the entire cosmogonic process, yeah. But not in the sense that God is capable of unilaterally determining any particular state of affairs. A lot of stuff happens that God didn't want to happen, and God couldn't stop it. In a nutshell, this is because being without at least an iota of autonomy is not being. Autonomy goes all the way into the roots of being, manifesting itself at the most fundamental level as quantum indeterminacy, and at the highest level we know about as self-reflective human consciousness. God can't do self-contradictory things, right -- can't make a stone he can't lift, can't make a square circle -- not because he lacks the power to do some specifiable act, but because the act being described is a meaningless piece of linguistic flotsam. OK, likewise for God's potential omni-determination of all events: it's a meaningless concept. Therefore, God can't *make* free beings (and that's ultimately *all* beings) do anything. All God can do is present possibilities for those beings to actualize. Consequently, besides being in God's hands, we're also in the hands of many finite beings. Some of them have the capacity to do us a lot of harm. Like carcinogens.

"an angry God" -- the most nonsensical, monstrous, and horrific calumny ever uttered against God by human beings. If God is angry, then anger is the ground of the universe, and we're all so badly f*cked that I would definitely rather play Byron's Cain and be a righteous, doomed rebel.

Answer 4

All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the universe. This conflict originated in heaven when a created being, endowed with freedom of choice, in self-exaltation became Satan, God's adversary, and led into rebellion a portion of the angels. He introduced the spirit of rebellion into this world when he led Adam and Eve into sin. This human sin resulted in the distortion of the image of God in humanity, the disordering of the created world, and its eventual devastation at the time of the worldwide flood. Observed by the whole creation, this world became the arena of the universal conflict, out of which the God of love will ultimately be vindicated. To assist His people in this controversy, Christ sends the Holy Spirit and the loyal angels to guide, protect, and sustain them in the way of salvation. (Rev. 12:4-9; Isa. 14:12-14; Eze. 28:12-18; Gen. 3; Rom. 1:19-32; 5:12-21; 8:19-22; Gen. 6-8; 2 Peter 3:6; 1 Cor. 4:9; Heb. 1:14.)

Answer 5

dont need an angry God to say we r sinners

Answer 6

Its funny how people portray God as human. Why would an all-forgiving, all loving God get angry? We assume he would be angry and hurt because we would be angry and hurt, but God has no ego, so why would he get offended?

Answer 7

you only have it half right...human beings are sinners in the hands of a loving and forgiving God.......Praise God!

Answer 8

first of all..we have all sinned and come short of God's glory. God is angry when we sin against him. but even though we sin,, he is a God of mercy and compassion. his compassion faileth not. If he didnt love us, whenever we sin he would have killed us. but no..lhe gives us a second chance. God sent his son Jesus to die onthe cross forour sins. thats why John 3:16 says..
" for God so love the world that he gave us is only son, and whosoever believeth in him, should not perish but have ever lasting life."

Answer 9

We are all sinners and when we sin, it displeases God. I know you read the Bible on your train rides every morning. I'm sure you have come across the passage.

Answer 10

The people who are unrepentant of their sin are in the hands of an angry (at the sin) God.

The people who have repented of their sin are in the hands of a pleased God.

Answer 11

Humans do sin. That's why God sent his only Son, Jesus, to us. How can he be angry when he did that for us?