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How does the description of God in Jonathan Edwards' sermon compare with the God of religions you are familiar with?

Johnathan Edwards portrays God as a vengeful, angry God who, at any time, can take a person's life at will.  He is portrayed as a God who does not tolerate sin and who will crush sinners.  This God portrayed by Edwards is very different from the God that my particular denomination, Methodism, portrays.  God is not an angry God. He is forgiving and kind and loving.  No sin is unforgivable and any sin can be forgiven as long as one asks to be forgiven.  Edwards portrays God as a God to fear and that should leave us quaking in our proverbial boots, so to speak.  That fear alone should scare people into not committing sin, according to Edwards.  In my denomination, God is to be feared, yes, but not to that extent.  God is more forgiving and kind and gentle.