My title gives a pretty good summary of John Edwards. The only reason people are listening to him is because his words are stricken with fear. He scares them by giving them the example of the Israelites, for example, and preaches how their sinning brought unto them destruction. He point out that they were careless, saying they were "walking a slippery path." Why they were walking on a slippery path, he cannot say. Throughout the entire article he cannot back up his views. But, people were different back then; they didn't ask questions, they just listened.

    John Edwards exemplified that their society could come to destruction byu god at any time, because for their sinful ways. He just wants people to believe what he beleived, and he used the fera of hell to get the people to listen.