What was Jonathan Edwards trying to accomplish with his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

Jonathan Edwards's sermon was delivered in Enfield, Connecticut in 1741 during the religious revival movement known as the (First) Great Awakening. His aim was to bring as many people as he could back to Christianity as colonial society was becoming more secular and diverse. His goal was to convert the unconverted and revitalize the active faith of believers. His approach in this famous sermon was to strike fear into the hearts of his listeners as he detailed the horrors of Hell that await sinners who fail to take advantage of the opportunity to gain God's grace. The bulk of the sermon dwells on how tenuous man's relationship with God is and how God could drop sinners into Hell at any time—and how sinners should fear God's immense wrath.