The image of a heavy rock falling through a fragile spider web helps convey the vulnerability of humanity's position in relation to God's power.
The main thesis of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is that the congregation members should repent of their sinful lifestyle, or they will go to hell. The sinners are the spiders, and their artificial righteousness is the cobweb. Jonathan Edwards is saying that just like the spider's web won't be strong enough to stop a rock from falling through it, his audience's prayers and small efforts won't be enough to protect them from hell fire unless they seek forgiveness and change their ways.
Answer:
To provide an illustration to support the text
Answer:
1. Jesus Christ offers us eternal life. Subject--Verb--Indirect Object--Direct Object
2. Some riddles are easy to answer.
Subject--Linking Verb--Predicate Adjective
3. The deal seems fair.
Subject--Linking Verb--Predicate Adjective
4. My cousins live by the ocean.
Subject--Verb
Explanation:
1- Jesus Christ is the subject; offers is the transitive verb; us in the indirect object /objective pronoun; eternal life is the direct object.
2- Some riddle is the subject- are (be) linking verb -easy(to answer) is a predicative adjective.
3-The deal is the subject; seems is the linking verb; fair is the predictive adjective.
4- My cousins is the subject; live is an intrasitive verb
Live is neither a transitive nor a linking verb so :<em>By the ocean</em> is the adverbial complement but it is not mentioned in the pattern.
Answer:
11. is
Explanation:
Either means <u>one</u> of two things; thus it is singular and corresponds to the verb "is."