Question

read this paragraph.
1 indeed the saints have no excellency, as they are in and of themselves. 2 in them, that is, in their flesh, dwells no good thing. 3 they are in themselves poor, guilty, vile creatures, and see themselves to be so. 4 but they have an excellency and glory in them, because they have christ dwelling in them. 5 the excellency that is in them, though it be but as a spark, yet it is something found on the earth; and that because it is something divine, something of god.
-from \the portion of the righteous\ by jonathan edwards
the main idea of the paragraph is best expressed in what sentence?
options: 3, 5, 4, 1, 2 (with circular selection buttons)

Explanation:

• Sentence 1 states saints have no excellence in themselves.
• Sentence 2 - 3 describe saints' own state (poor, guilty, etc.).
• Sentence 4 introduces they have excellence from Christ.
• Sentence 5 explains the excellence is divine (from God), which is the main idea: the saints' excellence comes from God, not themselves, and is divine in nature.

Answer:

1. The excellency that is in them, though it be but as a spark, yet it is something found on the earth; and that because it is something divine, something of God.