47 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.
God's creative ability was manifested by His.
Answer: B (commanding word prefaced by 'there be')
God created simply by speaking: "Let there be light", and there was light (Genesis 1:3, 6, 14).
When Pharaoh's daughter saw Moses in the basket, she immediately
Answer: C (had pity on him)
When she opened the basket and saw the baby crying, "she took pity on him" (Exodus 2:6).
'If thou wilt forgive their sin - and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written'. The book being referred to here is the book of
Answer: B (life)
Moses offered to be blotted out of God's book, the record of the living, the book of life, for the people's sake (Exodus 32:32-33).
Which of the following actions shows that King David was a man after God's own heart? He
Answer: D (rejected the suggestion to slay Saul)
David refused to let Abishai kill Saul, the Lord's anointed, leaving him to God (1 Samuel 26:8-11).
When God said to Solomon, Ask what I shall give you, he requested for
Answer: A (the art of governance)
Solomon asked for an understanding mind to govern God's people (1 Kings 3:9).
Which of the following did not form part of Asa's religious reforms in Judah?
Answer: D (Destruction of the high places)
Asa did all the others, "but the high places were not taken away" (1 Kings 15:12-14).
Elijah demonstrated the supremacy of God to the people of Israel by
Answer: E (ordering fire from heaven to consume his sacrifices.)
On Mount Carmel Elijah prayed and the fire of the Lord fell and consumed his sacrifice, showing the Lord is God (1 Kings 18:36-39).
King Josiah was commended by the Deuteronomic historians because he
Answer: B (ordered the repair of temple in Jerusalem)
Josiah did right in God's eyes and ordered the repair of the house of the Lord, during which the book of the law was found (2 Kings 22:2-8).
Inspite of Josiah's religious reforms, God still punished Judah because
Answer: E (the faithlessness of Judah had become unpardonable.)
God did not turn from His anger because of all Manasseh's provocations; Judah's sin was too great to be pardoned (2 Kings 23:26-27; 24:3-4).
The King of Judah who witnessed the second deportation was
Answer: B (Zedekiah)
The first deportation was under Jehoiachin (597 BC); the second, with the fall of Jerusalem, came under Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:10-16; 25:1-11).
The King of Nineveh ordered his people to fast and pray to God in order to
Answer: E (avert the punishment for their sinful life.)
The king said, "Who knows, God may yet repent… so that we perish not" (Jonah 3:7-9).
'I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion'. These words of Jeremiah imply that
Answer: A (a few remnants will return from exile to Jerusalem)
God promised to bring back a remnant, a few from each city and family, to Zion (Jeremiah 3:14).
Amos described true religion as
Answer: B (being just and righteous)
God rejected their feasts and offerings and asked instead for justice and righteousness (Amos 5:21-24).
The relevance of the Temptation to the Baptism of Jesus was that
Answer: A (the devil used the Temptation to make Christ prove his divinity as revealed at the Baptism)
At the Baptism God called Jesus His Son; the devil then tested this, saying "If you are the Son of God…" (Matthew 3:17; 4:3, 6).
Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, asked Christians to rejoice in the face of false accusations because
Answer: D (their reward of eternal life is assured.)
"Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven" (Matthew 5:11-12).
Jesus condemned empty phrases in prayer because
Answer: B (God has foreknowledge of all our needs)
"Do not heap up empty phrases… for your Father knows what you need before you ask him" (Matthew 6:7-8).
Whenever Jesus cleansed lepers, he charged them to return home to
Answer: E (present themselves and gifts to the priest.)
Jesus told the healed leper, "go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded" (Matthew 8:4; Luke 17:14).
Take heart my son, your sins are forgiven. This was Jesus' charge to the
Answer: D (paralytic)
Jesus said this to the paralytic brought on a bed (Matthew 9:2).
In the mission of the seventy disciples, according to St. Luke. Jesus specifically sent them to
Answer: A (every town where he was to visit)
Jesus sent the seventy two by two "into every town and place where he himself was about to come" (Luke 10:1).
In the story of the good Samaritan, the priest and the Levit ignored the injured traveller because they
Answer: C (held their ceremonial laws in esteem)
Touching a man who might be dead would make them ritually unclean, so they put their ceremonial rules above mercy (Luke 10:31-32).
The presence of Moses and Elijah in the Transfiguration of Jesus signifies that
Answer: B (Jesus came to fulfil the law and the prohets)
Moses stands for the Law and Elijah for the Prophets; both appearing with Jesus shows He fulfils them (Matthew 17:3; 5:17).
According to St. Luke, Jesus' prediction concerning Jerusalem during the Triumphal Entry was that
Answer: D (the days were coming when no stone would be left on another in Jerusalem)
Weeping over Jerusalem, Jesus foretold that enemies would not leave one stone upon another in it (Luke 19:41-44).
In which of the following ways was John to identify Jesus as the Lamb of God?
Answer: C (The spirit of the Lord would descend on him like a dove)
John was told that the one on whom he saw the Spirit descend and remain was the one; he saw it descend like a dove (John 1:32-34).
According to St. John's Gospel, who among the following did Jesus refer to as thieves? The
Answer: E (false messiahs)
Jesus said "All who came before me are thieves and robbers", meaning false leaders and messiahs, not God's prophets (John 10:8).
Saul could be said to have persecuted Jesus Christ by
Answer: C (opposing the Way)
Saul arrested those "belonging to the Way", and Jesus said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting" (Acts 9:2-5).
According to Paul in Romans, one essential requirement for salvation is
Answer: D (believing that Jesus rose from the dead)
"If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
In his Epistle to the Romans, Paul advocated all the following as ways of using our talents except
Answer: E (thinking of oneself with pride.)
Paul says no one should think of himself more highly than he ought (Romans 12:3-8).
In the Epistle to the Colossians, Paul admonished Christians to put to death all the following earthly things except
Answer: E (lowliness)
Lowliness is a virtue Christians should put on (Colossians 3:12); the others are earthly things to put to death (Colossians 3:5).
According to the Epistle to the Galatians, being baptized into Christ means
Answer: C (putting on Christ-like life)
"As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ" (Galatians 3:27).
Paul's example of humility in his Epistle to the Philippians is
Answer: A (Jesus taking the form of a servant)
Christ emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, and humbled Himself to death on a cross (Philippians 2:5-8).
Paul was thankful to God whenever he remembered Philemon in his prayers because of Philemons
Answer: B (love for, and faith in Jesus)
Paul thanked God because he heard of Philemon's love and of the faith he had toward the Lord Jesus (Philemon 4-5).
All the following are some of the spiritual gifts enumerated by Paul in the first Epistle to the Corinthians except.
Answer: A (the gift of the hearing)
"Hearing" is not among the gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10; the others are.
Paul considered himself unfit to be called an apostle because he
Answer: A (persecuted the Church of God)
"I am unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God" (1 Corinthians 15:9).
During the second coming of the Lord, surviving Christians would
Answer: B (join the happy throng to meet him in the clouds)
"We who are alive… shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air" (1 Thessalonians 4:17).
To James, a religion that is pure and undefined before God involves
Answer: D (living an unstained life)
Pure religion is to visit orphans and widows and "keep oneself unstained from the world" (James 1:27).
Which of the following commandments did James refer to as the royal law?
Answer: C ('You shall love your neighbour as yourself'.)
James calls "You shall love your neighbour as yourself" the royal law (James 2:8).
To Christians who live among unbelievers, Peter recommends
Answer: D (good conduct)
"Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles" so they may see your good deeds and glorify God (1 Peter 2:12).
As part of the heritage of their calling, Peter enjoined Christians to do all the following except
Answer: A (bearing all their anxieties courageously on their shoulders)
Peter says "Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you", not carry them yourself (1 Peter 5:5-9).
Section A (Themes from the Old Testament). Answer four questions in all, choosing at least one question from each section.
Narrate the call of Abram and his response to the call. State four different ways through which God calls people to His service today.
The Lord told Abram to leave his country, kindred and father's house for a land He would show him (Genesis 12:1).
God promised to make him a great nation, bless him, make his name great and make him a blessing (Genesis 12:2).
He would bless those who bless him and curse those who curse him; in him all families of the earth would be blessed (Genesis 12:3).
Abram obeyed and left Haran aged seventy-five, with Sarai, Lot and all their possessions and people (Genesis 12:4-5).
He reached Canaan and passed to Shechem, the oak of Moreh (Genesis 12:6).
The Lord appeared and promised the land to his descendants; Abram built an altar there (Genesis 12:7).
He moved to the hill east of Bethel, built another altar and called on the name of the Lord (Genesis 12:8).
Ways God calls today (any four): through the Bible/preaching; dreams and visions; an inner conviction by the Holy Spirit; through other people such as pastors and parents; through circumstances, events or crises; through prayer.
Narrate Genesis 12:1-9 then list four ways.
Describe Josiah's immediate response to the discovery of the Book of the Law in the temple. In what two ways is the religious situation today similar to that of Josiah's time?
In Josiah's eighteenth year, Hilkiah found the book of the law while the temple was being repaired and gave it to Shaphan, who read it to the king (2 Kings 22:3-10).
Josiah tore his clothes in distress (2 Kings 22:11).
He sent Hilkiah, Shaphan and others to inquire of the Lord about the book, for God's wrath was great because their fathers had not obeyed it (2 Kings 22:12-13).
They consulted Huldah the prophetess, who said disaster would come on Judah, but not in Josiah's lifetime because he humbled himself (2 Kings 22:14-20).
He gathered the elders and all the people, read the book of the covenant to them in the temple, and made a covenant before the Lord to keep it; the people joined (2 Kings 23:1-3).
He removed Baal and Asherah vessels, deposed idolatrous priests, broke down the houses of cult prostitutes and defiled the high places and Topheth (2 Kings 23:4-14).
He kept the Passover as written in the book (2 Kings 23:21-23).
Similarities today (any two): widespread idolatry and occult practices; neglect of God's word; corruption and immorality, even among religious people; syncretism of Christianity with traditional worship; outward religion without obedience.
Show his immediate actions, then two similarities with today.
Discuss the experience of Jonah in the belly of the fish and in Nineveh. What two lessons did he learn from the experience?
The Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah; he was in it three days and three nights (Jonah 1:17).
He prayed from the belly of the fish, describing his distress in the deep and thanking God, vowing to pay what he vowed: "Deliverance belongs to the Lord" (Jonah 2:1-9).
The Lord spoke to the fish and it vomited Jonah on dry land (Jonah 2:10).
God called him a second time; he went to Nineveh, a three days' journey in breadth, and cried, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" (Jonah 3:1-4).
The people believed God, proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth; the king did the same and ordered all to turn from evil (Jonah 3:5-9).
God saw their repentance and did not bring the evil (Jonah 3:10).
Jonah was angry and asked to die; he sat east of the city to see what would happen (Jonah 4:1-5).
God made a plant shade him, then a worm killed it; Jonah was angry about the plant (Jonah 4:6-9).
God said Jonah pitied a plant, so should He not pity Nineveh with 120,000 people and much cattle? (Jonah 4:10-11).
Lessons (any two): one cannot escape God; obedience to God is necessary; God is merciful to all who repent, including Gentiles; God answers prayer even in distress; we should not be angry when God forgives others.
Cover the fish, Nineveh and the plant, then two lessons.
Section B (Themes from the Four Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles)
Narrate the parable of the prodigal son. State how the action of the father illustrates the nature of God.
A man had two sons; the younger asked for his share of the property, and the father divided it (Luke 15:11-12).
The younger son went to a far country and squandered it in loose living (Luke 15:13).
A famine came; he became a swineherd and longed to eat the pods the pigs ate (Luke 15:14-16).
He came to himself, remembered his father's servants had plenty, and decided to return and confess his sin, asking to be a hired servant (Luke 15:17-19).
While he was far off, his father saw him, had compassion, ran, embraced and kissed him (Luke 15:20).
The son confessed; the father called for the best robe, a ring, shoes and the fatted calf for a feast: "this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found" (Luke 15:21-24).
The elder son was angry and would not go in; the father entreated him and said all he had was his, but it was right to celebrate (Luke 15:25-32).
Nature of God: loving and compassionate; patient, allowing free will; forgiving the repentant fully; eager to welcome sinners back; restores dignity to the sinner; rejoices over repentance; loves both the obedient and the lost.
Tell the full parable, then link each action of the father to God.
How did Jesus explain to Martha and Thomas separately, that He is the resurrection and the life?
To Martha: Lazarus had died; Martha met Jesus and said that if He had been there her brother would not have died (John 11:17-21).
Jesus said, "Your brother will rise again"; she thought He meant the resurrection at the last day (John 11:23-24).
Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die" (John 11:25-26).
Martha confessed Him as the Christ, the Son of God (John 11:27).
He proved it by raising Lazarus after four days in the tomb (John 11:39-44).
To Thomas: Jesus said He was going to prepare a place for them and they knew the way (John 14:1-4).
Thomas said they did not know where He was going, so how could they know the way (John 14:5).
Jesus answered, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me" (John 14:6).
Later Jesus showed Thomas His wounds after His own resurrection, and Thomas confessed "My Lord and my God!" (John 20:26-28).
Use John 11 for Martha and John 14 (and 20) for Thomas.
Describe the events that took place in Iconium and Lystra during the first missionary journey. Explain the attitude of the Jews in both places.
At Iconium Paul and Barnabas spoke in the synagogue and many Jews and Greeks believed (Acts 14:1).
The unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles against the brethren (Acts 14:2).
They stayed long, speaking boldly; the Lord granted signs and wonders (Acts 14:3).
The city was divided; Jews and Gentiles with their rulers planned to molest and stone them, so they fled to Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:4-6).
At Lystra Paul healed a man crippled from birth (Acts 14:8-10).
The crowds cried in Lycaonian, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!" calling Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes; the priest of Zeus brought oxen to sacrifice (Acts 14:11-13).
Paul and Barnabas tore their garments and urged them to turn from vain things to the living God (Acts 14:14-18).
Jews from Antioch and Iconium came, persuaded the people, stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him dead (Acts 14:19).
He rose up and went with Barnabas to Derbe the next day (Acts 14:20).
Attitude of the Jews: jealous and hostile; they stirred up Gentiles and rulers; they followed the apostles from city to city to oppose them; they used violence (stoning).
Describe both towns in order, then explain the Jews' hostility.
Section C (Themes from Selected Epistles)
Describe Paul's teaching on humility as contained in his letter to the Philippians. Indicate two ways by which a Christian can manifest a life of humility.
Complete Paul's joy by being of one mind and one love (Philippians 2:1-2).
Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves (Philippians 2:3).
Look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of others (Philippians 2:4).
Have the mind of Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5).
Though in the form of God, He did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped (Philippians 2:6).
He emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, born in human likeness (Philippians 2:7).
He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross (Philippians 2:8).
Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name above every name, that every knee should bow and every tongue confess Jesus is Lord (Philippians 2:9-11).
Ways to manifest (any two): serving others willingly; respecting others regardless of status; not boasting; accepting correction; putting others' needs first; obedience to God and to authority.
Explain Philippians 2:1-11, then two practical ways.
In what ways, according to Paul, should Thessalonian Christians prepare for the second coming of Christ?
Live holy lives, abstaining from immorality and controlling their bodies in holiness (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7).
Love one another more and more (1 Thessalonians 4:9-10).
Live quietly, mind their own affairs and work with their hands (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12).
Not grieve hopelessly over the dead, but comfort one another with the hope of resurrection (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
Be watchful, since the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6).
Be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of the hope of salvation (1 Thessalonians 5:8).
Encourage and build one another up; respect leaders; be at peace (1 Thessalonians 5:11-13).
Pray constantly, rejoice always, give thanks in all circumstances; do not quench the Spirit; abstain from every form of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:16-22).
Not be quickly shaken or deceived by claims that the day has come (2 Thessalonians 2:1-3).
Avoid idleness and keep working (2 Thessalonians 3:6-12).
List the preparations with references from 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
Explain James' advice, 'be doers, of the word and not hearers only', and show how he elaborated on it. In what two ways can someone live up to this standard?
Receive with meekness the implanted word that can save your souls (James 1:21).
Be doers of the word, not hearers only, deceiving yourselves (James 1:22).
A mere hearer is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and goes away and forgets what he looked like (James 1:23-24).
One who looks into the perfect law of liberty and perseveres, being a doer, will be blessed in his doing (James 1:25).
Religion is vain if one does not bridle his tongue (James 1:26).
Pure religion is to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and keep oneself unstained from the world (James 1:27).
Faith without works is dead: wishing a hungry brother well without giving him food is useless (James 2:14-17).
Abraham was justified by works when he offered Isaac, and Rahab when she received the spies (James 2:21-25).
Ways (any two): helping the poor, widows and orphans; controlling one's speech; living a morally clean life; obeying what is taught in church; showing love to neighbours.
Explain the mirror illustration and faith with works, then two practical ways.