JAMB Christian Religious Knowledge 1984 past questions

According to Genesis Chapter 1, on the 6th day, God created

The flood lasted while Noah was in the ark, for

‘Walk before me, and be blameless.’ How old was the addressee when this voice came?

‘You would bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’ Jacob said this to his children because

And the magician said to Pharaoh, ‘ This is the finger of God’. This statement was made after the plague of

For rebelling against Moses and God, the Israelites were bitten by the fiery snakes. The cure for the snakebites was

Joshua was appointed to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land because

The covenant was renewed on Mount Sinai because

Those inspired by God to lead the tribes of Israel in battle were the

Each of the spies sent out by Moses on God’s command to report on the nature of the Promised Land was a

God revealed to Samuel that he was going to punish Eli because he

The sun stood still when

‘I repent that I made Saul king’. What incident does this refer to?

David’s first reaction after he had been rebuked by God through the prophet Nathan for his sin against Uriah and with Uriah’s wife was to

‘If he (Baal) is a god, let him contend for himself because his altar has been pulled down’. Who pulled down the altar?

Hannah prayed to God at Shiloh for a son because.

God pronounced utter destruction on the Amalekites because

As David was about to die, he charged Solomon to keep God’s statutes, commandments, ordinances and testimonies, so that he, Solomon, might.

In the trade treaty between king Solomon and Hiram of Lebanon, Solomon was to supply wheat and oil while Hiram was to supply.

To whom was this addressed? ‘Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke upon us and we will serve you’.

‘I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts’ for the people of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I even I only, am left; and they seek my life to take it away. ‘ This was said by

‘Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings. Trust not in lying words saying: “The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord”. This message was given by

Which prophet gave this cry? ‘Woe is me! For I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips’.

The prophet who proclaimed a new covenant of God with Israel and Judah was

The synoptic gospels refer to the

‘And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children’. The person whose future work was being described here was

He said therefore to the multitudes ... ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?’ Who was the speaker?

‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God’ was said by Jesus to

The people of Nazareth found it difficult to believe what Jesus preached to them because they

In the parable of the sower, the seeds on the goods ground are meant to represent those who

Who is being referred to here? ‘But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country; and people came to him from every quarter.

‘An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah,’ According to St. Mathew, Jesus said this to the

And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fishers of men. ‘This was addressed to

Hosanna means

One of the reasons why Jesus denounced the Scribes and Pharisees was that they

Simon the Cananaean was

The reason why Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome went to where Jesus was buried on the third day after the burial was to

To some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others, Jesus told the parable of the

The main reason why Peter and John were arrested by the officers of the Temple after they had cured the lame man at the gate called beautiful was that they

The conversion of Paul was made possible by

Who is being referred to here? ‘Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it’ and ‘His office let another take.’

Which of the following was NOT one of the decisions of the Jerusalem Council communicated to Gentile Christians?

The proconsul when Paul arrived in Corinth was called

The seven deacons were appointed to

Which ruler said this in the course of Paul’s defense? ‘In a short time you think to make me a Christian!’

When Paul arrived in Rome, the people he first addressed were

‘For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. ‘Who was this devoted person?