JAMB Christian Religious Knowledge 1986 past questions

‘Our sister, be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and my your descendants posses who was the sister?

‘Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. Who was the slave woman?

‘… thoms and thistles it shall bring forth to you and you shall eat the plants of field. In the sweat of your face youshall eat bread’.To whom were these words spoken?

Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, on the eighth day because.

Who among Joseph’s brothers was bound by Joseph when they went to Egypt to buy grain?

Joshua was buried in the hill-country of

‘Take handfuls of ashes from the kiln and let Moses throw them toward heaven I the sight of Pharaoh’.

Whoever touches the ‘mountain of God’ shall be put to death by

‘Take off the rings gold which are in the ears of your wives, your sons and your daughters and bring them to me’.

God commanded that Aaron should speak for Moses to the Israelites, but Moses should be to Aaron as

On the first day when the Israelites left part of the bread, it bred worms and became foul, but on the sixth day when they left part of the bread it did not become foul because

Who was regarded as the greatest prophet in the Old Testament for seeing God face to face?

Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage. The above passage was addressed to:

The jar of meal shall not be spend and the cruse of oil shall not fail, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth. From the context, which of these statements is UNTRUE?

Which of these Kings did not assassinate his predecessor but was assassinated by his successor?

Hosea said that the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince without sacrifice or pillar, without …

To whom does this refer? And he burned his son as an offering, and practised soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Who was that Egyptian king who not only made Eliakim king of Judah but changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim?

Jeremiah wrote to the exiles in Babylon and encourages them to

Which of these prophets made this prophecy of Zion’s happy future at the return of the exiles? “And the ransomed the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy and shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel, which means

What specific reply did John the Baptist give to the soldiers during his preaching?

The order of the locations of Jesus’ temptations according to Matthew is

When Christ called Levi to follow Him, he

The miracle which touched on ingratitude is the

The parable of the unmerciful servant teaches that

The ways in which various people hear the word of God are described in the parable of the

But if it is by the spirit of God that I cast out demons, then …

‘I assure you, unless you change and become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of God.’ This is a warning by Jesus against

Jesus taught that fasting in addition to prayers, is necessary in some situations, during the healing of the

Jesus did not grant the request of the sons of Zebedee because

The parable which teaches persistence in prayer is that of the

To give the widow’s mite is to give

Which of these women was absent during the crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

To explain the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, Peter quoted Prophet

To whom was this addressed?“While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own?And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? Youhave not lied to men but to God.”

“Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality” was said by

After the killing of James the son of Zebedee, Herod also arrested Peter because

The proconsul of Paphos during the visit of Paul and Barnabas was

Lydia received Paul and Silas into her house when they came to

Paul standing in the Areopagus, used the teaching of the poets of the people to introduce God the Creator at

On his final journey to Jerusalem, Paul lodged at the house of

‘In a short time you think to make me a Christian’ was said by

The final port of departure for Italy where the Centurion put Paul on board was