JAMB Christian Religious Knowledge 1997

35 reviewed questions with answers and explanations.

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Question 1

In describing God’s sovereignty, Amos compares the movement of the land to the Nile, which he describes as

  1. rising and sinking
  2. drying and flooding
  3. the source of the waters of the sea
  4. the source of Egypt’s power.
Answer and explanation

A: rising and sinking

Amos 9:5 describes the land rising and sinking like the River of Egypt. The comparison presents the land’s response when the Lord touches it.

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Question 2

By keeping God’s covenant, the people of Israel would become

  1. the conquerors of nations
  2. a kingdom of priests to God
  3. the inheritors of the earth
  4. a nation where God would manifest Himself.
Answer and explanation

B: a kingdom of priests to God

Exodus 19 connects obeying God’s voice and keeping the covenant with becoming a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.

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Question 4

Joseph saw his rise to leadership position in Egypt in relation to his brothers as

  1. a proof of his superiority over them
  2. an opportunity to avenge their evil deeds
  3. a time to test their honesty
  4. a means of preserving their lives.
Answer and explanation

D: a means of preserving their lives.

Joseph tells his brothers God sent him ahead to preserve life and secure their survival. He interprets his position as a means of saving them.

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Question 5

‘If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.’’’ In the statement above, ‘you’ refers to

  1. God
  2. Balaam
  3. Deborah
  4. Jael.
Answer and explanation

C: Deborah

Barak speaks these words to Deborah in Judges 4:8. Deborah then agrees to accompany him.

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Question 7

How did David perceive that his child from Bathsheba was dead?

  1. Bathsheba Iamented the loss of her child.
  2. He saw his servants whispering together.
  3. He received a message to that effect from joab.
  4. God revealed it to him through Nathan.
Answer and explanation

B: He saw his servants whispering together.

David notices his servants whispering and perceives that the child has died. He then asks them and receives confirmation.

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Question 9

The mother of the living child asked Solomon to give the child to the other woman because

  1. killing the child would serve no useful purpose
  2. her heart yearned for the child
  3. she was confident that the king would ensure justice
  4. she believed the child would recognize her at maturity.
Answer and explanation

B: her heart yearned for the child

First Kings 3:26 says the living child’s mother is moved with compassion for her son and asks that he be given away alive.

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Question 11

The harlotry of Gomer is compared to Israel’s

  1. abandonment of the ephod
  2. false and insincere sacrifices
  3. oppression of the poor
  4. unfaithfulness to God.
Answer and explanation

D: unfaithfulness to God.

Hosea 1:2 explicitly links marital unfaithfulness with the land departing from the LORD. The comparison concerns Israel’s unfaithfulness to God.

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Question 14

Jeremiah was not anxious to accept God’s call to become a prophet because

  1. it was hazardous profession
  2. he knew that people would not listen to him
  3. he needed to know God more
  4. he was too young and inexperienced.
Answer and explanation

D: he was too young and inexperienced.

Jeremiah objects that he does not know how to speak because he is young. God answers that objection by promising to send and instruct him.

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Question 15

The devil’s principal purpose for tempting Jesus Christ was to

  1. show that nobody is above temptation
  2. demonstrate that he controls the world
  3. lure Jesus Christ from his mission
  4. prove that after all, Jesus is only human.
Answer and explanation

C: lure Jesus Christ from his mission

The temptations urge Jesus to misuse his role and worship the tempter. They seek to divert him from obedience to God and his mission.

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Question 16

“Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” The statement above implies that

  1. discipleship costs much
  2. the son of man need no house
  3. church buildings are unnecessary
  4. suffering is inevitable in life.
Answer and explanation

A: discipleship costs much

Jesus answers an offer to follow him by describing his lack of a settled resting place. The reply warns of the cost of discipleship.

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Question 17

According to Luke, following Jesus involves

  1. confession
  2. self-denial
  3. baptism
  4. daily prayers.
Answer and explanation

B: self-denial

Luke 9:23 requires anyone following Jesus to deny self and take up the cross daily. Self-denial is explicitly named.

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Question 19

Jesus healed the only son of the widow of Nain because

  1. the crowd pleaded with him
  2. the widow demonstrated faith in Him
  3. he had compassion on her
  4. he wanted to make people believe in Him.
Answer and explanation

C: he had compassion on her

Luke says Jesus had compassion on the widow before speaking to her and raising her son. No request or demonstration of faith is given as the cause.

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Question 21

According to Mark and Luke, the response of blind Bartimaeus to healing was to

  1. follow Jesus immediately
  2. run to show himself to the priests
  3. confess Jesus as a prophet
  4. speak to the Jew about Jesus
Answer and explanation

A: follow Jesus immediately

Mark says Bartimaeus immediately followed Jesus after receiving sight, and Luke’s corresponding account also describes following and glorifying God.

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Question 22

The parable which teaches about God’s judgment is that of the

  1. sower
  2. lost sheep
  3. weeds
  4. mustard seed.
Answer and explanation

C: weeds

Jesus explains the burning of the weeds as a picture of the end of the age and the removal of evildoers. This is an explicit judgement interpretation.

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Question 23

The parable of the good Samaritan implies that

  1. Samaritans always love their neighbours
  2. Priests and Levites hardly show love
  3. neighbourliness is expressed in love and concern
  4. a good neighbour must show love to his enemies.
Answer and explanation

C: neighbourliness is expressed in love and concern

The Samaritan acts with compassion and practical care, and Jesus identifies the neighbour as the one who showed mercy.

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Question 24

Luke ends the sermons on the plain with an analogy of a building to emphasize the importance of

  1. preaching and hearing the word
  2. hearing and obeying the word
  3. studying and doing the word
  4. preaching and abiding by the word.
Answer and explanation

B: hearing and obeying the word

The strong foundation represents hearing Jesus’ words and doing them. Hearing without doing is compared with building without a foundation.

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Question 25

Jesus implies in His teaching on adultery, prayer, alms and fasting that these are more of matters of

  1. the heart
  2. individual interpretation
  3. religious beliefs
  4. social norms.
Answer and explanation

A: the heart

These teachings address inward desire and the motive behind religious acts. They focus on sincerity before God rather than outward display.

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Question 27

The seventy disciples who returned from their missionary work were told by Jesus to rejoice because

  1. they were well received by people
  2. the spirits were subject to them
  3. their names were written in heaven
  4. they preached to many people.
Answer and explanation

C: their names were written in heaven

Jesus redirects their joy from authority over spirits to the fact that their names are written in heaven.

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Question 28

According to Matthew, when Jesus was transfigured

  1. his face shone like the sun
  2. his body became as white as light
  3. he could only communicate with heaven
  4. he saw Elisha and Moses.
Answer and explanation

A: his face shone like the sun

Matthew 17:2 specifically says Jesus’ face shone like the sun. It is his clothes, rather than his body, that are described as white as light.

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Question 30

The prayer of Jesus before his arrest showed that

  1. he was sorrowful and troubled
  2. his disciples had not understood him thoroughly
  3. he was not prepared to die on the cross
  4. he wanted his disciples to be prayerful.
Answer and explanation

A: he was sorrowful and troubled

Matthew describes Jesus as sorrowful and troubled, then records his prayer concerning the cup and submission to the Father’s will.

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Question 32

According to Matthew, when the women went to see the sepulcher, they

  1. found that the disciples had been there
  2. saw an angel sitting upon the stone
  3. met Jesus on the way
  4. found the guards rolling back the stone.
Answer and explanation

B: saw an angel sitting upon the stone

Matthew describes an angel rolling back the stone and sitting on it before addressing the women at the tomb.

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Question 33

Jesus used the illustration of the vine to teach that a Christian that abides in Him will surely

  1. be a good shepherd
  2. resurrect on the Last Day
  3. be a bread of life
  4. bear much fruit.
Answer and explanation

D: bear much fruit.

In the vine illustration Jesus says the person who abides in him bears much fruit. The result depends on remaining connected to him.

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Question 34

Two of the seven disciples chosen to serve tables in the early church were

  1. Parmenas and Timon
  2. Mathias and Cornelius
  3. Nathaniel and Philip
  4. Stephen and Andrew
Answer and explanation

A: Parmenas and Timon

Acts 6:5 includes both Timon and Parmenas in the seven selected for the service. The other pairs include people outside that list.

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Question 36

At the Beautiful Gate, Peter and John healed a man who was

  1. lame
  2. blind
  3. deaf
  4. dumb
Answer and explanation

A: lame

Acts 3 describes a man lame from birth at the Beautiful Gate. Peter takes his hand, and his feet and ankles become strong.

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Question 37

The people referred to as pillars of the Jerusalem church, who gave Barnabas and Paul the right hand of fellowship were

  1. Cephas, John and mark
  2. James, john and silas
  3. John, silas and Simon
  4. James, Cephas and John.
Answer and explanation

D: James, Cephas and John.

Galatians 2:9 names James, Cephas and John as the recognized pillars who give Paul and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship.

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Question 38

The condition for justification according to Paul is

  1. merit and favour
  2. possession of spiritual gifts
  3. ability to keep God’s commandments
  4. faith in Christ crucified.
Answer and explanation

D: faith in Christ crucified.

Paul contrasts justification by faith in Jesus Christ with works of the law. Faith, rather than gifts or personal merit, is the condition named.

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Question 39

On which of the following grounds will faith be null and promise void?

  1. Faith is a necessary condition for justification.
  2. Believers saved through grace
  3. Salvation comes through adherence to the law.
  4. Justification is by God’s grace
Answer and explanation

C: Salvation comes through adherence to the law.

Romans 4:14 says that if inheritance belongs to those of the law, faith is made empty and the promise is made ineffective.

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Question 40

According to the Letter of Paul to the Romans, Christians are to yield themselves to God as men who

  1. have been raised from death to life
  2. no longer live by the works of law
  3. receive baptism after circumcision
  4. have listened to the gospel of Christ.
Answer and explanation

A: have been raised from death to life

Romans 6:13 calls believers to present themselves to God as alive from the dead, using their members for righteousness.

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Question 41

God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world in the likeness of sinful flesh in order

  1. to destroy the law
  2. that the law might be fulfilled
  3. that man may walk in the flesh
  4. to save the righteous
Answer and explanation

B: that the law might be fulfilled

Romans 8 links sending the Son and condemning sin with the righteous requirement of the law being fulfilled in those who walk by the Spirit.

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Question 42

“… at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord…” The statement above demonstrates the Lordship of Jesus over

  1. Christians only
  2. non-Christians only
  3. all religious persons
  4. all creation.
Answer and explanation

D: all creation.

Philippians includes those in heaven, on earth and under the earth in the universal acknowledgement of Jesus’ lordship.

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Question 44

The greatest spiritual gift to seek for is

  1. speaking in tongues
  2. love
  3. healing
  4. working of miracles.
Answer and explanation

B: love

Paul introduces a more excellent way and explains that gifts without love amount to nothing. Love is greatest in the comparison.

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Question 46

In the course of his ministry, Paul worked night and day so that

  1. he might not be burden to any one
  2. his followers might eat
  3. he could raise money for the work of the gospel
  4. he could pay the debt he was owing the brethren.
Answer and explanation

A: he might not be burden to any one

Paul reminds the Thessalonians that he worked night and day so that he would not burden any of them while preaching.

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Question 47

Those who have fallen asleep before the coming of the lord are those

  1. sleeping naturally
  2. dead physically
  3. dead spiritually
  4. who are unfaithful
Answer and explanation

B: dead physically

Paul uses falling asleep for believers who have died, then speaks of the dead in Christ rising. It is a figurative reference to physical death.

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Question 49

According to James, the man who prays to God and at the same time doubts is

  1. ignorant of God’s purpose
  2. disobedient to God
  3. double-minded
  4. deceive by Satan.
Answer and explanation

C: double-minded

James describes the doubting person as double-minded and unstable. The warning follows the instruction to ask in faith.

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Question 50

Peter admonishes Christian that suffering for Christ’s sake brings God’s

  1. salvation
  2. blessing
  3. love
  4. righteousness
Answer and explanation

B: blessing

First Peter 4:14 says those insulted for the name of Christ are blessed because the Spirit of glory and God rests on them.

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