JAMB Christian Religious Knowledge 2004

39 reviewed questions with answers and explanations.

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Question 1

What effect did the sudden death of Ananias and Sapphira have on the early disciples?

  1. Many more disciples were won to God
  2. Great fear gripped them all
  3. The disciples became more united
  4. Apostle peter was highly respected
Answer and explanation

B: Great fear gripped them all

Acts records great fear among those who hear and throughout the church after the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira.

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Question 3

“We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work.” Jesus made the statement above before healing the

  1. centurion’s servant
  2. ten lepers
  3. man born blind
  4. paralytic man
Answer and explanation

C: man born blind

John 9:4–7 places the statement before Jesus makes mud and sends the man born blind to wash in the pool of Siloam. The man returns able to see.

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Question 4

‘ “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” ’ What happened immediately after Mary Magdalene made the statement above?

  1. Peter and the other disciple went towards the tomb
  2. the guards were afraid and ran away from the tomb
  3. Mary stood, weeping outside the tomb
  4. two angels appeared to Mary by the tomb.
Answer and explanation

A: Peter and the other disciple went towards the tomb

Mary reports the missing body to Simon Peter and the other disciple, who immediately set out toward the tomb.

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Question 5

“…For if this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them…” Them in Gamaliel’s statement refers to

  1. Peter and John
  2. Peter and the apostles
  3. Paul and timothy
  4. Paul and silas
Answer and explanation

B: Peter and the apostles

The hearing concerns Peter and the apostles, who are then called back and released after Gamaliel’s advice.

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Question 6

Jesus declared that men love darkness rather than light because

  1. their hearts were hardened
  2. they had no truth
  3. they had been blinded
  4. their deeds were evil
Answer and explanation

D: their deeds were evil

John 3:19 gives evil deeds as the reason people loved darkness rather than the light.

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Question 7

‘ “ … This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses…” ’ The statement above was made by Peter on the occasion of his

  1. sermon on the day of Pentecost
  2. release from prison by the Jews
  3. healing of the lame man at the gate called Beautiful
  4. address to the disciples for the replacement of Judas.
Answer and explanation

A: sermon on the day of Pentecost

The declaration appears in Peter’s Pentecost address, in which he testifies to Jesus’ resurrection.

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Question 8

According to John, he who does not believe in the only Son of God is

  1. none of his own
  2. not worthy of the Kingdom
  3. cast off as a branch
  4. condemned already
Answer and explanation

D: condemned already

John 3:18 says the person who does not believe is condemned already because of unbelief in God’s Son.

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Question 9

‘ “ … Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” ’ The things being referred to in the statement above are the

  1. arrest, trials and judgment of Jesus
  2. crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus
  3. triumphal entry and cleansing of the temple
  4. birth and presentation of Jesus.
Answer and explanation

B: crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus

The travellers describe Jesus’ crucifixion and the women’s report of the empty tomb and that he is alive. These are the events under discussion.

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Question 10

According to Paul in Romans 5:20, where sin increased, what abounded all the more?

  1. righteousness
  2. punishment
  3. grace
  4. ungodliness.
Answer and explanation

C: grace

Romans 5:20 says grace abounded even more where sin increased. Paul immediately rejects the idea that believers should continue sinning to increase grace.

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Question 11

According to Peter, Christians who suffer according to the will of God will receive

  1. forgiveness
  2. the Crown of Glory
  3. the Holy Spirit
  4. blessing
Answer and explanation

D: blessing

Peter calls those suffering for righteousness or reproached for Christ blessed. Blessing is the repeated assurance.

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Question 12

Paul explains that members of the body do not all have the same function, but have gifts differing according to

  1. their devotion of prayer
  2. their suffering and endurance
  3. the grace given to them
  4. enablement by the spirit.
Answer and explanation

C: the grace given to them

Romans 12:4–6 compares believers to members of one body with different functions. Their gifts differ according to the grace given to them, while they belong to one body in Christ.

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Question 13

According to Romans, as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so will one man’s act of righteousness lead to

  1. acquittal and life for all men
  2. salvation and new life for all men
  3. justification and hope for all men
  4. sanctification and life for all men
Answer and explanation

A: acquittal and life for all men

Romans 5:18 contrasts condemnation with justification of life through one righteous act. Acquittal and life expresses that contrast.

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Question 14

‘ And let steadfastness have its full effect …’ What does James say would be the outcome of this effect?

  1. Righteousness and faith.
  2. Trial and endurance
  3. Humanity and obedience
  4. Perfection and completion
Answer and explanation

D: Perfection and completion

James says endurance should complete its work so that believers may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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Question 15

‘Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus…’ This mind in Paul’s statement above means a mind of

  1. humility
  2. faith
  3. holiness
  4. prayer.
Answer and explanation

A: humility

Philippians 2 urges humility and concern for others, then points to Christ taking a servant’s form and humbling himself in obedience to death.

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Question 17

In Romans, Christians are admonished to put on the Lord Jesus Christ and not to

  1. rely on the law
  2. judge one another
  3. make provision for the flesh
  4. take advantage of one another
Answer and explanation

C: make provision for the flesh

Romans 13:14 pairs putting on the Lord Jesus Christ with making no provision for the flesh to fulfill its desires.

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Question 18

Paul teaches that those who have been baptized into Christ been baptized into His

  1. service
  2. death
  3. kingdom
  4. suffering
Answer and explanation

B: death

Paul directly states that baptism into Christ Jesus is baptism into his death.

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Question 19

On the third day of their capture of the Ark of God, the Philistines discovered that

  1. Dagon, their god, had fallen and broken to pieces
  2. Dagon had disappeared from its place
  3. The Ark has swallowed Dagon, their god
  4. The Ark had been standing on Dagon.
Answer and explanation

A: Dagon, their god, had fallen and broken to pieces

Dagon first falls before the ark and, on the next morning, is found fallen with head and hands broken off.

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Question 20

One of the sins of Manasseh for which the LORD send bands of the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites and Ammonites to destroy Judah was

  1. the release of a thousand captives
  2. his failure to obey God’s prophets
  3. the arrest of the King of Babylon
  4. the shedding of innocent blood.
Answer and explanation

D: the shedding of innocent blood.

Second Kings attributes Judah’s judgement to Manasseh’s sins, especially the innocent blood with which he filled Jerusalem.

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Question 21

Elijah declared that there would be neither rain nor dew except by his word because

  1. Ahab had forsaken the commandment of God by erecting an altar for Baal
  2. Nebat the son of Rehoboam connived with Ahab to kill him
  3. he was sure that he would be fed by the ravens
  4. Jezebel the wife of Ahab killed Obadiah.
Answer and explanation

A: Ahab had forsaken the commandment of God by erecting an altar for Baal

Ahab worshipped Baal and built an altar for him. Elijah later identifies forsaking the LORD’s commandments and following Baal as the cause of Israel’s trouble.

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Question 23

Consequent upon the murder of Naboth by Ahab and Jezebel, God declared that

  1. dogs would lick Ahab’s blood where they had licked Naboth’s
  2. Ahab’s descendants would never ascend the throne is Israel
  3. He would require the blood of Naboth from Ahab’s hand
  4. the sword would not depart from the house of Ahab.
Answer and explanation

A: dogs would lick Ahab’s blood where they had licked Naboth’s

The judgement announced to Ahab says dogs will lick his blood where they licked Naboth’s blood.

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Question 28

According to Jeremiah, other nations would find glory in God and bless themselves in Him only when Israel

  1. swears in truth, in justice and in uprightness
  2. becomes loyal to God and repents of her sins
  3. returns to God, honours and glorifies Him
  4. comes to God with prayer and fasting
Answer and explanation

A: swears in truth, in justice and in uprightness

Jeremiah explicitly links swearing in truth, justice and righteousness with nations blessing themselves in God and glorying in him.

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Question 29

Hosea proclaimed that Israel should return to God and plead that he should

  1. accept their worship
  2. bless them abundantly
  3. take away their iniquity
  4. grant them victory in battle
Answer and explanation

C: take away their iniquity

Hosea instructs Israel to return with words asking God to take away all iniquity and accept what is good.

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Question 30

The response of Eli after Samuel had told him the Lord’s message as regards his sons’ acts of blasphemy was that

  1. sacrifice would be offered on their behalf
  2. he would call them and rebuke them
  3. God should have mercy on them
  4. He was the LORD, and should do what pleased Him.
Answer and explanation

D: He was the LORD, and should do what pleased Him.

After hearing Samuel’s full report, Eli says it is the LORD and asks that he do what seems good to him.

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Question 31

Rahab’s reward for hiding the messengers sent by Joshua to spy out Jericho was that

  1. she and her household were spared
  2. the city of Jericho was spared for her sake
  3. she married one of the spies and became a queen
  4. the gold, bronze and iron in the city were given to her
Answer and explanation

A: she and her household were spared

Joshua spares Rahab and her household because she hid the messengers sent to spy on Jericho.

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Question 33

God did not lead the Israelites by the way of the land of the Philistines although that was near because

  1. He did not want them to see war and return to Egypt
  2. The Egyptians would have overtaken them
  3. They were afraid of the Philistines
  4. He wanted them to learn through hardship in the wilderness
Answer and explanation

A: He did not want them to see war and return to Egypt

God avoids the nearby Philistine route lest the people see war, change their minds and return to Egypt.

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Question 35

‘ “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’’ ’ After this statement, the first thing God did was to

  1. form beasts and bird and bring them to the man
  2. take one of the man’s ribs and close up its place with flesh
  3. make a rib into a woman and bring her to the man
  4. cause a deep sleep to fall upon the man.
Answer and explanation

A: form beasts and bird and bring them to the man

In the narrative sequence, the statement about a helper is followed by forming animals and birds and bringing them to the man.

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Question 36

Joseph’s brothers decided not to kill him because he

  1. pleaded with them
  2. was loved by their father
  3. was their brother and their flesh
  4. was the first son of his mother
Answer and explanation

C: was their brother and their flesh

Judah urges the brothers not to shed Joseph’s blood because Joseph is their brother and their own flesh. They accept his proposal to sell him.

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Question 37

King Saul ordered that those who had opposed his ascent to the throne should not be put to death because

  1. God had wrought deliverance in Israel
  2. They had fought bravely in battle
  3. They had been reconciled with him
  4. God had forgiven their evil intentions
Answer and explanation

A: God had wrought deliverance in Israel

Saul refuses an execution that day because the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel.

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Question 38

After Saul realized that God would have nothing to do with him, he sought the help of

  1. Achish
  2. a prophet
  3. Samuel
  4. a medium.
Answer and explanation

D: a medium.

After receiving no answer through the usual means, Saul asks his servants to find a woman with a familiar spirit, or medium.

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Question 40

The LORD said to Moses that the people should gather just a day’s portion of bread so that He might test their

  1. self-control
  2. patience
  3. obedience
  4. faith.
Answer and explanation

C: obedience

God says the daily portion will test whether the people walk in his law. The test concerns obedience to the instruction.

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Question 41

What were the Israelites asked to do before meeting with God on Mount Sinai?

  1. To be consecrated and have their garments washed
  2. To touch the border of the mountain
  3. To fast and have their feet washed
  4. To fast, pray and be consecrated.
Answer and explanation

A: To be consecrated and have their garments washed

The people are to be consecrated and wash their clothes before the LORD comes down on Sinai.

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Question 42

‘ “ To you I will give all this authority and their glory; for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will…”’ This statement was made during the

  1. ascension of Jesus
  2. sermon on the mount
  3. temptation of Jesus
  4. triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
Answer and explanation

C: temptation of Jesus

The devil offers authority over the kingdoms while tempting Jesus, making worship of himself the condition.

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Question 43

‘ “ … Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over on sinner who repents.’’ ’ Jesus made this statements after telling the parable of the

  1. prodigal son
  2. lost coin
  3. dishonest steward
  4. lost sheep
Answer and explanation

B: lost coin

The statement about joy before God’s angels follows the woman finding the lost coin and calling her neighbours to rejoice.

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Question 44

According to Luke, the leper healed by Jesus was commanded to

  1. go and show himself to his friends
  2. find out from the priest what he should offer
  3. tell people about the cleansing
  4. make an offering for his cleansing.
Answer and explanation

D: make an offering for his cleansing.

Jesus commands the cleansed leper to show himself to the priest and make the offering Moses prescribed for cleansing.

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Question 45

After the great confession by Peter, Jesus charged the disciple to

  1. announce that the kingdom of heaven had c ome
  2. tell no one that he was the Christ
  3. go away from the crowd to rest
  4. beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.
Answer and explanation

B: tell no one that he was the Christ

After Peter’s confession and the ensuing teaching, Jesus tells the disciples not to tell anyone he is the Christ.

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Question 47

When they returned from their mission, the seventy reported that

  1. their needs were fully met
  2. even Samaritans accepted their message
  3. they saw Satan fall like lightning
  4. even demons were subject to them
Answer and explanation

D: even demons were subject to them

The seventy return joyfully reporting that even demons submit to them in Jesus’ name.

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Question 48

“Take heart, it is I; have no fear.’’’ This statement was made by Jesus when

  1. He appeared to two disciples on the way to Emmaus
  2. He was walking on the sea in the night
  3. Mary Magdalene saw him at the sepulehre
  4. The women saw Him after resurrection
Answer and explanation

B: He was walking on the sea in the night

Jesus reassures the frightened disciples with these words while approaching them across the sea.

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Question 49

“… Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming…” The declaration above was made by the crowd during the

  1. triumphal entry into Jerusalem
  2. feeding of the four thousand
  3. Passover feast
  4. Transfiguration of Jesus
Answer and explanation

A: triumphal entry into Jerusalem

Mark places the crowd’s blessing of David’s coming kingdom among the acclamations during Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.

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Question 50

After healing the man at the pool of Bathzatha, the Jews sought all the more to kill Jesus because

  1. they hated the man that was healed
  2. he did this on the Sabbath
  3. they were unhappy that he healed the man
  4. he claimed that God his father was still working
Answer and explanation

D: he claimed that God his father was still working

John says the attempt to kill Jesus intensified when he called God his own Father, following his statement that the Father was still working.

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