Which of the following ideas was uppermost in the mind of Hosea during his prophesy?

A. God’s everlasting kindness and mercy for man

B. The ultimate return of Israel to the Lord

C. God’s punishment for erring Israel

D. God’s love for Israel

E. God’s contention with Israel for their infidelity

According to Amos, true religion is described as one which

A. Feasts and solemn assembles play important roles

B. God is always appeased with sacrifice and tithes

C. Justice and righteousness flow like an endless stream

D. Food and drinks are served as a mark of love

E. Righteousness plays a secondary role

Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: ‘though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow’. By this statement, Isaiah means that

A. God is ever willing to communicate with man

B. If we are willing to repent, God will forgive us

C. We are so deep in sin that there is little hope of redemption

D. God gives us an opportunity to defend ourselves

E. All our sins are forgivable

‘Though you wash yourself with Iye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me’, says the Lord God. Jeremiah concluded the above statement by saying that

A. Israel will resort to Assyria for rescue

B. Should Israel acknowledge their guilt, God will restore all of them to Zion

C. No more shall the covenant be recognized in Israel

D. Jerusalem shall cease to be the throne of the Lord

E. Israel can no longer escape the impending punishment

According to Mathew’s account, John the Baptist’s immediate reaction when Jesus came to be baptized was to

A. Baptize Jesus

B. Ask why he should baptize a non-sinner

C. Ask that he should rather be baptized by Jesus

D. Ask him to confess his sins

E. Ask him to bear the fruit of repentance

Jesus said follow me and leave the dead to bury the dead. This implies that Jesus

A. Opposed burial of the dead

B. Was beside himself

C. Was acting as a fanatic

D. Regarded as dead anybody who rejects him

E. Placed more emphasis on the living than the dead

Jesus selected the twelve disciples in order to

A. Represent the Church

B. Make them his bodyguards

C. Act like other Jewish teachers

D. Train them to carry on after his departure

E. Comply with God’s injunction

Jesus refused to send the multitudes to buy food for themselves when it was already getting late because

A. He wanted to reveal his messiahship

B. He knew that his words were of greater value than food

C. The multitude were unwilling to go home

D. He knew that the little food available will satisfy the people

E. They had insufficient funds

In his account of the stilling of the storm, Mark gave an extra detail not contained in either Mathew or Luke when he wrote that

A. it took place on the sabbath

B. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion

C. the disciples woke him up

D. Jesus question the disciples' lack of faith

E. the discipples marvelled at the miraculous power of Jesus

In Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, which of the following is not a condition for the claim by Christians that they are children of God?

A. Enslavement to the elemental spirit of the universe

B. Redemption from sin by the blood of Jesus

C. Adoption as children of God

D. Redemption from the law by Jesus Christ

E. The indwelling of the spirit of God in their hearts