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Q.(Acts 19:9-10) Q. How did "all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia" hear God's word from one apostle, who taught daily in Ephesus and didn't travel around. What do you think was going on that caused this kind of expansion? A. He- Paul was at one place where he trained others, and discipled them; and they in turn took the word to all over the other locations. This then resulted to the wide spread of the word that could not have been done by one person. Q. Why is it vital to evangelize in our great cities? A. Why this important is so that disciples who will go over the suburb areas to spread the word of God will be generated.

Q1. (1 Corinthians 1:11-12; 2:1; 3:3-6) Q. What seems to be the primary difference between Paul's ministry approach and that of Apollos? A. Apollos is eloquent while Paul is simply- say it out simple and plain. Q. Why does this create competing allegiances at Corinth? A. The people were divided where some preferred Apollos while others preferred Paul. Q. How does Paul address the issue? A. He told them that there was no need for such division because the most important thing was to preach the Gospel of Christ and not to bother about who is better in presenting it. Q. Can you think of any divisions over style within the Christian community in your region? A. I can think of any now. Q. What should you do as a result of those divisions? A. Find a way of resolving the cause of the division

Q4. (1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17) Q. How important was belief in a bodily resurrection to the gospel that Paul taught? A. It was important because if Christ did not rise after His death and burial, it means that the faith of the first church and indeed the church now would be useless. Q. Why is Christ's resurrection foundational to our faith? A. See the last part of my answer above. Q. What will happen when we die? A. We (our souls) will be with the Lord Jesus Christ in heaven. Q. When Christ comes? A. We will rise with a resurrection body to meet Him in the sky

Q3. (Acts 18:7) Q. How important are the economics of house-churches and bi-vocational ministry in the rapid spread of the first century church? A. House churches use less resources and make it possible for people in the neighbourhood to have easier access to evangelism/ discipleship. Furthermore, these home churches use bi-vocational ministers that are not full time on payroll, thus running them are more economical. Q. What are the advantages of a house-church model? A. They are more accessible and thus many can be evangelised faster. They are also cheaper to run as bi- vocational pastors are not on payroll. Q. What are the weaknesses? A. Limited space requires the use of multiple houses and thus the need for more resource persons to run the house churches- so I think.

Q2. (Acts 18:3; 20:34-35; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10; 1 Corinthians 4:12) Q. Why does Paul earn his living by skilled labor rather than through offerings from the church? A. To leave an example for workers in the vineyard of God to work hard and not to burden the church. Q. Why do you think Christians believe that "full-time Christian ministry" is better than bi-vocational ministry? A. Some believe that full time evangelism is more productive. I personally think that pastors should not be distracted from the main evangelical function of tending the flock in as they make effort to work for their up keep. Q. What lessons did Paul teach the believers by his example of working for his living? A. Work hard to earn a living without being a burden to the church.

Q1. (Acts 17:27-31; Romans 1:19-20; 2:14-15; Acts 4:12) Q. How close is God to non-believers? A. Very close. Q. Is he working in them? A. Yes in a way because through the creation around us, the power of God is demonstrated and everyone ought to know that there is a God Who made the wonderful creation. Q. Since God shows forbearance for sins of non-believers, why do Christians act so judgmental? A. May be due to ignorance. Q. How should we act? A. Repent mow and love everyone including mo-believers as the Lord loved us while we were yet siners He died for us. Q. Is faith in Jesus necessary for salvation? A. YES

Q4. (Romans 3:25; 5:6-8; 8:3; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Mark 10:45; 1 Peter 3:18a) Q. What is the Substitutionary Atonement? A. Sinless Christ died for sinful man to have life eternal. . Q. How is this such good news? A.This is good news as man would have been doomed eternal damnation Q. How does it give us assurance in our struggles with sin? A. God can now forgive us over and over because Christ has paid for our sin on the cross forever.

Q3. (1 Corinthians 1:18, 23-24; Romans 1:16; Acts 17:2-3) Q. Why might Paul be tempted to under emphasize a "crucified Messiah" when preaching to the Jews? A. Jews view the Messiah as a conqueror and thus can not reconcile that He will have to be crucified. But Paul knew better from the scriptures and thus preached Jesus the crucified boldly. Q. Why are we sometimes tempted to tell others how great it is to follow Christ while not telling them the other aspects of the gospel? A. I am not sure whether I do that and do not know about others. Q. Why is it so important that we are honest about the gospel? A. Because we are not supposed to water it down. We should add or subtract anything from the Word.

Q2. (Acts 16:25; Philippians 4:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Q. Why do you think we are commanded to "Rejoice always"? What is our natural tendency when we're under stress? What does rejoicing and thanking have to do with faith? A. To rejoice in all situations whether they look good or bad because in all situations God works for our good. But we complain and grumble Q. In what circumstance do you find difficulty praising God? A. In bad situations such as disappointment, failure, losses etc I normally find myself not inclined to praise God

Q1. (Acts 16:1-3) Q. Why does Paul circumcise Timothy, even though his principles don't require him to? A. For a smooth passage along his evangelical mission where he is not slowed down by Judaizers or any one who believes that a Gentile convert must be circumcised to be saved. Q. Why does Paul "become all things to all people" (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)? A. For similar reasoning above but mainly to be able to have unhindered access to the Synagogues Q. In what ways does the path of serving Jesus require humility rather than demanding our rights? A. The humbled will achieve cooperation and success in the cause of service for the Lord.

Q4. (Ephesians 2:13-15; Galatians 6:16) Q. In what sense are believers in the Messiah the "New Israel"? A. New Israel comes about by the extension of God's grace to include the gentiles to His original children through faith in Jesus Christ Q. Who makes believing Gentiles one with believing Jews? Who makes believing Protestants one with believing Catholics? A. God by grace through the saving faith in Jesus Christ

Q3. (Acts 13:48; Romans 10:13-15) Q. How does an understanding of God's pure grace fit together with the idea of predestination? A. We are saved by grace and not by merit but God has called us ie decided that we would be saved by His own initiation and will. Q. How might a belief in predestination make us lazy with regard to evangelism? A. It will make us to do nothing at all and just wait for God to bring souls to be saved Q. Does God "need" us to bring salvation to the world? A. He does not need us as He can do everything He wants without us. However, in His sovereignty, He has given us the privilege to partner with Him to bring souls to be saved.

Q2. (Ephesians 2:8-9) Q. What is a simple definition of "grace"? A. Unmerited favour Q. Why aren't legalism and "works" to please God compatible with grace? A. Legalism and works are both our efforts to earn God's approval and favour. This is quite far from meeting God's standard requirement and thus can not merit salvation which is purely by God's grace. Q. What part does our faith have to do with our salvation? A. Our faith is the only part we play in salvation. Following our conviction through the Holly Spirit of God, we agree that we can not save ourselves and then take a decision by believing that only our believing faith/ trust in the Lord Jesus Christ can save us and then we are there!

Q1. (Acts 15:1,5) Q. What is the essential demand of the Judaizers? A. That Gentiles converts to Christianity must, in addition to their faith in Christ, be circumcised and follow the Jewish laws Q. How does that contradict the idea of salvation by grace? A. It does because salvation is by grace based on faith/ trust/ belief in the Lord Jesus Christ alone that leads to salvation and not by works. Q. What is the danger of excessive legalism in our Christian congregations? A. It poses similar challenge as that caused in the early Church by the Judizers where emphasis is shifted from faith in the saving work of Christ on the cross to the emphasis on works. This causes confusion and discouragement as well as division in the church.

Q4. (Acts 13:43b) Q. Why is "continuing" or "abiding" in the faith so important? A. Salvation is by faith and not by works and thus Paul urges the converts to continue to trust and believe in Jesus for salvation and not to work out their salvation by observing Jewish rules such as need to be circumcised. Q. What does Jesus' Parable of the Sower teach about "continuing" (Matthew 13:5-6, 20-21)? Why do new believers need basic instruction and discipling before the task of evangelism is complete? (Acts 14:21b-22) A. The parable of the seed that falls on the rock represents coverts who hear the word and accept with excitement and joy but because they are not well rooted in the word, they easily backslide. It is thus necessary for a convert to continue to hear the word through discipleship to sustain his faith so as not to backslide.

Q3. Q. How do Paul's gospel presentations to pagans in Lystra (Acts 14:16-17;) and Athens (Acts 17:16-34) differ from his typical message in the synagogues? What common ground does Paul build on with pagan audiences? How will you need to contextualize the gospel in your particular area to build on common ground? A, Paul's presentation of the gospel to the pagan is different from his message to the Jews and God fearers as the common ground for both differs. To pagans he told them that the God of heaven and earth is living and Creator while their idols are dead. The pagans thus have to turn to the Creator and repent for salvation as idols can not save them. I need to also and always find common ground as basis for effective evangelism wherever the gospel is preached.

Q2. Q. In evangelizing people, how does God use power encounters (in Paphos, Crete, Acts 13:6-12) and signs and wonders (Acts 14:3 in Iconium)? A. Paul, by the power of the Holy Spirit resisted the sorcerer's attempt to prevent the Proconsul from hearing and accepting the message by rebuking him and the sorcerer became blind. As a result of this powerful happening, the proconsul believed the message and message spread. Q. Are miracles enough to produce saving faith on their own? If not, what else is needed? A. In addition to miracles/ signs and wonders from/ by the preacher , the power of the Holy Spirit is required to move the individual hearer to come to the point of conviction and acceptance of the message by faith and repentance unto salvation. Q. Have you seen signs and wonders with evangelism? If not, why do you think that is? A. Most of the signs and wonders I have seen have been from the TV programmes I have watched. I however I believe in them. It is however unfortunate that signs and wonders are not emphasised in some churches these days. I pray that the Lord God Almighty can perform signs and wonders through me.

Q1. (Acts 13:14-41) Q. What "common ground" does the gospel of Jesus have with Judaism? A. The common ground starts from God's deliverance of His children from slavery in Egypt right to the possession of the promised land and the subsequent anointing of King David whose offspring will produce the Saviour of the world. Q. How does Paul's approach in the synagogues reflect building on this common ground? A. Paul affirms that John the Baptist ( known also by the Jews) pointed to Jesus as the Saviour as per the above common ground which the Jews know Q. What is the essence of the gospel? (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) A. The power of God for the salvation of souls for those who believe

Q4. (1 Corinthians 9:16-17) Q. How does Paul view his call to preach? How much choice is involved for him? How much honor? How much honor? A. As a task/ duty/ responsibility that must be done by compulsion. He considers the assignment as a privilege and by grace done to an unworthy persecutor of the Lord Q. How should this understanding affect our understanding of God gifting and calling us for ministry? A. We need to know that it is from God for service to His Church and should accept whole heartedlly and without delay. So help me Lord God Almighty. Q. What is the opposite of faithfulness when it comes to using God's gifts? A. Failure/ refusal to respond positively to the calling to use our gifts for service to His Church

Q3. (Acts 13:1-3) Q. Why are the church leaders in Antioch seeking God through corporate prayer and fasting? A. So as to seek His counsel regarding who to send forth for assignments Q. How does God respond to their seeking? A. He told them specifically, to send out Paul and Barnabas for the specific assignment. Q. Why do you think we don't do more of this sort of thing today? What was the importance of this to the church at large? To the chosen missionaries? A. I think we assume that we know what God wants and just go ahead to take action. But it is very important that the Church should seek for God's perfect will and plan through corporate fasting and praying. This is more so when choosing leaders because God is the One Who knows the heart of man and thus knows who should be chosen.

Q2. (Galatians 2:11-16) Q. Why does Paul call out Peter publicly in Antioch? A. Peter was showing hypocrisy by eating with gentiles converts only when the Jerusalem Jewish Christians were absent. Q. What is the reason for Peter's hypocrisy? A. He did not want to be condemned by the ******** Jewish Christians who still believed that gentile converts needed to be circumcised or else their salvation was not complete Q. What is the central issue on which Paul feels they must not compromise? Why is it so important? A. Paul believed that salvation was purely by faith and that it was not necessary to obey Jewish customs of circumcision. It is very important because salvation is strictly by faith alone.

Q1. (Acts 9:30; Galatians 1:15-17) Q. Why do ambitious Christians struggle so much when they don't seem to be doing anything important? A. They probably are not fully empowered and equipped by the Lord to hear Him clearly, get the vision of/ from Him so as to be effective in the ministry. Q. Why is patience with God's plan so important to growth? Why is a period of spiritual formation so important to future leadership? To listening for God's voice? A. Growth requires total dependence on God's timing and resources. This requires patience and waiting on the Lord for when to move, what to do and where to move to. To achieve such growth there is need to create time to wait upon the Lord in fasting and prayers to develop a strong relationship with Him so that we can hear Him and also speak to Him on our mission/ plans.

Q4. (Philippians 3:9; Genesis 15:6; Habakkuk 2:4) Q. Abraham had been a moon-worshipper. According to Genesis 15:6, how does he come into right relationship with the God who created all? A. By faith in God; he believed and obeyed God to leave the known for unknown country as directed by God Q. How can a person today become righteous by faith? What is involved in really "trusting" Christ? A. By faith in God -believing in his heart that Christ died and paid for his sin and that God has now forgiven and declared him 'not guilty'

Q3. (Philippians 3:7-8) Q. How do legalism and the resulting spiritual pride prevent us from trusting in Christ by faith, and knowing him? A. Legalism and resultant spiritual pride focuses on the persons efforts and achievements and this deprives the individual from dependency on the power of Christ for salvation/ rewards Q. How has your pride in yourself kept you from drawing closer to Jesus? A. I think I tend to believe in doing things to justify my position in Christ and feel bad if I fail to achieve a task. I am now being reminded that faith in Christ is what justifies me and what really matters.

Q2. (Acts 9:10-18) Q. Why do you think God sends Ananias to Paul rather than revealing directly? A. May be to make Paul believe it must be God Who could have done this to him and has the power to reveal and involve a third party to demonstrate His power Q. Why does Ananias argue with God? A. He might have been afraid to meet the man who had terrorised the church Q. Why does it take courage to obey? A. He probably encouraged himself that God is able to deliver him from a killer man Q. What does Ananias do and say? A. Ananias obeyed and called Saul "brother" Q. Have you ever had God guide you to talk with someone and minister to him or her? Have you followed through? A. I cannot recall.