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Q2. (John 1:29) Q. Why is Jesus referred to as the Lamb of God? A. Because He is the One that was sacrificed on the cross for remission of our sin Q. To what degree does he take away our sins? A. He washed away our sin totally. Q. How does he come to represent you -- as your sacrifice for sin? A. He died for my sin and I do not have to make animal sacrifice for my sin

Q1. Q. What does Jesus' holiness and righteousness demand of our lives as his disciples? A. To be righteous and holy too. Q. In the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, what was the primary characteristic of the sheep vs. the goats? A. The sheep represented the saints, the righteous ones of God who will be at the right side of God in heaven while the goats represented the unrighteous ones who would be cast out from God's presence into hell.

Q5. (Luke 9:59-62; 6:46) Q. Is Jesus our Lord if we don't obey him immediately? A. No. Q. Is he our Lord if we don't follow his teachings? A. No Q. What areas of your life do you need to surrender to his Lordship? A. Area of total and prompt obedience

Q4. (Daniel 12:3) Q. What is the end of those who are wise and influential for God? A. They will be raise to receive their reward and remain with the Lord. Q. What is their reward? A. See above Q. How does God use your influence currently to advance his Kingdom? A. I encourage, consel, and teach the word of God Q. What would need to change so that you might have greater influence for Christ? A. Be committed to reading/ studying the word of God and preach the Good News of Christ in/out of season for the salvation of others.

Q3. (Daniel 12:2) Q. What do we learn about resurrection? A. There is bodily resurrection of the dead. Q. How does this compare with New Testament teaching? A. Agrees with it. Q. What is the future of the righteous who are raised? A. Will rise to glory with the Lord where they will live with him forever in joy. Q. Why do you think the unjust will be raised also? A. They will be raised to judgement and condemnation into eternal lake of fire ie hell.

Q2. (Daniel 12:1) Q. What will happen during the great distress of God's people? A. Great persecution of Go'd children. Q. In what ways does this time seem to conform to the "great tribulation" spoken of in the New Testament? A. It appears to refer to the time when the antichrist will reign and terrorise God's children until the Lord Jesus delivers his children.

Q1. (Daniel 11:36-45) Q. What do we learn about the character of this Antichrist figure? A. He is lawless, arrogant, wages war against the holy ones of God. Q. What seems to be his prime motivations? A. To deceive and lead the children of God to destruction. Q. What does he have to do with the land of Israel? A. Israel is the ultimate battle ground of the last day between the children of God and those of the antichrist.

Q3. (John 1:18) Q. How does the title "Only Begotten God" signify Jesus' divinity? A. Jesus was not created but was and is God born by the power and Spirit of God through Mary without any union with man. He is Unique! Q. How does the Only Begotten Son differ from you and me as sons and daughters of God? A. Jesus the Only Begotten Son was not created while other brothers and sisters like me were created and are children of God only by adoption or spiritual birth. Q. What does "only-begotten" say about Jesus' status with the Father? A. Jesus being the “only-begotten” means that He is the only One being born of God while we are created by God or adopted. Q. About the costliness of the cross? A. It took the death of God’s only begotten Son to die on the cross for the redemption of mankind. My salvation was at the painful cost of life of the only begotten Son of God.

Q2. (Mark 1:10-11; Ephesians 1:6) Q. If Jesus is the Father's Beloved, how can the Father send him to die? A. Because only through His beloved son could He save the world. Besides, His son would rise again after the death on the cross. Only as God could die and rise again. And without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin permanently. Recall the blood of animals could not atone for sin permanently. Q. How does that make sense, given what we know of parental love? A. Humanly speaking that would not make sense because the things of the Spirit are foolish to the perishing fleshy worldly mind. Q. What does that say about God's love for us? A. Go’s love is unimaginably true.

Q1. Q. In what way does the title Son of God make Jesus equal with the Father? A. Jesus being the Son of God reveals His divinity as also comfired by John in Jon 1:1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". (John 1:1 KJV) Q. When you deal with the Son, is that the same as dealing with the Father? A. YES Q. Do you know Jesus the Son of God? A. Yes I do. He is my Saviour, Shepherd, Lord, God, Friend and much more! Q. Do you love him? A. Yes I do but want to know Him daily and to love Him with all my heart, soul, mind, strength and all of me.

Q6. (Luke 9:35) Since Jesus is God's Chosen One, what does it mean to "listen to him"? In what ways does your life reflect listening to him? In what ways do you need to heed him more explicitly? A. It is wisdom if we listen to the One God chose to bring salvation to us if not we would perish. I listen to Him through His written Word and try in His power to obey what He says.

Q5. Where did the title "Branch" come from? How does the imagery differ from the title "Root"? It came from Isaiah's prophesy of the come Messiah who would come from the lineage of David.

Q4. (Matthew 21:9, 15) Q. Why were the chief priests and scribes so angry when little children referred to Jesus as "Son of David"? A. They were still looking for and waiting for a Messiah that would come from the lineage of David to deliver them politically from the Roman's rule and did not see Jesus as that expected Messiah. Q. What does the title "Son of David" signify? B. It signifies that Jesus is the Seed of David, the comes form the lineage of David.

Q3. (Matthew 16:13-16) Q. Whom did Peter believe Jesus to be? A. The Christ, the Son Of the Living God Q. How did Peter come to believe this? A. Through the revelation of the Holy Spirit Q. Why does Jesus command his disciples not to tell others that he is the Messiah? (Matthew 16:20). A. His time has not come and so He did not want any confrontation with Jews at the time.

Q2. Which are your favorite messianic prophecies? Which titles from those are dearest to you? Why? A. The come of the Price of Peace and the Shepherd and my favourite prophesies and find both dear to me. This because the world is turmoil and needs the Price of Peace dearly. Further more, we all need the Shepherd to meet our gaping needs.

Q1. Q. What is the meaning of the words "Christ" and "Messiah? A. Christ means the Anointed One. Messiah means the Sent One. Both means that Jesus was set apart for the Lord's work. Q.How does the Davidic Covenant influence messianic expectation in Jesus' day? A. In the Davidic Covenant God promised that a descendant of David would always reign over Israel. This made the Jews to forward to one from David dynasty to came and deliver them from the Roman's rule.

Q4. (1 Timothy 2:5-6; 1 John 2:1) Q. In what sense is Jesus our "one Mediator between God and man"? A. He stands in the gap for us (between us and God) interceding for us Q.What happens to this personal relationship with Jesus when we ask a minister or a saint to intercede for us? A. That Jesus intercedes for us is a privilege and favour and he is available for us so we should go him directly. Q. How is Jesus our Advocate before the Father? A. He pleads our cause with the Father declaring us not guilty because he has paid fully for our sin. Q. In what ways are you an advocate for the powerless in your community? A. I Could do better so help me God Q. How do you function as a reconciler, a mediator, a peacemaker as you serve Christ? A. By mentoring, encouraging, restoring friends and relatives who are far from God and praying for them as well as for their needs.

Q3. (Isaiah 53:3) Q. How can Jesus be the Man of Sorrows as well as the one who finds joy in his Father? A. He experienced sorrow at the disbelief of men especially that of His disciples; he experienced sorrow on the cross at the weight of our sin particularly at the moment His Father turned His face away from Him to allow Him pay for our sin on our behalf. Nevertheless he was a joyful Man and and desired and prayed that we should also experience that joy. Q. How can we experience sorrow without it coming to dominate our lives? A. By casting our burdens that cause sorrow unto Him 1 Peter 5:7 and by not worrying about our challenges but praying about them. Philippians 4:6-7

Q2. (Daniel 7:13-14) Q. Since Jesus is the Son of Man in Daniel's prophecy, what implications does that have for your obedience, your worship, your estimation of Jesus' power and glory? A. Jesus being the Son of Man does not mean that he is a mere mortal. He is God who by incarnation became man that he would live among men and died for our sin. As God, he could not die. He is Man and God, not one or the other. Therefore I obey and worship him in spirit and truth.

Q1. (Daniel 7:13-14) Q. What attributes does the "one like a son of man" have in Daniel's prophecy? A. He looks like a man, come from heaven, has authority and is worshipped by people of all nations. Q. In what ways does this personage possess divine elements? A. He was a messiah sent from heaven, thus he was not just an ordinary man. Q. What authority does he have? A. He has authority over all creation Q. How do we know that Jesus identified himself with this Son of Man in Daniel? A. This is reflected from his answer to the question of the High Priest at his trial when asked to say if he was the Christ, the son of God he answered thus: 'Yes, it is as you say,' Jesus replied. 'But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.'" (Matthew 26:63-64)

Q4. (John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 1:24) Q. How does Jesus' truth contrast with your culture's dearly held "truths"? A. Jesus is the Truth and His word is true and genuine. On the other hand, any other "truth" from culture or politics- name it, is full of falsehood. Q. How does Jesus' wisdom differ from the worldly wisdom that your culture teaches you? A. Jesus wisdom is from above and is full of power, power of God. Q. What would help you hold on to Jesus' truth and wisdom more effectively? A. It is only abide in Jesus, hold onto His word and obey him shall we be effective

Q3. (Revelation 3:14) Q. Why is Jesus called the “true and faithful witness”? A. He testifies about God the Father and the way of to life through the gospel message and such testimony is true and trust worthy. He is dependable and reliable. Q. How was he faithful in his witness? A. He declared all that the Father sent to do even to the point of death Q. As a disciple, to what degree are you a “true and faithful witness” to the Word that your Rabbi has taught and has done in your life? A. I have have not been a faithful witness as I ought to have been. Have mercy Lord and grant me the grace to be a faithful witness as you were. Q. What would it look like if you improved as a witness? A. I will declare and proclaim the Gospel to the un-saved.

Q2. (John 1:1-3, 14) Q. In what sense is Jesus the Word of God? A. Jesus is the Word, was/ is in the beginning and was/is God. He became flesh to reveal God to mankind. His words were/are thus the words of God. Q. Why do you think he is called this? A. Oops! I have already covered this above. Q. Why does John call him the Word of Life (1 John 1:1)? A. Because he declared the words of God that saves and he himself was word that feed on and live. Q. What does this say to us about the importance of hearing, meditating on, and internalizing Jesus' words? A. When we hear Jesus we hear God and his words is the bread of life that nourishes our souls.

Q1. Q. What is your relationship to Jesus as your Rabbi? A. I am His disciple/ student Q. How often do you come to him to teach you? A. Every day Q. How do you receive his teaching? A. I read/ hear His word, believe and internalise what I read/ hear Q. How teachable do you think you are? A. Very teachable want to be better

Q4. Q. How did Jesus' disciples use his name when they healed and cast out demons? A. They would either speak with authority and faith in Jesus to the sick person as Peter commanded the cripple in Act 3:6 to rise up and walk or lay hands on the sick. Q. Do we have this kind of authority, or was it only for the apostles themselves? A. Yes we have authority because Jesus authority is for those (including us) who believe in Him: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover". (Mark 16:17-18 KJV) Q. In what way does speaking or acting in Jesus' name demonstrate the concept of power of attorney? A. As in the passage above, Jesus Christ gave us His authority and power to perform the miracles He did on His behalf and we can confidently heal the sick as He would do. Q. Why are we sometimes afraid to speak or act in Jesus' name? How might hearing his voice about a particular matter alleviate that fear? A. Doubt and fear of failure is the most probable reason why we hesitate to speak or act in the name of Jesus. We need to ask Him to increase our faith as the disciples also did so that we can be bold enough to declare his works.