Correct Answer: B. they had gone to the city to buy food

Correct Answer: C. Mathias

Correct Answer: B. Moriah

Correct Answer: B. a marriage bond

Correct Answer: C. an accusation on a fault concerning a woman

Correct Answer: D. cheerfulness

Explanation

(a) James 2: 1-13

(i) James opened his speech by asking his audience to avoid, partiality since they hold the faith of Christ.

(ii) If a man who dresses richly comes into their assembly and a poorly dressed man also comes,

(iii) And they give the rich man the best seat and pays no attention to the other man who is poor, they have discriminated.

(iv) He warned them not to give room to favouritism.

(v) They should not judge with evil thoughts.

(vi) For God has chosen the poor in the word to be rich in faith as the heirs of the Kingdom.

(vii) He emphasized that they have dishonoured the poor in an attempt to respect the rich.

(viii) But ironically, they are being oppressed by the rich.

(ix) They drag them to court and make sure that they don't obtain justice.

(x) It is also the same rich people who blaspheme the name of the Lord.

(xi) He admonished them to obey the royal law which says "Love your neighbour as yourself.

(xii) If they continue to show partiality, they commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

(xiii) For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one is as guilty as not keeping the law at all.

(xiv) One who commits adultery and does not kill is a transgressor of the law.

(xv) Hence, people must speak and act mindful of the fact that they would be judged under the law of liberty.

(xvi) Those who did not show mercy will also not be shown mercy.

(b) Three ways of promoting impartiality:

(i) Using of mass media in protesting against partiality.

(ii) Using strike actions to protest against partiality.

(iii) Members of the society should not give room to ethnic and religious prejudices.

(iv) Every member of the society should be allowed to exercise his/her rights.

(v) Practical living (i.e. living by example).

(vi) Social amenities and government revenue allocations should be distributed evenly.

(vii) Use of assembly men/women and opinion leaders to correct ills in the society.

Correct Answer: C. the two great lights

Correct Answer: A) when he was about to die

Explanation

In Genesis 49:29, a man said, I am to be gathered to my fathers; bury me with my fathers. The question is asking when he said this. The options are: A) when he was about to die, B) when he was seriously sick, C) when he offended God, and D) when his brother cheated him. The correct answer is option A, when he was about to die.

This man was Jacob, also known as Israel, and he was speaking to his sons on his deathbed. He was asking to be buried with his fathers, Abraham and Isaac, in the family burial plot in Canaan. This was an important request for Jacob because it symbolized his connection to his ancestors and his faith in God's promise to give the land of Canaan to his descendants.

Jacob's request to be buried with his fathers is significant in the history of Israel because it shows the importance of family and the connection to the land. It also demonstrates Jacob's faith in God's promises and his desire to be reunited with his ancestors in the afterlife.

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Correct Answer: C. Simeon