Before his ascension, Jesus commissioned his disciples to go to all nations and

• A. cast out demons
• B. heal the sick
• C. raise the dead
• D. make disciples of them

Paul said he was not fit to be called an apostle because he

• A. was not called like the others
• B. was not a jew
• C. persecuted the Early Church
• D. was only a distributor of letters

The experience which totally changed Paul's focus in life was his

• A. witnessing the martyrdom of Stephen
• B. determination to wipe out the church
• C. participation in the council of Jerusalem
• D. encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus

Paul argued that Jesus died for us while we were yet sinners in order to

• A. prove that he was not an ordinary man
• B. show God's love for sinful man
• C. warn us to desist from sin
• D. give us power to possess the earth

When Saul and his troops came after David in the Wilderness of Ziph, David and Abishai went to Saul's camp to

• A. slay him
• B. surprise him
• C. capture him alive
• D. dialogue with him

Herod persecuted the early church because he was

• A. opposed to the Apostle's teaching
• B. impressed by his growing popularly after killing James
• C. unhappy that the Jewish leaders were not doing enough havoc to the apostles
• D. asserting the extended powers granted to him by rome

During the creative activity of God, He made the beasts

• A. in His own image
• B. to multiply on the earth
• C. according to their kinds
• D. to serve the needs of man

Which of the following was not characteristic of the Early Church?

• A. Constant change in Leadership
• B. Devotion to the teachings of the apostles
• C. breaking bread in member's homes
• D. communal fellowship

The rich man who ignored the needs of Lazarus lacked

• A. a sense of proportion
• B. parental care
• C. human sympathy
• D. spiritual contentment

(a) give Matthew's account of the call of the first four disciples of Jesus.

(b) State three reasons why Jesus required disciples.