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Similarities between the announcement of the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus

• Gabriel delivered both messages
• Mary and Zachariah were afraid
• Both questioned the possibility of the message
• Zachariah and Mary were righteous Jews
• The mothers had never had children before
• Angel gave the names of the children to be born
• Mary and Zachariah were given sign to confirm the message
• The angel specified the children mission or roles in life
• Both children were conceived through God’s intervention           

main ideas in Mary’s song the ‘Magnificat

• Mary is thankful to God for being good to her
• She is grateful for God’s love for all human race
• She praised God because he fulfills his promises to people
• The poor, the humble and the least are exalted/uplifted by God
• God provides for the needs of his people
• God denies those who are proud
• God is ready to save mankind from sins from restore the covenant relationship with man
• The kingdom of God belongs to the poor who will be great
• The rich will be humbled
• God is Holy and mighty
• God shows mercy to the needy

How Christians preparing for the second coming of Jesus?

• Repenting their sins
• Getting baptized after repentance
• Preaching/spreading the gospel
• Helping the needy/doing charitable work
• Condemning social evil
• Reading the scripture and meditating upon it
• Seeking and doing God’s will
• Praying and fasting

why Jesus was rejected at Nazareth.

• They thought he was simply the son of Joseph the carpenter whom they knew
• Jesus told them that the prophecy of Isaiah had been fulfilled in him and that he is the Messiah
• They wanted him to prove his messiah ship by performing miracles which he did not
• He told them that their forefathers rejected God’s prophets by persecuting them
• He told them how God favoured even the Gentiles and not Jews alone
• He told them that a prophet is not welcomed in his home town
• He told them that the good news they rejected would be made available to the Gentiles
• Jesus did not come as a messiah the way the Jews expected

miraculous catch of fish according to Luke 5:1-11

• Jesus was standing by Lake Gennesaret where the people pressed upon him to hear the word
• He saw two boats close to the shore and got into one of them-it was Simon’s
• He asked Simon to push it a little into the lake
• He taught the people from the boat
• After teaching the people, he asked Simon to go and cast his net into the sea for a catch
• Simon was reluctant, for a whole night they had been fishing but caught nothing
• Simon agreed to do so, the catch was so huge that the net started to tear
• They beckoned other fishermen to help 
• Simon fell at the feet of Jesus urging him to go away from him for he was a sinner
• Jesus told Simon not be afraid from that day he would catch men
• The other companies of Simon were John and James son’s Zebedee
• They left everything and followed Jesus    

Obstacles Christian leaders face in their ministry.

• Political interference
• Corruption
• Faction in Church/tribalism/Nepotism
• Death of some members of the congregation
• Sickness
• Leadership wrangles
• Financial constrains
• Sexism
• Emergence of charismatie movement
• Science and technology
• Misuse of the gift of the Holy Spirit
• misuse of drugs
• Generation gap
• Doctrinal differences
• Devil worship/magic
• Conflict of roles
• Permissiveness
• Language barrier

Triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

• When approached Jerusalem passing through Belt page and Bethany at the Mt. Olives
• He sent two of his disciples to a village to get him a colt on which nobody has sat on.
• If the owner demanded why they were untying it, they were to answer-the Lord has need of it.
• When they got there, they found it as Jesus has said
• They untied the colt and the owner asked why they were doing so, they said the Lord needs it 
• they brought it Jesus and threw their garments on the colt
• Jesus sat upon it
• Garments were set on the path of Jesus
• The disciples began to rejoice and praised God with a loud voice saying “Blessed is the King who        comes in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven and glory in the highest”
• Pharisees asked Jesus to rebuke his disciples for making noise
• Jesus told them that if they remained quite stone would praise

Predictions Jesus made about end times

• There would be fearful signs that would signal end times
• The son of man (Jesus) will appear with great power and glory
• The end would come unexpected when people are going about their duties
• Nations will fight against each other
• There would be a lot of rumour of war
• There would be great earthquake, famines and plagues in various places
• People will faint from terror
• The temple will be totally destroyed
• Many false prophets would appear in his name
• Great signs from heaven would appear
• Disciples would be persecuted, arrested and imprisoned

Why Christians should be watchful towards end times

• -Jesus will come unexpectedly
• Being watchful involves endurance
• Christians are the stewards of the Kingdom
• They should be watchful because of the coming judgment
• Jesus is their Lord and they should be committed to him
• To help them recognize the signs of the end to know the presence of God among them
• In order to provide service to others          

Peter’s teachings about Jesus on Pentecost day

• Jesus was from Nazareth
• Jesus had human nature
• Jesus had divine nature/son of God
• Jesus was arrested by God to work miracles
• Jesus death/crucifixion was according to God’s plans
• Jesus conquered death/has victory over death
• The death and resurrection of Jesus fulfills the prophecy of David. 
• Jesus is a descendant of David
• Jesus is both Lord and Christ/

Qualities of love according to Paul 1corr. 13/4-8

• Love is patient
• Love is kind
• Love is not boastful/jealous
• Love is not arrogant/selfish/rude
• Love does not keep a record of wrong/rejoice in wrongs
• Love does not insist on its own way
• Love believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things
• Love is external/ everlasting/ never fails

Factors threatening Christian unity

• Strong traditional African beliefs and practices
• Presence of Mary denominations/ splinter groups
• Differences in the interpretation of the scriptures
• Tribalism
• Effects of science and Technology on issues such as abortion, drug abuses etc.
• Political activities in the country
• Generation gap
• Influence from Western culture
• Struggle for leadership in the Church
• Gender discrimination
• Increasing gap between the rich and the poor.

Factors contributing to abuse of human sexuality

• Alcoholism
• Drug abuse
• Poor upbringing or parenting
• Mass media/pornography
• Surfing the internet
• Poor role models
• Sexual myths
• Lack of Christian faith
• Urbanization i.e rental houses shared by youths
• Poverty
• Science and Technology
• Permissiveness
• Rise of cultic movements   

 Christian teachings about marriage

• It is practiced by two Christians of opposite sex
• It was instituted by God as so divine
• Those entering Christian marriage become one flesh
• It is aimed at procreation to fulfill the divine command
• It is for mutual help and partnership between husband and wife
• It safeguards sexual temptation
• Monogamous marriage is encouraged
• It does not allow divorce/permanent band
• Divorce allowed under special conditions e.g unfaithfulness
• Marriage is a symbol of Christ union with the Church
• The husband is the head of marriage
• It s based on love for each other
• There should be responsible sharing of duties/responsibilities
• The wives must respect/obey/submit to husband
• The husband must love the wife 

Why some young men choose to remain unmarried

• They have experienced incidents of broken marriages/unfaithfulness in marriage
• In order to pursue their career /education
• They are not ready to take responsibility in marriage
• Poverty/lack of jobs/economic strains
• Permissiveness allows many to satisfy their sexual lust without marriage
• Failure to get ideal partner in marriage
• Marriage is no longer a command duty
• Religious commitment
• Low self esteem/lack of confidence/fear

How Science and Technology enhance Evangelism

• Use of electronic media e.g TV, Radio to preach
• Use of public address system in crusades
• A modern means of transport and communication e.g automatically for easy transportation
• Keyboard/ Electronic guitars for music
• Computers/printing machines used for evangelism
• Technology/architecture use in building Churches
• Use of technology devices for treatment in Hospitals to facilitate the healing ministry
• Scientific research enabled effective methods of preaching

Why the Church is opposed to Genetic Engineering

• -It interfere with God’s plan of creation
• It undermines human dignity as human beings are used as guinea pig
• It is an abuse of the responsibility God gave to human beings
• It is against God’s law on natural growth
• Human beings take the role of God/challenges God’s power
• It is done for selfish/individualistic gains
• It leads to misused of resources
• It eliminates the weak and interfere with balance of nature
• It destroys the principle of variety
• It can lead to production of artificial human beings who operate like machines
• It can cause strange diseases e.g cancer – “genes”
• Genetically modified foods have less natural value.

Ways in which human beings destroy environment

• Deforestation/cutting down trees
• Overstocking
• Cultivation of steep slopes/water catchments areas
• Charcoal burning
• Pollution from industries e.g smoke, refuse
• Use of explosives, atomic bombs
• Poaching
• Mining/quarrying
• Dumping of under gradable waste on the ground and in water