Christian Religious Education Questions and Answers - Form 1 Mid Term 2 2022

QUESTIONS

1. Give five reasons why Christian religious education (C.R.E) is learnt in schools (5mks)
2. Identify four poetic books in the Old testament (4mks)
3. State five consequences of sin according to the book of Genesis (5mks)
4. Outline six promises made to Abraham by God (6mks)
5. Outline three differences between the Jewish circumcision and traditional African circumcision (6mks)
6. Identify four attributes of God that a Christian can learn from the ten plagues(4mks)

MARKING SCHEME.

1.      
   • Makes students realize unity of mankind (common origin, advocates for harmony and peace)
   • Instill good morals/source of moral  guidance
   • promotes human dignity 
   • promotes natural development 
   • leads to careers (law, theology, teaching)
   • Deeper understanding of God and his saving power through Jesus 
   • Helps students to appreciate their culture and other people’s culture and religions
2.      
   • Job
   • Psalms 
   • Proverbs
   • Ecclesiastes
   • Song Of Solomon
3.    
   • Enemity between man and snake 
   • humankind despised the devil
   • serpent cursed to crawl and eat dust 
   • death came to human being
   • experience of labour pains
   • embarrassment of man/woman through nakedness
   • expulsion from Garden of Eden
   • woman became inferior to man
   • Man lost authority over the Garden of Eden 
   • man to sweat to get food 
   • ground began  to produce weeds and thorns  
4.    
   • God to make him   great nation 
   • Bless Abraham/make his name great
   • Gave him a son
   • Give descendant land 
   • descendants to be enslaved but God will free them
   • To die at the old age/in peace
   • Make families of earth   receive blessings through him    
5.      
   • In the African community it was both male and female but Jewish circumcision it was done by male
   • Jewish done it at 8 days and   African   at puberty
   • In African it was transition from childhood to adulthood while among Jews was a symbol of being a member of community of God
   • Jewish it was commandment from God and African was obeying the customs
   • In Africa it came with responsibilities i.e. marriage while in the Jewish it was done at childhood and too young for responsibilities
   • Jewish was only done on foreskin while African could use removal of teeth, tatoomarks e.t.c
   • In African society was a test bravery while in the Jewish was obedience to God 
   • In African community there was seclusion while in the Jewish it was in the 8th day   hence the young for seclusion.
6.      
   • God is all powerful
   • God is merciful
   • God empowers/commissions his people
   • God hears the cries of suffering 
   • God punishes wrong doers
   • God is patient with people
   • God expects total obedience 
   • God fulfills the promises
   • God is the true God [Yahweh]
   • God expects total obedience