Question on Fasting and the Sabbath

What is fasting? [1 mark]

• the act of offering to a deity something precious

• a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight

• to go without a thing, mainly food or drink during a period of time for spiritual reasons

Select TWO reasons why people fast. [2 marks]

• To get answers for problems or questions

• To perish from lack of food

• To learn how to focus on God and what He wants

• To brag about their religious devotions and public sacrifice to others

What is a normal fast? [1 mark]

• giving up all solid and liquid foods except for water

• giving up both food and drink

• giving up certain foods of your choice

Give the name of Jesus' hometown. [1 mark]

• Bethlehem

• Nazareth

• Jerusalem

Define the term reject. [1 mark]

• to be mean and popular

• to be disliked and refused or not accepted

Why was Jesus rejected in his hometown? [1 mark]

• He spoke about the unknown God and the people mocked him

• He was eating with outcasts and sinners and the people were upset

• The people knew his family too well to believe that they could produce the Messiah

How did Jesus respond when He was questioned about His disciples not fasting? Select TWO. [2 marks]

• He came to bring a new way of doing things that would not fit the old ways. He did not come to change the old law but to fulfill it.

• His disciples did not need to fast because they were not sinners.

• Jesus said that once His disciples had the bridegroom with them, they did not have to fast.

• Those who are well do not need a doctor, but those who are sick.

What is the Sabbath? Select TWO. [2 marks]

• The Jewish holy day of rest and worship

• Jewish holy day of Atonement

• It is the seventh day of the week when no work is done

• The Jewish holy day of fast that last 9 days

What did Jesus' disciples do on the Sabbath day that was considered wrong? [1 mark]

• Jesus and his disciples healed a lame man.

• Jesus and His disciples pulled a sheep out of a pit.

• Jesus and His disciples went through the grain field, plucked, cleaned, and ate heads of grain.

The Jews keep the Sabbath day holy because they were instructed to do so in the fourth Commandment. [1 mark]

• True

• False