Ways in which the church in Kenya assists families to cope with challenges facing them
(i) The church organises seminars/workshops for different groups on family life;
(ii) Offering guidance and counselling;
(iii) Paying visits to families;
(iv) Producing/disseminating literature on proper Christian living;
(v) Preaching financial/material support to the ready families;
(vi) Giving financial/material support to the ready families;
(vii) Praying for the families;
(viii) Providing vocational training;
(ix) Offering employment to jobless people;
(x) Condemning vices which threaten families. [8 x 1=8 marks]

The incident when Jesus was questioned about marriage and resurrection in Luke 20:27-38)

• The Sadducee,who did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, came to Jesus and asked him that Moses thought that if a married man dies and had no children then his brother will inherit the wife and raise children for him.
• They said there were seven brothers who all took a wife but died without children
• After the woman also died
• They asked in resurrection, therefore, whose wife she would belong to for all the seven brothers had had her as a wife had died.
• Jesus replied that the resurrected do not marry.
• He said the resurrected cannot die.
• The resurrected are like angels.
• They are sons of the resurrection.
• God’s the God of the living as shown in the call of Moses.
• Resurrection is a reality                                                                             
  

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​The healing of the Gerasene demoniac (Luke 8:26-39)

• Jesus entered a Gentile town of Gerasene
• On the shores of Lake Garasene He was met by a man possessed by demons
• He had worn no clothes and lived among the tomb
• The man cried and fell down and told Jesus not to torment him
• Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit out of the man.
• Jesus asked the man his name
• The man replies that his name was region which meant many demons
• The demons begged Jesus not to let them go into the abyss but into the swine that were grazing nearby.
• Jesus commanded the demons to go into the swine
• The swine rushed and drowned in a nearby lake.
• The herdsmen then fled and went to tell people in the city concerning what had happened.
• People came and found the man sitting at the feet of Jesus, healed, dressed and in his right mind.
• The people of Gerasene reacted negatively to the good act of healing
• They were afraid of Jesus and asked him to depart from them.
• The healed man asked Jesus whether he could accompany Him.
• Jesus told him to go and tell others what God had done for him
• The man went through the town proclaiming the good News about Jesus.

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1. Jesus criticized the practice of washing hands, cups and dishes which was done ceremoniously. He told them that it was more important to pay attention to issue of charity than to external appearances.
2. Jesus criticized the Pharisees on their tithing habits. Although they tithed faithfully they neglected justice and the love of God
3. He also criticized them because they loved the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in market places. They had an outward appearance and a desire to be noticed as righteous people

The message of Isaiah about Jesus can be extracted from the following biblical excerpts.

1. Isaiah 7:10 – 16; 
2. Isaiah 9:1 – 7; 
3. Isaiah 53; 
4. Isaiah 61:1 – 2

Outline Isaiah`s prophecy concerning the suffering servant of Yahweh. (Isaiah 53). (7mrks)

1. The servant will succeed in his work and will be highly honored.
2. The success and honour will surprise many who have witnessed the suffering.
3. The servant is despised, rejected and ignored by those who are with him.
4. He has nothing attractive. He is very ordinary and simple.
5. He is harshly treated, arrested, sentenced to death and killed.
6. His body is buried with the bodies of rich men.
7. He endures all that is done to him in humble silence.
8. He accepts the suffering which should have been received by others for their sins.
9. Through his suffering, human beings are reconciled to God.
10. It was the will of God that the servant should suffer.
11. His death is a sacrifice to bring forgiveness of sin.

1. The coming of the Holy Spirit was in fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy (Joel 2:28-32)
2. Jesus had seal the Holy Spirit as a fulfillment of His promise to the disciples
3. Jesus of Nazareth was the son of God
4. Jesus performed mighty deeds, wonders and signs through God’s power
5. Jesus delivered into the hands of evil men, suffered and was crucified in accordance with God’s will
6. God raised Jesus from the dead to fulfill the prophecy of David (Psalms 16:8-11)
7. The apostles were living witnesses to resurrection
8. Jesus had been exalted into heaven and sits at the right hand of God to fulfill David’s prophecy (Psalms 110:1)
9. God has made Jesus both Lord and Judge
10. The people were moved by Peter’s speech and asked what they were to do to escape God’s judgment
11. Peter invited there to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of sins
12. About 3000 people accepted Peter’s message and were baptized on this day