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3 CRE Notes (NGS)

Topic | SUCCESS
Success refers to the achievement of a desired goal set by a person or society. It
is an achievement made depending on one's vision, goals and priorities.

Therefore to achieve any success, one must know the goals set and make them
realistic.

Success In the Present Situation.

Sources Of Success.

 Being with special talents and skills that can make one popular and rich e.g.
Judith Babirye is a reknown gospel singer which even led her into an MP of
women of Buikwe district .

 Sound health that is being free from diseases is being successful because
one is comfortable and free from expenses of treatment.

 Highly paying jobs is another source of success because it goes with a lot of
benefits like allowances which makes one's life comfortable e.g.kadaga
rebeca speakerof parliament earns 46m per month.

 Attaining higher academic qualification is success because you can get a

higher paying job e.g. Doris Akol is a lawyer by profession and a former
commissioner of t Ura used to earns 48m per month.

 Having material wealth and money is a success because every body

struggles to acquire money in order to be regarded as an important person
in society e.g. Patrick Bitature who owns Simba telecom gets a lot of money
from selling phones.

 Having political and religious powers is a source of success since they have
control over each and everything e.g. president museveni has ruled Uganda
for over 30 years and has gained fame and a lot of wealth in Uganda .

 producing and proper bringing of children in a family is success as they give

their parents honour and respect in a society .

 Getting a good marriage partner I.e who is loving, caring, respectful and
beautiful since there is stability in marriages and permanence as advocated
by God.

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 Fear and honour of God i.e. believing and worshipping him is a source of
success because it brings everlasting life and joy.

 Getting a scholarship/ government scholarship to pursue higher education

is being successful because it reduces on the parent's expenditure on
education.

 Powerful preaching with miracles in church is a source of success to that

church and its leadership coz it shows God's power working in the church
e.g. Miracle centre cathedral under pastor Robert kayanja who performs
miracles on a daily basis where the lame walk and the sick get healed of
their diseases.

 Defeating one's enemies or opponents also makes such a person successful

because he is respected, feared and admired by people e.g. HE Robert
kyagulanyi newly elected Mp for /Kyadondo East. He contested with many
people like Kantinti and Nkunyingi and won them.

 Being able to cater for one's family i.e meeting the basic needs or life like
food, fees, medical care and housing since one ensures good quality of his
members.

 Being loved and respected by other members of society is being successful

because it creates peace and stability in your family, community and in the
country.

 Excelling in exams like scoring 8 in 8 or 10 in 10 or a first class degree at

university is a source of success since one's efforts have been rewarded.

Limitation To Success Today.

 Death is a major obstacle to success because it cuts short people's plans e.g.
the late Felix Kaweesi, assistant inspector of police who was gunned down
by unknown gunmen and died at an age of 43 cutting his plans short.

 Diseases hinder success because they incapacitate or weaken the person

working for success e.g. failure to success like former Mp Kyanjo Hussein of
Makindye got an attack on the throat was unable to speak and was out of
Parliament.

 Accidents of all kinds as long as they destroy/ injure life or property

hindering success in life since one is unable to accomplish his goal.
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 Poverty is a challenge to success because a person can hardly achieve the
set goals because most of them need money e.g. building a house.

 The presence of political instabilities like wars, riots and strikes can limit
people's success since they destroy lives and property e.g. Kony rebels led
by Joseph koni who led to death of many people in North Uganda and
destroyed their homes and lives were lost.

 Corruption like embezzlement of funds hinder success because resources of

development are diverted to personal use e.g. former minister of works and
transport, Hon. Byandala Abraham is suspected for having emblezzed 24b
meant for the construction of Katosi- Mukono road.

 Negative attitude towards a certain activity limits one's success because

he/she will not achieve her goal.

 Tribalism which deprives people with skills but from other tribes from
getting work which leads to unemployment

 Laziness in which some people tend to sympathize with themselves and end
up in poverty. This leads to limitation of success .

 Unfaithfulness among marriage partners which may lead to wrangles and

conflicts and at times partners loose trust in each other which causes
marriage breakups e.g. pastor Kiganda of Christianity centre church
divorced his wife Hadija after falling in love with mukwasi a chapatti seller.

 Peer influence can limit success e.g. friend ( bad one) occupies you into bad
activities like taking drugs which makes one to drop out of school and you
ruin yr future life.

 Low self esteem, this leads to limitations to success e.g. some people are
good at some point yet they don't participate because they don't believe in
themselves.eg some fear to start business.

 Rivalry e.g. when one takes along time in power and one gets that position
they do evil practices in order to remain in power like killing opponents
which makes cut's short their plans.

Benefits Of Success.

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 Successful people are usually popular i.e. known to many people and they
enjoy many privileges e.g. Kiprotich who won a golden medal after
participating in Olympics.

 Successful people are normally compelled to behave well because they have
an image to protect.

 Successful people enjoy a high standard of living ie they are able to access
good health facilities, have good accommodation since they have the money.

 Success promotes economic development, such people are in a better

position to make substantial savings which they use in the long run to
invest in various projects and they are able to accumulate, a lot of wealth
e.g. Hon. Muyingo has invested in seeta high schools. This has enhanced
development in mukono district.

 Success leads to creation of employment opportunities, this enables people

to earn a living and they are able to support their respective families.

 Successful people e.g. business men enhance good relationship with people
they work with, this promotes team work

 Success increases government revenue through payment of taxes which

improves on the infrastructure of the country.

 Success has led to envagelism as many people read books that promote
spiritual development that successful people write.

 Through success, people are able to attain skill e.g. in successful schools,
old girls have been brought back to their schools to give advice to students
on how to be successful by reading harder.

Christian Teaching On Success.

 According to Christianity, success means establishing a close relationship

with God. This can be done through prayer, respecting laws e.tc.

 Success means living justly and humble life in society e.g. one should
fellowship and follow the teaching of the beatitudes in. (Matthew 5).

 Success requires perseverance in the case of challenges in spite of the

suffering one should continue to trust God.

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 Being a person who serves others i.e. put others 1st before ones success
means being in position to resist the devil by using the scripture.

 Success means being in position to forgive and pray for those who offend
you.

 Success means being in position to sacrifice one's self for the welfare of
others e.g. a rich man was required to give up all his riches in order to
inherit eternal life.

 Christianity teaches us to work hard in order to achieve a good future both

for urself and yr family.

 Success means Observing and following the 10 commandments, one

cements the relationship btn him and God

 Success means Promoting dialogues between rivals, advocating for

reconciliation and forgiveness among members it brings peace in society.

 Success meansLiving according to the beatitudes i.e. happy are the poor for
the kingdom of God is theirs

 Success means Believing in Christ as the savior and Lord, one attains
eternal life

Success In ATS

In ATS, success was very important and many people struggled to achieve it
through accumulating material wealth, promoting spiritual development,
cultural and moral sustainance.

Understanding Success In ATS

In ATS, having wisdom and being wise was regarded as being successful
because one was looked at as a source of knowledge to others especially those
who would consult him.

In ATS, being born in a royal family or by a position of higher responsibility

was looked at as being successful as one would later inherit the wealth.

In ATS, success was shared among the whole community e.g. if there was a
good harvest, the community would come together to celebrate.

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In ATS those who related well with others were considered to be successful,
such people promoted peace and harmony in the community.

In ATS possession of material wealth e.g. land, large herds of cattle, big
homesteads e.t.c. was regarded as success such a person was considered to be
rich.

In ATS those who had concerned for the people especially disadvantaged people
e.g. blind, lame, orphans, widows, sick, old e.t.c such people made others feel
appreciated and accepted in the community.

In ATS, success was attained through communal work e.g farming cleanliness "
bulungi bwansi" individually as it promoted good sanitation.

In ATS, success was attained from birth e.g. girls were taught how to cook,
boys were taught how to hunt and in the future, they would pass on the skills
to their children.

In ATS, having disciplined hardworking children was success, as they accorded

their parent's respect.

In ATS, marrying many women was regarded as success because marriage was
compulsory and it enabled them create relationships with other families e.g.
John Mbirti in his book African Traditional religion stated that “ a man is never
complete unless he is married even if he grows grey hair and even becomes
toothless.”

Having special gifts and abilities e.g. being in position to foretell about
something and it happens having special abilities to heal certain healthy
complications being in position to control rainfall, being in position to mend
broken bonds.

Going through cultural norms e.g circumcision among the bagisu, this enabled
them to make decisions, get married and even be in position to stand for
positions of responsibility.

Having a good harvest, this ensured that people had plenty to eat and even
exchanged the surplus. This was a sign of success.

Limitations Of Traditional African Success.

In ATS Magic and witchcraft, this was a threat to human life and would lead to
death and at times would cause harm to individuals e.g. among the banyoro, it
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was known that they used to possess people with demons and they duh in
their graves in their gardens at nyt.

Lack of cooperation among the members of the community, this was

expressed when people who were lazy and didn't want to work would not get
part of the harvest.

Hatred and envy among people in society. This promoted unhealthy

competition and it compromised performance.

Epidermic disease such as plagues, malaria, small pox, dysentery e.t.c.

which led to death of many people hence limited the success.

Poverty. Some families had very few resources and had very few members
who didn't do too much, such families only produced for subsistence existence.

Outbreak of wars among neighboring societies which gave pipo less time
for development as they spent most of their time in preparations for the wars.

Natural calamities like floods, drought, earthquakes which destroyed their

property like crops and life hence limiting people's success.

Pride among some people. This was expressed when rich people never felt
empathytic for the poor people e.g. the orphans, old, elderly, sick and this
limited success because of the unprivileged suffered a lot in their lives.

Denial of parental advice by some children who grew up in a wrong way

and this limited their success hence failures to get suitable marriage partners.

When Was One Declared A Failure?.

One was declared a failure when;

He failed to provide and care for his family e.g. in the novel,“ things fall apart”
by Chinua Achebe, Unoka failed to provide for his family.

He failed to marry more than one wife because marrying many wives was a sign
of respect

A woman was barren, she was considered a failure as children were considered
a blessing from the ancestor's

He died without having a responsible title in his clan e.g. Unoka died without a
title.
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His children were indiscplined due to poor grooming.

One failed to identify a partner to marry yet marriage helps to expand the clan
through child production.

One was insane, mentally disturbed which would to destruction of property

One was overcame by fear of circumcision as it was a transition from childhood

to adult hood

One had weird, funny behaviour like gossiping, practising witchcraft which led
to death of people

One was defeated in a battle and made many people t lose their lives.

One was poor because one was considered lazy.

One was lazy, would fail to get food to eat.

Success In Church History.

The Christian church looked at success in various ways and they

included;

In the early times, success of the church was looked up in terms of increase in
number of converts i.e. the number kept on increasing up to date.

Success was also measured in terms of geographical entity covered. It was

spread throughout the Roman empire, northern Europe and missionaries went
to Asia, America and finally Africa.

There was also achievement made in art and design i.e. many beautiful
buildings were decorated wiz pictures, sculptures.

The church also delighted in the role played by important men and such men
were highly respected, they included popes, bishops, clergy, catechist, teachers
e.t.c. since they preached gospel to people.

They also registered success in the area of music e.g, some people had unique
abilities and were able to compose music which was used during worshipping
e.g. Bishop Ambrose who composed hymns.

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Success was also reflected by the number of churches established e.g. St. Paul
established chrch at Corinth which handled a number of issues that arose in
that community.

There was also success in the area of designing publications, some people
wrote letters to different communities to address a number of issues e.g. St
Paul wrote a letter to the Corinthian community.

The church also translated scriptures into local languages and national
languages. This helped people to read and understand the word of God e.g,
Ludwig Kraft translated the NT of English bible into kiswahili.

Presence of spiritual gifts among the Christians e.g. some believers spoke in
tongues, which they used to serve other people in the church e.g. Peter used
the power of the holy spirit to heal a lame man who used to sit at the beautiful
gate.

There was taking sacraments among the believers and the sacraments included
baptism, confirmation, and holy matrimony. This was an achievement
registered by the church.

Many Christians decampaigned slave trade because it undermines human

dignity for example Dr.David Livingstone decampaigned slave trade and
influenced many people to hate it.

Members of the early church also loved each other as an important value in
their community e.g. they looked after the sick, orphans, widows and the poor.

The people of Egypt especially the monks were influenced by their leaders to
work hard ( pachomius). They were able to give away more than enough corn to
feed all the poor.

However, there were instances in the early church that observers assumed
were areas of failure yet in spiritual terms, they were areas of success.

The founder of Christianity was publically executed and all his close friends
deserted him.

Some apostles who were very prominent were almost executed in Rome.

Perpetua and Felicity 2 young women from North Africa were martyred shortly
after becoming Christians.

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Cyprian who gave up his corners in law to become a Christian and became a
bishop after 2 yrs was martyred 10 yrs.

The Ugandan martyrs whom were young and energetic died shortly after being
converted.

Martin Luther King who worked for the oppressed blacks in America was
assassinated for it.

Achievements Made By Modern Church.

1. Education

The church has established schools such as, Uganda martyrs Namugongo, St.
Mary's College Kisubi. This has helped acquire knowledge and skills.

The church has established tertiary institutions of learning for example

universities like UCU, technical colleges and teacher training colleges to equip
people with knowledge and skills.

The church has offered scholarships to students from poor families to enable
them access the gift of knowledge, wisdom and understanding e.g. KULIKA by
the Catholic community.

The church has published various books. Magazines, journals e.t.c. to enable
people widen their knowledge.

The church has provided scholastic materials to needy students which has
helped them to study.

The church has funded projects made by students which has promoted the
education sector and motivates students to have a positive attitude towards
practicals.

The church has advocated for girl child education through sentising parents to
take girls to schools.

2. Health.

It has established hospitals which offer health care to people. They have
established hospitals like Mengo, Namirembe, Nsambya.

It has participated in eliminating immunisable diseases through participating

in immunization programs.
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The church encourages research by supporting people carrying out research.
This keeps the medical team up to date.

The church encourages the use of European medicine which leads to

elimination of diseases.

The church encourages adoption of African medicine which heals many

diseases such as drug addiction.

It has influenced the government to issue linceses to specialists who are

dealing in natural herbs. These have less side effects and some of them are
effective e.g. Bro. Wasswas Anatolia, Mwebe of Nansana.

The church trains nurses and doctors who help in administration of treatment.

3. Evangelism.

It has translated the Bible into local languages, this enables the local people to
read God's word.

It has established churches in different regions where people commune to

worship God with minimal distraction.

It has promoted use of local music and musical instruments which sustains
people's culture, enables people to develop their talents.

It has intensified revival movement and this enables people to grow spiritually.

It has printed out literature for spiritual growth.eg pastor kayanja wrote a book
on the importance of the Holy spirit.

It has preached the gospel and converted many people to Christianity.

4. Social.

It has helped to liberate women, women can now take up leadership posts.eg
pastor imelda namutebi pastor of liberty worship Church ln Kampala.

It has established mass media forms which people use to spread the gospel.eg
top television of pastor senyonga where he preaches the gospel through p.five

It offers counselling services which enables people learn to live positively with
their challenges.

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It has designed programmes to help disadvantaged members in our community
which makes them live a better life. for example rubaga church under pastor
kayanja distributes food through the bucket projectto the needy

It has established institutions like banks, SACCOS which offer jobs to people,
train people to save money and even keep their valuable documents.

Failures Of The Christian Church Today.

Some pastors are greedy, selfish and corrupt and give some of the offertory
money to themselves for example; pastor Muwanguzi who bought a hammer
and gave it a personal number plate“ Kiwedde”.

There is a lot of division and disunity in the church. People usually split basing
on status, appearance e.t.c.

There's a high rate of immorality in the church for example homosexuality,

poor dressing which is highly condemned by God e.g. bishop Senyonga of
Masaka who was supporting homosexuality.

The strict religious regulations scare people who would wish to joint the church.
Some people have a feeling that they might not be able to sustain the required
standard.

Some churches concentrate on the holy materials done preaching the word of
God. In the long run, people they are supposed to connect well with God for
example holy water in Namugongo.

Some pastors and preachers' preach about what people want for example
getting money, job promotions and forget eternal life

Some church leaders are hypocritical like when they preach against immorality,
adultery and homosexuality yet at the back, they carryout the same things.

There is a lot of competition among believers in some churches which forces

them to engage in dubious activities like making one another, witchcraft,
blackmailing yet Christianity demands for unity and love without any
compromise.

Some church leaders discriminate people for example those who refuse coin
money in their churches and only allow money.

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Cultural rigidities hinder progress of the church. Some of the cultural demands
conflict with church ideologies for example; polygamy in condemned in the
church, female genital mutilation is also condemned.

Struggle for power and position of responsibility among believers, this is

usually promotes quarells and use of dubious methods which are condemned
by God.

Some believers believe that God is a harsh God. This creates fear among
believers.

Some believers over concentrate on the ministry and its demands, such leaders
usually neglect their families.

NB: What are the problems encountered by the church in trying to become
successful?

Success In The Old Testament.

Having wisdom in God is a manifestation of success, one is able to resolve a

dispute e.g. King Solomon solved a conflict between two women over a child. He
used his wisdom to identify the real mother of the living child. ( Kings 3).

Being free from slavery and exploitation was regarded as successas it led to
freedom of people For example; the Israelites celebrated when they were set free
from the Egyptian Bandage. ( Exodus 12).

Getting a child after a long time of waiting was regarded as success as it brught
happinessFor example Job was rewarded more than twice after suffering for a
long time.

To be successful meant living a righteous life for one would attain eternal life
e.g. Abraham after his call, he was regarded to be holy and righteous.
( Genesis).

Serving only one God without any compromise e.g. the Israelites were
cautioned to worship one God in order to promote peace with their God.

Fulfilling rituals like circumcision among the people was an area of success.
Such a person was identified as a member of the Jewish community. (Exodus:
12:1ff). The passover meal was to be taken by males who were circumcised.

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God's manifestation among the Israelites was also evidence of success as it
brought religious sanity among the people e.God appeared to Samuel where he
delegated him responsblities. I Samuel chapter three.

Being cleansed or cured of an infectious disease was Olso an are of success for
one increases his faith in God. Eg naoman was cured of leprosy by prophet
elisha

Success was Olso reflected when one won a battle and delivered his people
from death eg David killed Goliath and saved the Israelites from the Philistines.

Success is based on hard work as it brings in a lot of fruits and blessings to

man.

Success is based on one's ability to endure suffering and overcome trials eg job
accepted to suffer and God blessed him with great wealth

Causes of failure in the old testament

Disrespecting God's laws which annoys God. E.g Eve failed to respect God's
laws by eating the forbidden fruit and God punished her.

Lack of self control which made people to engage in sexual deviations eg king
David seduced Bathsheba Uriah's wife and impregnated her.

Being selfish made people act against God's will e.g king Saul disobeyed God by
sparing the fatty animals

Polygamy made people sin against God as it was against the covenant law e.g
king Solomon who had many wives and concubines who tried to make him
worship their gods.

Jealousy made people disobey God yet they were to love one another e.g.
Joseph the son of Jacob was sold by his brothers to Egypt.

Lack of faith in God like Israelites who started worshipping an idol ( golden cow)
thinking that God had abandoned them.

Betrayed among people causing many deaths

Hatred among people led to disunity and separation of people e.g Absolom
hated Amon and therefore plotted for killing to pay him back for raping Tamar.
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Failure to supervise those who delighted responsibilities for example Eli's sons
encroached on the sacrifices and their father lacked knowledge about it.

Being greedy, this made Samuel's sons demand for bribes from people. In that
way, they deprived the poor people of a right to be successful.

Assignment.

Qn. Give the differences between NT teaching on success and ATS teaching on
success.

Qn. Give differences between NT teaching on success with modern society.

Ways In Which Job's Life Reflected Both Failure and Success.

A. Successes

He was faithful to God and remained faithful even in the face of afflictions.

He commanded respect from the people i.e. very many friends confessed
positively about him.

He reflected wisdom in the way he responded e.g. when he reminded the wife to
welcome good and bad situations but the wife was advising him to curse God
and die.

Job maintained a good relationship with God because he continued to praise

and pray to God.

Before the 1st affliction, Job was blessed with children and many valuable
resources. And after the afflictions, God greatly blessed the last part of his life.

Job was very healthy and protected by God. Even Satan had to get permission
from God to get access to him.

b. Failures.

Job thought it was God who had tormented him and insulted him to an extent
that he thought he had no mercy for him.

Job was a failure when he reduced his faith and cursed the day he was born
because he had nothing to live for. (Job 3:1-3).

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Job took the comfort of his friends to be torments to him e.g. he was not
thankful for the advice his friends gave him.

At some point, Job was a failure because he lost all his children and wealth
that was so much important to his life and he became a poor and afflicted man
including his friends deverted and discriminated him.

Job was considered as failure by his friends who thought he was sinful and
told him to report as it was believed God rewarded those who were righteous
and punished the wicked.

Job was considered as a failure when he lost hope in God and started saying a
lot of foolish things that couldn't help to change the situation.

Job was considered a failure when he lost self control and faith in for example
when he said when an innocent person suddenly dies, God laughs.

Job was considered a failure when he cautioned God's wisdom and complained
e.g. when he asked God what charge he had against him.

Success In The New Testament.

Success means doing the will of God. People are to glorify God by doing what is
good to him and also benefits other people. (Corinthians 10:31).

Success was seen in the coming of Jesus as a saviour to mankind. He brought

everlasting life to man. (John 3:15-16).

The new testament teaches that being loyal to God by obeying ones will reach
the kingdom of God. (John 4:34).

It teaches that stability in marriage is a reflection of success as it brings about

joy in marriage.

It teaches that suffering and perseverance leads to success. Apostles suffered

but they succeed in their missions. Jesus suffered humiliation but he
persevered and he is now seated on the right hand of the father.

It teaches that praying frequently also leads to success as it helps to unite

people with God.

The NT teaches that accepting Jesus as our personal saviour is success

because they will see God because Jesus is the way to the father.

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Baptism according to the new testament makes one successful because being
baptised, one becomes a new number of God's family.

The new testament also teaches that success is about forgiveness of those who
do wrong to us e.g. Jesus forgave those who crucified him as he said, “ father
forgive them because they don't know what they are doing. ”

Having compassion for others is manifestation for success for example caring
for the sick, giving the needy, for they will get a reward in heaven.

How Jesus' Life Was A Success Despite His Suffering.

He died and resurrected from the dead. In this way he conquered man's worst
enemy.

He redeemed man kind from death and reconciled man with God by dying for
him on the cross.

He taught, preached and made a positive impact on the people for example
when he used the parable of the sower.

He enabled the believers to understand the different levels of taking in the word
of God by use of parables

Jesus was successful because he performed miracles like walking on water,

healing the sick. This was instrumental in the sense that it boasted the
believer's faith.

Jesus encouraged reconciliation between strained parties for e.g. when he

dinned at Zaccheaus' home. This motivated him to gain courage to repent to
the people who wronged.

Jesus was looked at as a wise man because when he was still young he used to
challenge old men. (Luke 2:41-52).

Jesus overcame temptations by using scriptures to defeat the devil. In this way,
he tried to avoid serving hi interest, prestige and power.

He gave a very good example of a good leader in order to teach others a lesson.
He washed the disciple's feet. This is portrayed that a leader had to act as a
servant.

He changed perception about the Sabbath. This made people become free and
they were able to enjoy the Sabbath.
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He interacted with those who were magnalized. This made them feel accepted
in the community.

He was successful in the way that he preached the word of God and was able
to bring many people to the kingdom.

Reasons Why Jesus' Life Seemed A Failure To The People Of His Time.

Jesus' life seemed a failure to the people of his time because he was betrayed
by one of his disciples.

Jesus was from a humble background i.e his father was a carpenter, a carrier
that was undermined at that time. This disappointed many people.

Jesus freely associated with people who were undermined in their community
for example the leapers, prostitutes, tax collectors.

Jesus acted like a servant not a ruler as people expected him to give orders and
even enjoy a lot of privileges but he used to put other people's interests first.

He accepted to be tortured and crucified at Golgotha, without resisting which

made him look powerless to the people of his time.

He challenged strict observation or the law yet the Pharisees were so proud
about the law. ( sabbath law). This made him conflict with the teachers of the
law.

He convinced by using the power of love yet other leaders he used to serve with
used to use power.

He once showed the public that he was scared of what he was going to go
through and he prayed to God if possible to change his destiny.

Jesus was condemned a failure when he told the people that he will destroy the
temple and rebuild it in 3 days and this indicated that he was insane when
people replied that the temple had taken more than 40 years to be built.

He was considered a failure when he cursed the fig tree and it dried up
overnight yet people considered him to be a Messiah who would bring hope to
the people.

He was a celibate and had no children yet children were a source of success
among the Jews.

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Questions

1a. How did the missionaries involve themselves in the affairs of Africa?.

b. What lessons can Christians of today learn from them?

2a. Using relevant examples, show that missionaries who came to Uganda were
good workers.

b. In what ways are the Christians acting as change agents in their community?

3a. Using examples, give services of the church to the people in Uganda today.

b. In what ways did Jesus exercise his authority?

4a. When was one happy in the old testament?

b. What lessons do Christians learn from Jesus' teachings about true

happiness in Matthew 5:1-11).

5a. Explain the change that Abraham underwent after his call.

b. How did the coming of the holy spirit transform the ways of living of apostles?

6a. By use of examples, explain ways in which the Uganda martyrs expressed
the commitment of their new faith.

b. How similar are those ways to those of the apostles?

7a. In what ways did Peter Claver promote justice of slaves?

b. Explain the causes of injustices that the prophets of God condemn in the old
testament.

8a. Why was the Sabbath very important to the people of Israel?

b. Explain problems that have resulted from passive leisure today?

9a. Compare work today with work in African traditional society.

b. What is the biblical teaching about work?

10a. How did the fall of man in Genesis 3 mark the beginning of unhappiness
to mankind?

b. Why did Jesus' coming bring to an end man's happiness?

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11a. What were the traditional African views about happiness?

b. How can the biblical teaching help Christians to be happy in Uganda today?

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