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2ND TERM JSS3 CHRISTIAN

RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE
Scheme of Work and Note

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SECOND TERM

SCHEME OF WORK

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SUBJECT: CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS
KNOWLEDGE CLASS: JSS3

WEEK TOPICS

1. THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL OUTSIDE

PALESTINE- THE ROMAN EMPIRE [MATT
28;18-20]
2. THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY JOURNEY
SETTING ASIDE BARNABAS AND PAUL
[ACTS 13; 1-12]
3. THE JOURNEY FROM ANTIOCH IN
PISIDIA TO DERBE PAUL AT ICONIUM
[ACTS 14;1-7] PAUL AND BARNABAS AT
LYSTRA [ ACTS 14;8-20] PAUL AND
BARNABAS RETURN TO ANTIOCH IN SYRIA
[ACTS 14;21-28]
4. CONTROVERSIES AMONG THE EARLY
CHRISTIANS [ACTS 15;1-5]
5. CONTROVERSY IN CORINTH CHURCH
[ACTS 16’1-6, 1ST COR 10; 1-15]
6. THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL [ACTS 15;22-
35]
7. CONFLICT IN THE SOCIETY
8. FURTHER SPREAD OF THE CHURCH
PAUL AT PHILIPPI [ACTS 16;11-34]
9. PAUL’S IMPRISONMENT AT PHILIPI
[ACTS A6; 35-40]

REFERENCES

[1] Christian Religious knowledge for JSS. BK 3, by

T.N.OQuarcoopome et al.

[2] Christian Religious knowledge for JSS. BK 1-3 by

A.F Bello.

[3] Christian Religious Knowledge for JSSBK 3, by

Adeyinka.et al

[4] Ilesanmi Christian Religion Studies for JSS Bk 3

By Tunde Erumol et al

[5] Revised Standard Version Bible.

[6]Past Questions: Junior WAEC

ecolebooks.com

WEEK ONE

TOPIC: THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL TO

ROMAN EMPIRE

Before Jesus left disciples, his commissioned them

and instructed them to spread the gospel. He
specifically told them to “Go and make disciples of all
nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them
to observe all things that I have commanded you”
(Matthew 28:19-20). Since then, the disciples have
been spreading the word of God in and outside
Jerusalem to the even the deepest part of the world.

Soon, the early Christians (who were mostly Jews)

spread to Roman Empire and were converting
people. Unfortunately, the Christians were greatly
persecuted until the emergence of Emperor
Constantine. The mother of Constantine, Helena
secretly converted to Christianity but was afraid to
publicly proclaim her new religion in order that she
may not be executed and also so that she will not
contribute a problem to her son’s rein. She rather
[secretly] persuaded her son to convert to her new
Christian religion. But he was hesitant at first.

Constantine’s mother later made her new religion

public. And it so happened that someday while in the
battlefield facing a very strong opposition, he saw his
mother in a vision, standing beside Jesus Christ. He
told Jesus that if he could help him win the war he
would convert to Christianity. He won the war and
fulfilled his promise. And not did he convert to
Christianity, he also converted the entire Roman
Empire to Christianity. This is because the religion of
an emperor automatically became the religion of the
entire empire. As the empire became Christianized,
Constantine replaced all pagan officials to Christian
officials, establishing Christianity in the empire and
went as far as Israel to build the church of Nativity in
Bethlehem; specifically on Mount Moriah. After the
death of Constantine, his son Constantinus, also
known as Constantine II took over. He was also a
very strong and devout Christian. Through him
the Fathers gained control of the empire.

Factors that Assisted the Spread of the Gospel

throughout the Roman Empire

1. The zeal of the early Christians

2. Confidence they had in communicating their faith

3. The miracles that occurred wherever they went

4. The good character of the Christians

5. The unity and the discipline of the local church

EVALUATION

1. Why did Helena refuse to publicly proclaim her

religion?

2. What made Constantine to convert to Christianity?

3. After the death of Constantine who took over?

WEEK TWO

THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY JOURNEY

SETTING ASIDE BARNABAS AND PAUL
[ACTS 13; 1-12]

By the direction of the Holy Spirit, Paul and Barnabas

were sent to preach to the Gentiles at Paphos, the
capital of Cyprus. And while at Paphos, they met a
Jewish sorcerer [magician] called Bar-Jesus also
known as Elymas. The sorcerer attached himself to
the governor, a very intelligent man called Sergius
Paulus. Meanwhile, Sergius Paulus had invited Paul
and Barnabas to come and preach to him. And while
preached to the governor, the magician tried
to discourage the governor from listening to the
sermon. And so Paul sternly looked at the sorcerer
and said “You son of the devil full of every sort of
deceit and fraud and enemy of good! Watch now, the
Lord has laid his hand of punishment upon you, and
you will be struck blind. You’ll not see the sun for
some time. Immediately the sorcerer became blind,
he started begging for someone to hold his hands let
him walk. The governor saw this and was marveled,
this made him believe instantly the message of Jesus
Christ Paul and Barnabas had brought to him.

MORAL LESSONS
1. Just as Bar-Jesus was distracting and discouraging
the governor from listening that’s how the devil
distracts and discourages us too.

2. When two power meets the lesser one bows. God’s

power is supreme.

3. When they preached in Antioch in Pisidia they

were persecuted but that did not stop nor discourage
them.

4. It was in Paphos that the name Paul was officially

introduced. Acts 13:9.

EVALUATION
1. What are the two names of the Jewish sorcerer
Paul and Barnabas met at Paphos?

2. Why did Paul strike him with blindness?

WEEK THREE

THE JOURNEY FROM ANTIOCH IN PISIDIA

TO DERBE PAUL AT ICONIUM [ACTS 14;1-7]
PAUL AND BARNABAS AT LYSTRA [ ACTS
14;8-20] PAUL AND BARNABAS RETURN TO
ANTIOCH IN SYRIA [ACTS 14;21-28]

For his first missionary journey, Paul visited Derbe, a

town in Turkey. There, he preached and got many
disciples one of whom was Gaius who later
accompanied Paul to his missionary journey to
Greece. Do note that Paul’s journey to Derbe
happened after he was stoned in Iconium.

Paul and Barnabas in

Iconium
At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went to the
synagogue as usual. And there they preached
elegantly to the crowd, performing signs and
wonders. Many people- Jews and Gentiles believed,
but the few Jews that didn’t believe poisoned the
mind of the Gentiles and stirred them up for violence.
The crowd was divided, some for Paul while some
against him. They planned to stone them, but Paul
and Barnabas found out in time and fled to Lystria
and Derbe, and to neighbouring countries where they
continued to preach the gospel there. They knew that
there would be no giving up in the spreading of the
gospel, irrespective of the difficulties and
persecutions that they faced.

Paul and Barnabas in

Lystria
Paul and Barnabas were preaching in Lystria when
they noticed a crippled man who was listening to
them attentively. He was born crippled. Paul saw in
his heart that he had faith, so Paul called him out
with a loud voice, commanding him to “Stand up!”
Immediately the man jumped on his feet and started
walking. The crowd was amazed. They spoke in their
dialects, saying that Paul and Barnabas were gods in
human form. They said Barnabas was the Greek
god Zeus while Paul was Hermes since he was the
speaker. Immediately the priest of the temple of Zeus
which was located close by together with the crowd
brought bulls and flowers to the town gate to offer
sacrifice to the apostles. And when Paul and
Barnabas learnt of this, they tore their cloths and ran
to them saying “Friends, why are you doing this? We
are humans just like you. We have come to bring you
goodnews that you should turn from these worthless
things and turn to the living God who made heaven
and earth and everything…”

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium,

won and poisoned the mind of the crowd anD finally
convincing the people to stone Paul. After he was very
well stoned and assumed to be dead, he was dragged
out of the town, assumed to be dead. But as other
Christians gathered round him and prayed, he got up
and went into the town. The next day he went to
Derbe with Barnabas.

MORAL LESSONS
1. Opposition to the gospel can’t stop its spread

2. Glory of God shouldn’t be shared with man. Give

all the glory to God

3. Be honest and humble, do not feel like a god

because you have done great thing

4. Caution people when they want to give you praise

that belongs to God.

EVALUATION
1. Narrate the incident that preceded the
stoning of Paul and Barnabas.

WEEK FOUR

CONTROVERSIES AMONG THE EARLY

CHRISTIANS [ACTS 15; 1-5]

Every human community faces controversies ever so

often. It is just an inevitable phenomenon; conflict.
And so it proved to be in the early church when the
main source of controversy was the discrimination of
Jewish Christians against the Gentiles. The Jews
thought that those who were not circumcised were
not permitted to be Christians. As the Bible recorded,
some of the Jewish Christians who held this opinion
came from Judea to Antioch preaching to the people
that unless they were circumcised according to the
custom taught by Moses, they could not be saved.

This conflict caused further conflict between Paul and

Barnabas. The two of them then went to Jerusalem to
seek advice from the church elders and apostles in
order to settle the controversy once and for all. And
on their way, they passed through Phoenicia and
Samaria and saw how the Gentiles were converted.
They told the Jerusalem church how Gentiles had
been converted and this made the church happy.

Meanwhile, some of the believers who were in

support of the Pharisees stood up and said that all
gentile Christians must be circumcised and keep the
laws of Moses if they were to be fully accepted into
the Christian fold. After discussing this issue with
them (elders and apostles), Peter got up and
addressed them. He recounted the works God had
done among the Gentiles, especially the Holy Spirit
pouring down on them which according to him
indicated God’s acknowledgement of them. He
explains that God makes no difference between the
Jews and Gentiles and concluded by saying both Jews
and Gentiles would be saved the same way.

After Peter finished speaking Paul, Barnabas once

again recounted the many miracles God had done
through them among the Gentiles. James also
reinstated what Peter said. He reiterated that the
Gentiles should not be about the need for
circumcision, but rather that they should be
admonished to abstain from things stained by idols,
from sexual immorality, from the things strangled
and from blood etc.

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