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             Excise 3.3                                    at work is mocking God Himself.
                                                           With examples, show the truth of
              1.  Use the knowledge about the duties       this statement.

                 given to Elijah by God  to show
                 how Elisha continued the work and     3.  Explain how King  Ahaziah, the
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                 duties of Prophet Elijah.                 son of Ahab by Jezebel, continued
                                                           the evil of his parents instead of
              2.  The  former  President  of  the          correcting them.
                 Republic of Tanzania  Mwl. Julius
                 Nyerere said, “Take what is good      4.  When an enemy surrounded Elisha
                 from us and leave our evils.” Based       and his servants, Elisha prayed for
                                                           his servant’s eyes to be opened
                 on this statement, explain the            to see God’s protective army.
                 concept of good courage.
                                                           What can we learn from Elisha’s
                                                           perspective on the unseen realities
                                                           that influence our decisions?
             Chapter summary                           5.  Both prophets performed  the
             This  chapter  has  exposed  you  to          miracle of raising a child from the
             courage  and right decision-making  at        dead. What does their willingness
             the right time, from the life of Prophets     to engage with such situations
             Elijah  and  Elisha. You have  seen how       tell  us about facing seemingly
             courageously they dealt with evil             impossible challenges?
             leaders of their time. From their stories,
             you have learnt how effective they were   6.  After a dramatic display of God’s
             in their time in defending the true faith     voice  in a gentle  whisper. How
             in their God. Therefore, as prophets and      does this contrast  inform our
             messengers of Jesus, we must fight evil       understanding  of how to discern
                                                           decisions?
             things courageously and at the right time
             for our salvation and that of others. We
             must fear nobody because God is with
             those doing His work.


             Revision questions


               1.  Although we have  so many
                  religions  in  the  world,  corruption
                  still exists to a great extent. Why?

               2.  Mocking a man of God when he is



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