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worship and obey only Him

 *11/05/2025* *SECOND SUNDAY SERVICE* THEME: *THE NATURE OF GOD* (Hebrew pl.'elohim) Text: Genesis 1:1,26 Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 45:18 TOPIC: *UNIQUENESS AND ONENESS OF GOD* - worship and obey only Him Exodus 20:2-3 Hebrews 5:9 God addresses the people directly, speaking what in Hebrew are known as the *Ten Words* according to Deuteronomy 4:13;10:4 or in Greek as the Decalogue (from the Greek deka logos meaning 'ten words '). In English, these are referred to as the Ten Commandments. What is happening here is modelled on the treaty texts of the ancient Near East. Ancient treaties were similar to those that were made in ancient Africa between a king of a powerful nation and the ruler of a weaker nation. The written text of a treaty set out the details of the new relationship between the suzerain (the powerful king) and his vassal (the weaker nation). The suzerain imposed duties and taxes and demanded obedience and unconditional allegiance. Sometimes these agreements included...
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only one way to Him, His way II

 *07/05/2025* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *THE NATURE OF GOD* (Hebrew pl.'elohim) Text: Genesis 1:1,26 Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 45:18 TOPIC: *UNIQUENESS AND ONENESS OF GOD* - only one way to Him, His way II John 14:6 Jesus then tells them the way to reach the Father: *I am the way and the truth and the life* (John 14:6a). They will reach the Father by believing in Jesus. This is Jesus' sixth major *I am* saying (the earlier ones are in John 6:35 and John 6:51;8:12 and 9:5;10:7 and 9;10:11 and 14; and 11:25). Jesus' words here make it very clear that all roads do not lead to Rome, no matter how often we are assured that this is the case. Not all roads lead to possession of eternal life. *Jesus is the God-appointed way.* *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*
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only one way to Him, His way

 *04/05/2025* *THANKSGIVING SERVICE* THEME: *THE NATURE OF GOD* (Hebrew pl.'elohim) Text: Genesis 1:1,26 Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 45:18 TOPIC: *UNIQUENESS AND ONENESS OF GOD* - only one way to Him, His way. John 14:6 Thomas, however, was not convinced by Jesus' statement in John 14:4 and protested, *Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?* John 14:5 In reply, Jesus spoke of the destination of the journey and specified how to get there: *No one comes to the Father except through me* John 14:6b Here he makes specific what had only been implied in John 13:36 and John 14:2: the journey is to the Father. That is where Jesus is going, and that is where the disciples will follow later. *Tithes & Offering* Genesis 14:18-20 Account name:  *The Ecumenican Church* Account number: 2280020397 Banker: *Eco Bank Nig. Ltd* *This church is not funded or sponsored by any state, private or public organization.* *We rely on donations from good-spirited people as ...
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one God III

 *30/04/2025* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *THE NATURE OF GOD* (Hebrew pl.'elohim) Text: Genesis 1:1,26 Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 45:18 TOPIC: *UNIQUENESS AND ONENESS OF GOD* - one God III 1 Corinthians 8:4 1 Timothy 2:5 The *one* Mediator is *the Man Christ Jesus* according to Hebrews 9:11-15. There is only one way to Him, through the Mediator, Christ Jesus, who has the full nature of God and the full nature of man. Christ has identified with us; He understands us perfectly and represents us at the right hand of God the Father according to Romans 8:34. *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*
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one God II

 *27/04/2025* *ANOINTING HEALING AND COMMUNION SERVICE* THEME: *THE NATURE OF GOD* (Hebrew pl.'elohim) Text: Genesis 1:1,26 Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 45:18 TOPIC: *UNIQUENESS AND ONENESS OF GOD* - one God II 1 Corinthians 8:4 1 Timothy 2:5 *One God* is a central truth of the Hebrew Scriptures. The only living God desires all to be saved. He is the only One to whom our prayers should be addressed. *Mediator* is a concept derived from the ceremonial worship prescribed in the Old Testament. In the tabernacle and later in the temple, the priests mediated between God and the Israelites by offering animal sacrifices to atone for the sins of the people and by interceding to God for the nation. In their position as mediators, the priests were the only ones eligible to enter the Holy Place, the place where God had made His presence known. *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.bl...
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one God

 *23/04/2025* *MID WEEK SERVICE* THEME: *THE NATURE OF GOD* (Hebrew pl.'elohim) Text: Genesis 1:1,26 Deuteronomy 7:9 Isaiah 45:18 TOPIC: *UNIQUENESS AND ONENESS OF GOD*  - one God  1 Corinthians 8:4 1 Timothy 2:5 The Corinthian believers who claimed to have knowledge readily admitted that *an idol is nothing* according to Isaiah 37:19; Jeremiah 16:20 and Galatians 4:8. And that there is only one God according to Deuteronomy 6:4. But Paul did not dismiss the idea of idols altogether because though these god's are not real, they exist in the minds of those who worship them. 1 Corinthians 10:20 The Greeks believed in many gods and the Corinthians were right to assert that all these 'gods' and 'lords' are false because there is only one God and only one Lord. *Paul strongly affirms that God the Father is the creator of everything and the one served by those who have been redeemed and that Christ is the one through whom creation took place* 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 *©2025...
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VICTORY OVER DEATH

 *20/04/2025* *2025 EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *VICTORY OVER DEATH* O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? 1 Corinthians 15:55 Text: Genesis 2:7, 17; 3:19 John 11:17-44 Acts 2:24 1 Corinthians 15: 12-58 In Genesis 2:7, the word *formed* is the term for a potter's shaping of pots. Since man is made from the dust, that is where he returns when he dies. Although God created light with a mere word, He created man by fashioning a body out of mud and clay, transforming the clay into something new, and then breathing life into it. This breath maybe the way of describing the infusion of the human spirit, with its moral, intellectual, relational and spiritual capacities. *History of death* - Foretold by God as a consequence of disobedience  Genesis 2:17; 3:3 - Brought into the world through man's disobedience  Genesis 3:19; Romans 5:12 - All people will die  Hebrews 9:27 - Christ Jesus conquered death  Romans 6:9; Revelation 1:18 - All shall be ...
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