Theology

 *24/08/2025* *FOURTH SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CREATION  - Creation is attributed to the Holy Spirit  Genesis 1:2 The Spirit of God hovered over the waters to keep them under control until they could be assigned to their place. He was controlling the creation project, with the result that all creation takes place under God's watchful eye and results from his power. The Spirit of God was hovering like another stork might hover over her nest - a portent of life to come from the dark, murky depths of the chaos below (the Spirit is described as a dove in Matthew 3:16). *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *20/08/2025* *MID WEEK SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CREATION  - Creation is attributed to the Son, the Word VII John 1:1-3 The Word, who is eternal, created all things. John states this truth both positively and negatively. Positively, he says, *Through him all things were made* (John 1:3). Negatively, he says, *without him nothing was made* (John 1:3). In Greek, a strong distinction is drawn between the status of the Word and that of creation. While the Word 'was' in the beginning (John 1:1), the creation 'came to be ' (John 1:3). The Word existed before the beginning described in Genesis 1:1 and was in fact responsible for all that was made in that beginning. *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *17/08/2025* *THIRD SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CREATION  - Creation is attributed to the Son, the Word VI John 1:1-3 John also stresses the eternal relationship between the Word and God the Father. The words *with God* according to John 1:2 emphasize Jesus' face-to-face relationship with the Father. Throughout this gospel, John repeatedly states that the Father loves the Son and the Son seeks to glorify the Father. Their association, companionship and mutual glorification started in eternity. *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *13/08/2025* *MID WEEK SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CREATION  - Creation is attributed to the Son, the Word V John 1:1-3 Those who argue for the 'a God' translation deny the full deity of Jesus. But throughout his gospel, John strongly affirms Jesus' deity. In John 1:18 he refer to him as *God the One and Only*, and both he and Jesus approve of Thomas' recognition of Jesus as 'my Lord and my God' ( John 20:28). Thus at three key points in Jesus' life - eternity (John 1:1), at his incarnation (John 1:18), and after his resurrection (John 20:28) - the deity of Christ is asserted. *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *10/08/2025* *SECOND SUNDAY SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CREATION  - Creation is attributed to the Son, the Word IV John 1:1-3 Some think that John 1:1b should be translated 'and the Word was a god', arguing that in Greek a noun with an article is definite while a noun without an article is indefinite. But this rule does not always apply. At times an article is omitted in order to stress the quality of something. In this particular case, Jesus' status is that of God, but he does not exhaust what God is. If John had said that Jesus was 'the God' here, he would have been leaving out the Father and the Holy Spirit, who are also persons of the Trinity. *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*

 *06/08/2025* *MID WEEK SERVICE* TOPIC: *WHAT DOES GOD DO?* CREATION  - Creation is attributed to the Son, the Word III John 1:1-3 Next, John stresses the status of the Word in eternity: *the Word was God* (John 1:1b). The past tense 'was' does not indicate that his status has changed since then. Rather, it indicates the contrast between his status in eternity past and his entrance into humanity when *the Word became flesh* (John 1:14). *©2025* *Ecumenican Church Nigeria ®* Instagram: *@ecumenicanchurch* WhatsApp/Telegram: *+2348052366039* Email: *johnifesanya@gmail.com* *www.johnifesanya.blogspot.com* *#ECN Ibadan #* Powered by *JDIS*