dgreatfestus

God's son.Great Ife Alumnus. Medical Doctor. #Say no to substance abuse#

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Favour isn't always at the receiving end, but sometimes, if not more often than not, at the giving end.

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@rwenzori_ Congratulations

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@ChrisMeinhart Amen...It pains my heart when I see church building converted to another use. May the Light of Gospel shine again

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@Oyinda_x_ How about those that deliberately left the UK and went back to Nigeria? Some points can be made without dragging what is not related to them

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@UtomiPat For someone that is supposed to be a statesman. A whole Prof Pat Utomi threatening war. On what basis?

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@Tombra_ye @OlenaRohoza I wonder what concerns Nigeria with all that

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@luvingking @originalproflle What nonsense are you spewing from your mouth. Should Bishop chase him away? If your candidate goes to him, he will do the same thing. You need to think before you incur curses on your head

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@olajideobe But should we now generalise? I met my wife in a park, after which I knew she is a church girl. I have never regretted marrying her. Truth is, you can meet your wife anywhere but you must know whom you are looking for and be able to discern prayerfully.

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@VikyInsights I think for me, he was correcting them before the chrous 'men dey', and before he left he said ' let him that an ear let him hear'. Those are enough thoughts to ponder on.

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@sajjadfcps This thing is simple ....A simple read og the chapter will bring itd meaning to bear

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@AttorneyF_ @dStoolofWisdom God created man in His image so that man can also create orderliness out of chaos. More importantly to make the earth more beautiful. We can see this in many good things that man has invented. If some decided to do bad things, how then can we blame God?

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Dear Algorithm, please show this video to all the people that needs Gods help in this month of October.

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@maldon55 @sowore And as per the video, I did not know it had already circulated. Mr Sowore is a journalist and politician, my first inclination was that he postee it for journalistic and political purpose.

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@maldon55 @sowore I disagree with you. There are lots od private hospitals in Nigeria that do these surgeries. A high ranking official did orthopaedic sugery is Lagos few years ago. He ia walking freely today
The reason he went to India is best known to him

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@johnadewale16 @sowore Sambisa is a country you can relocate to. You think everyone is in the same place with you. Ode!

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@ruemu_ @johnadewale16 @sowore Can you say that to yourself? Who is more idiotic in the uncouth manner you have just spoken?

If he did not give his consent, he has the right to sue whoever is culpable.

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@HelenNDestiny1 @sowore Substance can mean different things, and none overrides the other.
It is well known that KR is done in Nigeria, and people come from abroad to do it. I knew this as Medical Student
Does the healthcare system need improvement? A lot. Does this negate what can is being done? No.

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@KenRolands There is nothing emotional about what Apostle Orokpo said here. It would have been better if the whole video was posted.

What exacy is wrong in what he said. He did not lay any curse, he was teaching and correcting an impression. At the end of the speech, he also advised VDM.

[Adam | Faithful Messenger @Adam_FaithfulM]

ONE CHAPTER: JOHN 1

Matthew starts with a family tree. Luke starts in a stable. Mark starts in the wilderness.

John starts before the universe existed.

His first words are "In the beginning." And he means it.

THE SETTING

John was likely the last Gospel written, probably in the AD 90s, when John was an old man. The other three Gospels were already circulating. He didn't need to repeat what they said. He wrote so you would know who Jesus really is.

He states his purpose near the end of the book: "these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name" (20:31).

Chapter 1 is where he makes his case, and he makes it more boldly than anyone before him.

THE CHAPTER IN FIVE MOVEMENTS

1. The Word before time (vv. 1–5)

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Every Jewish reader would hear Genesis 1 in those first words. In Genesis, God speaks and creation comes into being. John says the Word behind that speaking wasn't just a sound. The Word is a Person.

Greek readers would hear something else. Their philosophers used "Logos," the Word, to describe the reason and order holding the universe together. John takes that idea and says the order behind everything is not an abstract principle. He has a face.

"All things were made by him." There is nothing in existence that the Word did not make.

"In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

The darkness has never overcome the light.

2. The light rejected and received (vv. 6–13)

John introduces John the Baptist, a witness sent to point to the light. He wasn't the light himself.

Then comes one of the saddest sentences in Scripture: "He came unto his own, and his own received him not."

The Creator walked into His own creation, and it didn't recognize Him.

But the sentence doesn't end in rejection. "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God." Not by blood, bloodline, or human effort, but born of God.

3. The Word became flesh (vv. 14–18)

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us."

The Greek word for "dwelt" means to pitch a tent. It echoes the tabernacle in the wilderness, the tent where God's glory lived among Israel. John is saying God has moved into the neighborhood again, but this time the tent is a human body.

"Full of grace and truth." That phrase echoes Exodus 34, where God passes before Moses and describes Himself as abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Moses saw only God's back. John says, "We beheld his glory."

"No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son... he hath declared him." If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus.

4. The witness in the wilderness (vv. 19–34)

Priests and Levites come from Jerusalem to ask John the Baptist who he is. He tells them he isn't the Christ, Elijah, or the Prophet. He is just a voice crying in the wilderness.

The next day, John sees Jesus coming and says the words that sum up the whole Gospel:

"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."

Every Jew listening knew what lambs were for: Passover, the temple, sacrifice. John names who Jesus is and what He came to do in a single sentence.

5. The first disciples (vv. 35–51)

Two of John's disciples start following Jesus. He turns around and speaks His first words in this Gospel:

"What seek ye?"

They ask where He's staying. He says, "Come and see."

Andrew finds his brother Simon, and Jesus gives him a new name: Cephas, the rock. Philip finds Nathanael, who scoffs, "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip gives the same answer Jesus did: "Come and see."

Jesus tells Nathanael He saw him under the fig tree before Philip called him. Nathanael breaks: "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God."

Then Jesus promises something bigger: "Ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man."

That is Jacob's ladder from Genesis 28. Jacob dreamed of a stairway connecting heaven and earth. Jesus says He is that stairway.

WHAT MOST PEOPLE MISS

John 1 is a new Genesis.

It opens with "In the beginning." It speaks of creation, light, and darkness. Then John starts counting days: "the next day" (v. 29), "the next day" (v. 35), "the day following" (v. 43), and then in chapter 2, "the third day," the wedding at Cana, where Jesus reveals His glory for the first time.

Many scholars see this as a deliberate week of new creation. The God who made the world in Genesis 1 has come to make it new.

Also notice Jesus' first words in the book: "What seek ye?" It isn't a statement or a command. It's a question, and John puts it at the start so it lands on every reader.

What are you looking for?

THE HARD VERSE

"The Word was God." (v. 1)

In Greek, there's no definite article before "God" in this phrase. Some groups, most notably Jehovah's Witnesses, translate it as "the Word was a god," as if Jesus were a lesser divine being.

Here's what's actually happening. Greek word order and the missing article tell you "God" describes what the Word is, His nature, rather than making the Word identical to the Father. John is saying two things at once. The Word was with God, so He is distinct from the Father. And the Word was God, so He fully shares God's nature.

If John had put the article in, it would suggest the Word and the Father were simply the same person, which is not what he meant. If he had meant "a god," it would contradict his own opening words: "all things were made by him." A created lesser god can't be the one who made all things.

This single sentence is where the doctrine of the Trinity starts to take shape in the New Testament. It's worth reading slowly.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

If you've wondered what God is really like, whether He is distant, angry, or indifferent, John 1:18 answers you. Look at Jesus. He is the exact expression of the Father.

If you've felt rejected by the people who should have received you, remember that the Word came to His own, and they didn't receive Him either. He knows exactly what that feels like.

If you feel you don't belong in God's family, verse 12 says it isn't about bloodline, background, or effort. It's about receiving Him. That's the only qualification.

If you have doubts, notice how Jesus treats them. Nathanael scoffed at Nazareth, and Jesus didn't rebuke him. He said, "Come and see," then met him with something only God could know.

And if you've never really answered His first question, He's still asking it.

What are you looking for?

The answer to that question was in the beginning with God, and one day He pitched His tent among us.

What stands out to you the most in John 1?

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@kunle_kenny Assistant Jesus, weldone!