HAPPY 106th FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY OF THE CHURCH OF FELIX MANALO - THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO

PASUGO: Biblical Proof that CHRIST IS GOD!

THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO's denial of Jesus' deity is nothing new under the sun.  Their opposition to Christ's deity has long been refuted by the Church Fathers and theologians both Catholics and Protestants in huge volumes of books since the CHURCH of CHRIST affirmed this doctrine in 325 AD. And as a Catholic, I am compelled to share my thoughts on this. We Catholics who love the Lord and His one true Church should never leave their lies and deceitful teachings against our Lord God Jesus Christ unchallenged.

Rejection of Christ's deity was all evident in the Bible itself. It is understandable because, among biblical personages like the prophets and sages, our Jesus Christ is UNIQUE, from Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah none of them ever claimed divinity or God himself 'manifested in the flesh'. And because Christ's claim goes against the Jewish belief in 'ONE GOD', Him being equal with God ~ and God himself makes him answerable to the Law~ The SHEMA ~ therefore He was found guilty of BLASPHEMY~ A MAN making himself GOD ~ deserving DEATH.

"The Jews answered him, 'We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a MAN, are making yourself GOD.'" -John 10:33 

No doubt, as a PROPHET Jesus was loved by His own people (the Jewish people). However when he was found doing  GOD'S BUSINESS on earth such as FORGIVING sins (God alone can forgive sins Mark 2:7) or BREAKING the SABBATH laws (...the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath (Mat. 12:1-8),  it was problematic for the Jewish authorities, for GOD ALONE is the only one who could forgive sins and not men. And for a pious Jew, braking the Sabbath Law is breaking God's law itself! By breaking the Sabbath law, Jesus was perceived not from God but as an enemy of the Jewish people.

Also very disturbing for the Jewish authorities was His claim of ETERNAL EXISTENCE ('before Abraham came to be I Am'. John 8:58).

And when He was BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN our Lord Jesus Christ then boldly proclaimed the TRUTH about HIM saying: "I AM" the MESSIAH - THE SON OF GOD and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven."(Mark 14:62)

To his horror and disgust, the High Priest of the Jewish temple TORE his sacred garments before the tribunal and PRONOUNCED his verdict against Jesus: "What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the BLASPHEMY. What do you think?" (Mark 14:63-64). And they ALL CONDEMNED Him to DEATH!

AS GOD MANIFESTED IN THE FLESH, He raised up the DEAD, defied laws of nature, and even commanded the sea and the wind and they obeyed (Mk 4:35-41). Deeply disturbed and baffled, His disciples start questioning WHO JESUS WAS: "Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?"  A MAN in appearance yet can COMMAND NATURE and they ABIDE?  

But the greatest thing and I would say, the most scandalous ACT OF LOVE He selflessly performed was when HE SAVED the world through his PASSION and DEATH. For a mere man SAVING mankind from the pit of damnation is not even possible. There is no other Savior but ONLY GOD ~ "I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; You know no God besides me, and THERE IS NO SAVIOR BUT ME." -Hosea 13:4. And there is no one who could give eternal life BUT God (John 17:2)

Given those Biblical facts above about our Lord Jesus Christ we, therefore, re-affirm what was affirmed in 325 AD that our LORD JESUS is GOD COMING IN THE FLESH (2 John 1:7). He is 100% MAN and 1005 GOD. DIYOS SA KALIKASAN, TAO SA KALAGAYAN!

RECYCLED ARIANISM

Aside from the Jewish authorities, in TIMELINE of Christianity, some few disillusioned people came up with the same recycled REJECTION like the Jewish authorities. Among them was ARIUS, a bishop of Alexandria (Egypt) who denied Jesus co-equal with God the Father, created and thus inferior in essence and nature. Other than Arius were Nontrinitarians such as Theonas, Secundus of Ptolemais, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Theognis of Nicaea. Their false teachings were all condemned by the Church of Christ ~ the Catholic Church.

So that in 325 AD at the Council of Nicea, the one and only CHURCH of CHRIST which was the CATHOLIC CHURCH defended and condemned the false teachings of Arianism and finally defined and AFFIRMED the official Christian doctrine on JESUS CHRIST the SECOND PERSON of the HOLY TRINITY, true GOD and true MAN - all beautifully summarized in the Nicene Creed.

INC's teachings are hinges into two major doctrines: (1) CHRIST IS NOT GOD - ONLY A MAN and (2) THE ORIGINAL CHURCH of CHRIST (the Catholic Church) APOSTATIZED. Refuting one will make their doctrine collapse. Refuting two will make their man-founded church crumble.

Source: Pasugo.com.ph

Their Pasugo magazine was incorrect: The title should be 'THE BIBLICAL PROOF THAT CHRIST IS GOD'. The teaching of the Iglesia Ni Cristo® founded by Mr. Felix Y. Manalo in 1914 in the Philippines wasn't a secret at all. Manalo's founded church does not have an extensive and scholarly written catechism that is publicly available in print or online like the Catechism of the Catholic Church which was made available for public reading, for evangelization and teachings, for moral and practical guidance. A glimpse of their recycled Arianism can only be read in their official magazine called 'PASUGO' just like what was published online above.

No serious Christian would deny the fact that our Lord Jesus Christ was born a man. It's all there in the Bible. However, Christ being God is deeply problematic to the Jewish authorities and the Iglesia Ni Cristo® preachers.  They failed to discover it. And they refuse to see the Truth. They chose to remain blinded and are leading their own followers to fall on their own pit.

Never in John 8:40 (NKJV) was Jesus DIVINITY denied. His being a man does not deny him being DIVINE.

In fact, on the contrary, the same New King James Version of John Chapter 40:42-58 confirm HIS BEING DIVINE:

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God...”

“Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.”

Jesus claimed eternal EXISTENCE even before Abraham was ~ 'I AM'!

In Hos. 11:9 and Ezek 28:2 (NKJV) were quoted OUT OF CONTEXT. These verses DO NOT apply to Jesus even he was found to be a man. These verses were addressed to mortal men like us, who, by no means were creatures created by God's power and not applied to our Lord Jesus. That's becasue JESUS was NOT CREATED! He is BEGOTTEN UNCREATED Son of God.

You see the parallelism between the Iglesia Ni Cristo's argument and the Jewish people during the time of Christ, both denied Jesus' divine origin because He is a Man in appearance yet making Himself equal with God. 

Therefore let us boldly confess this truth about our Lord Jesus Christ, that He is FULLY HUMAN (John 8:40) and He is FULLY DIVINE (John 1:1). St. John the Evangelist was very consistent with this truth 'Jesus (God) coming in the flesh'! (2 John 1:7)

If John Chapter 8 ended at VERSE 40 then together with the Iglesia Ni Cristo®, we could certainly conclude the same. But the whole chapter 8 NEVER talked about Jesus 'NOT being GOD' but it talks about Jesus, eternal GOD manifested in the flesh (MAN), God - distinct from the Father, in essence, same God with the Father. 

Here is the context in John 8:
Verse 40 - Jesus, a man who told you what He heard from God
Verse 41 - The Jews said God is their "Father"
Verse 42 - Jesus said, if God is their "Father", they should believe Him because He is from God
Verse 44 - Jesus confirms that those who deny Him aren't from God but from the devil.
Verse 45 - Jesus tells the truth and those who deny him (God in the flesh) do not want to listen.
Verse 47 - He who is of God hears Him, the Word of God. He who is not from God denies Him.
Verse 56 - Jesus claimed to see Abraham (Abraham preceded Jesus in the flesh 18 Centuries)
Verse 57 - Jews understood what Jesus meant. So he was questioned 'You're not in your 50s and yet you claimed to have seen Abraham' (who was 1,767 years older)?
Verse 58 - Jesus confirmed to the Jews that BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS "I AM"! Boom!

Are we not supposed to be preaching the TRUTH about our Lord Jesus Christ?  But what the Iglesia Ni Cristo® preachers doing is exactly the opposite.  They twisted the Bible to suit their deceitful teachings and lied about our Lord Jesus Christ.  

In quoting Acts 2:22 (NKJV) these deceivers made it appear to their readers that the Apostle St. Peter was a LIAR.

They put their false understanding of Jesus into the Apostle's thoughts and then made it appears that St. Peter was their witness against Jesus' divinity. 

How could the Apostle Peter denies Jesus' divinity when he deeply knew who JESUS WAS.  And because of his deep faith conviction, he ultimately offered his own life for the sake of the Lord and His Church?!

So that in 2 Peter 1:1 he confessed our Lord JESUS is GOD AND SAVIOR!

"To those who have  obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our GOD AND SAVIOR Jesus Christ"

For thousandth times, the CATHOLIC CHURCH ~ the ONLY TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST AFFIRMS and DEFENDS this TRUTH. That our LORD JESUS CHRIST is  100% MAN – born of the Blessed Virgin Mother Mary – but NOT a 'man ONLY'!  Matthew 1:18, 20 DOES NOT DENY HIS BEING DIVINE. This verse is still in parallel with the WHOLE BIBLICA TRUTH about our Lord Jesus Christ that HE'S GOD BORN IN THE FLESH! 

A slap in the face, here is Apostle John 1:1 -3 declaring this ultimate Truth!

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.

"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

Apostle John was declaring JESUS was the WORD ~ He was WITH GOD ~ and He was GOD ~ everything was created, without Him, nothing came to be. The WORD - GOD BECAME FLESH and we see His glory! The GLORY of the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON ~ JESUS CHRIST our Lord and Savior God! 

In his Second Letter (1:7) St. John warmed us:

"For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh."

THEREFORE those WHO DO NOT CONFESS GOD coming in the flesh are called  DECEIVERS!

And what shall we do to these "DECEIVERS"?

The Apostle sternly WARNED us of their coming, he said (2 John 1:8-11):

"Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward. 

"Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.  If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds."

Beware of the "DECEIVERS" Do not take them into your houses and do not greet them! That's the right thing to do!

How could Paul's Letter to the Galatians (4:4) is contextually opposed to the book of the Old Testament (Numbers 23:19) when they were written a thousand years apart?

Copying a phrase from one book and paste it to another phrase from the Bible and to form a sentence is THE WORK OF A DECEIVER!

Again Galatians 4:4 does not deny Jesus' divinity.   The truth about Him being the LOGOS ~ Word of God, God himself who became flesh can never be disproved by quoting Galatians 4:4.

God is TRUTH. Numbers 23:19 says it. God is NOT a man!  We as mortal beings can never be gods.

But GOD can be a MAN as He wishes. He is omnipotent! And when he chose to be incarnated into FLESH, He was still God! Diyos sa kalikasan, Tao sa kalagayan!

The deceivers of faith, they cannot provide a single verse from the Bible that says "JESUS IS NOT GOD". They could only assume He is not God by using verses that say Jesus was born a man!

This is a product of poor theology. That's understandable because none of the INC™ paid ministers is a theologian. With no theology of their own and no book written, their ministers heavily rely on what was written or said by other preachers and theologians during their pamamahayag. Their ministers could only explain their doctrines by demonizing Catholic doctrines. What a deceiver!

From its founder Felix Y. Manalo to his grandson Eduardo V. Manalo, none of them earned a doctorate in the field of theology and yet their copied blasphemous interpretation of the Bible against our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ is the only accepted basis for their "aral" or "doktrina".

"God from God, Light from Light" is what was affirmed by the Church of Christ at the First Council of Nicea in 325 AD. The Iglesia Ni Cristo's misinterpretation of John 8:42 was nothing but intentional deceit for deception. It was twisted so that they may justify their twisted doctrine and blaspheme our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jesus "proceeded forth and came from God" interpreted as a "beginning" of Christ was really misleading.  It suggests that Christ WAS CREATED.

The Bible is very clear on this issue: that Jesus (Word) was the CREATOR, not creation (All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made -John 1:3)!

These INC™ paid ministers are mocking John's theology of the Logos (Jesus the Word of God) when he said "All things were made through Him (Word), and without Him (Word) nothing was made that was made." (John 1:3) Indeed JESUS THE WORD of GOD was THE CREATOR. Jesus Christ HAS NO BEGINNING, he is THE CREATOR the beginning of everything! 

Watch brother Mario Joseph, a Muslim convert to Catholicism on JESUS - WORD OF GOD (CREATOR vs CREATION)

GOD (THE FATHER) AND JESUS THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA (First and the Last)

In ISAIAH 44:6 (NKJV) says GOD ALONE is the FIRST and the LAST and besides Him, there is NO OTHER!

"Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel,

And his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

‘I am the First and I am the Last;

Besides Me there is no God."

Another compelling truth about Jesus' divinity was recorded THREE TIMES in the Book of Revelations where He proclaimed HE IS THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA - THE FIRST AND THE LAST!

Rev. 1:8 (NKJV) "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the [b]Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Rev. 21:6 (NKJV) "And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts."

Rev. 21:13 (NKJV) "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."

For the Iglesia Ni Cristo® and nontrinitarian sects, having the Father and the Son as both God makes TWO GODS. Adding the Holy Spirit makes THREE.  While the official teaching of the Church of Christ says there is ONLY ONE GOD and NOT three (read HOLY TRINITY)

"The whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men "and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin" -CCC 234 (emphasis mine)

If Christ died, that's because He was 100% HUMAN. Yet that does not deny him being God.

As God, he has the power to lay his life and to claim it back.

“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.  No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." -John 10:17-18

Yes, our Lord Jesus Christ is 100% ETERNAL GOD!

He died in the FLESH as he is subjected according to the FLESH "God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh" -Romand 8:3

But Him being in the Flesh is NOT his original nature. HE'S GOD "You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world." -John 8:34

So no one is denying Jesus being human. Similarly, no one denies Him being God.  And when our Lord God, the Alpha and the Omega - the First and the Last will come again to judge the living and the dead, everyone will see Him, even the one who pierced Him! -Revelations 1:7-8

Christ recognizes God the Father as His God (Mark 15:34)! Christ recognizes God the Father as His Father and THEY ARE ONE (John 10:30)  Jews, too, recognize Jesus divinity but rejected it! (John 10:33)

'Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He (Jesus) should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.  And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.' -John 17:1-5

And it is a blatant LIE to say that God the Father DID NOT recognize Jesus His Son. His baptism, the Father already declared Him His Son His beloved: "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17) And again during Jesus' transfiguration, God the Father declared the Son: "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Hear him!" (Matthew 17:5) 

God told us to LISTEN TO JESUS and NOT to paid Ministers of the Iglesia Ni Cristo®! And if we listen to Jesus, we should listen to His original CHURCH He founded. Because His Church is the PILLAR and GROUND of TRUTH! (1 Timothy 3:15) Jesus has NOTHING to do with the Iglesia Ni Cristo® founded by Mr. Felix Y. Manalo in 1914! Do not listen to them.

I cannot find any proof in Isaiah  44:8 that says God DID NOT RECOGNIZE Jesus as God! That verse only proves our belief in ONE GOD while they believe in Three Gods

If the Prophet Isaiah would be alive today, he would have rebuked this Iglesia Ni Cristo® paid minister for LYING! "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel." -Isaiah 7:14

IMMANUEL, according to St. Matthew (1:23) means GOD WITH US! For indeed GOD was BORN to us IN THE FLESH!  God with us ~ Immanuel! (John 1:1; 14)

According to the Bible CHRIST is able to sympathize with us because HE was born LIKE US in everything EXCEPT sin!

"For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin." -Hebrews 4:15

So what's unusual to see Christ "worried" after all he is 100% human? And if God has to be less of human qualities, why is it that God has to REST after creating the entire universe in 6 days? (Genesis 2:2-3)

 In conclusion, the Bible says, 'JESUS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER' (Hebrews 13:8)! If Christ is GOD eternally from the beginning, He is God when He was born flesh and He is the same God when He will come again!

CHALLENGE TO THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO® 1914

That's why we shouldn't be wondering why Jesus ate and drink, he was tempted, he cried, he was angry, he suffered, he feared and he died ~ because HE WAS HUMAN LIKE US (born in the flesh) but NEVER in the Bible, he was said to be "NOT GOD"!

As a challenge to all paid ministers of the Iglesia Ni Cristo®, please give us the following exact words/phrase in the Bible.

1. Bible verse that explicitly denies Jesus NOT God.

2. Bible verse that the Father denied Jesus as God.

3. Bible verse that says we should recognize TWO LORDS!

4. Bible verse that says we should worship a MERE MAN aside from God the Father.

5. Bible verse that spells out Felix Y. Manalo as the 'Last Messenger of God in these Last Days."

6. Bible verse that explicitly says 'The Church of Christ will completely apostatize' and that a man from the Philippines will emerge and re-establish His Church!

7. Bible verse that explicitly says the Church would be named "The Iglesia Ni Cristo"

8. Bible verse that mandates Christians to call themselves "Iglesia"

9. Bible verse that says only members of the 'Iglesia Ni Cristo' are saved!

10. Bible verse that says 'The Bible is the sole authority" in matters of faith and morals!

Continuous Growth of the True Church of Christ - The Catholic Church

IGLESIA NI CRISTO: PROUDLY PINOY FOUNDED

FELIX Y. MANALO: HEAD AND FOUNDER OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO®

Ang Pag-aangkin ni Ginoong Felix Manalo sa Iglesia Ni Cristo®

Merry Christmas!

The Church of Church Which is the Catholic Church is Still the Biggest, Oldest and Greatest!

[Originally posted at: Iglesia ni Cristo 33 A.D. blog]

There is no greater Church that the original Church of Christ and this is a FACT: The Iglesia Ni Cristo® - 1914, must accept that the Catholic Church is STILL the ONE and ONLY CHURCH OF CHRIST the LORD JESUS established on earth and no other. The CATHOLIC CHURCH was established in the First Century by the LORD Himself that's why the Church is STILL the OLDEST, THE BIGGEST and the GREATEST!

"... the Catholic Church is the world's BIGGEST and OLDEST organization. It has buried all of the greatest empires known to man, from the Romans to the Soviets. It has establishments literally all over the world, touching every area of human endeavor. It's given us some of the world's greatest thinkers, from Saint Augustine on down to René Girard. When it does things, it usually has a good reason."

-BUSINESS INSIDER: "Time To Admit It: The Church Has Always Been Right On Birth Control"

The 'Church of Christ' or 'Church of God' Being Referred To in the Bible is the CATHOLIC CHURCH

TAYO ANG TUNAY NA BAYAN NG DIYOS!

Iglesia Ni Cristo flag (the colors represent faith, hope and love while the seven-branched candelabrum or menorah represents the church in the Bible) -Wikipedia

NASA BIBLIA BA ANG KAHULUGAN NG KANILANG BANDILA?

Isa lamang iyan sa maraming tanong sa Iglesia Ni Cristo® Ukol sa kanilang opisyal na simbulo. Narito ang kanilang paliwanag:

Tanong : Maituturing ba ang  Iglesia Ni Cristo® 1914 bilang isang "bayan" o nation? 

Sagot : Hindi po! Hindi po sila isang "bayan" o "bansa". Ang INC™ po ay isang sekta-Protestante na kinaaniban ng halos 99% na mga Pilipino at lahat ng kanilang pag-iral ay napapailalim sa itinatakda ng SALIGANG BATAS NG BANSANG PILIPINAS.

Ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® 1914 ay katulad rin ng maraming nagsulputang mga sekta sa mundo maging sa Pilipinas. Sila po ay MGA KORPORASYON (Corp.) (o inkorporasyon (Inc.)). Ang mga korporasyon/inkorporasyon ay tatag ng tao. WALA silang SOBERANYA (sovereignty) o pagkakakilanlan bilang independent states. Hindi sila nakahihigit sa batas ng ano mang bansa tulad ng Pilipinas. Sila ay umiiral sa ilalim ng batas ng Pilipinas (basahin ang kaibhan ng corporation vs incorporation).

First Part Annex D, Ammended Laws of INC
(Source: alias Benito Afflek)

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Ang Iglesia Ni Cristo Inc. 1914 ay TATAG ni Ginoong Felix Y. Manalo ayon na rin sa kanilang opisyal na magasing PASUGO Agosto-Setyembre 1964, p. 5

“Kailan napatala sa Pamahalaan o narehistro ang INK sa Pilipinas? Noong Hulyo 27, 1914. Tunay nga na sinasabi sa rehistro na si Kapatid na F. Manalo ang nagtatag ng INK."

Tanong : Ang bandila ba ng INC™ ay maituturing na kapantay ng ibang mga bandila ng alinmang sovereign state o bansa?

Sagot : Hindi po. Ang bandila ng INC™ 1914 ay hindi maituturing na kapantay ng kahit sa alinmang mga bandila ng mga bansa. Kaya't kahit na pilit pang ipantay ito sa alinmang bandila ng bansa, sila ay hindi pa rin maituturing na "bayan" o "nation" lalo't ang pag-ankin na sila raw ay "bayan ng Diyos" o "God's nation". Uulitin po natin, ang INC™ 1914 ay isang SEKTA (religious sect), hindi bayan o nation!

Ambasador ng Mexico at ang Pinunong Pangkalahatan ng sektang INC™ (Photo source: INCMedia)

Katulad ng larawan sa itaas, maling mali na ipantay ng INC™ ang kanilang bandila sa bandila ng Mexico sapagkat tulad ng nasabi na natin, ang INC™ ay HINDI BANSA. Pangalawa hindi pinuno ng bansa si Eduardo V. Manalo kundi tagapangasiwa lamang ng kanilang korporasyon. Mas tama kung ang ilagay ng INC™ na kapantay ng Mexico ay ang BANDILA NG REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS!

Pope Francis and President Enrique Peña Nieto, accompanied by First Lady Angélica Rivera, held a meeting in the premises of the Presidential hanger following the Pope's arrival in Mexico. (Photo Source: Wikipedia)

Tanong: Ang bandila ba ng Vatican ay maituturing na kapantay ng ibang mga bayan o bansa?

Sagot: Opo. Sa larawan sa itaas, TAMA po ang pagkakapantay ng bandila ng Mexico at Vatican sapagkat pareho silang mga bansa. Bagamat ang Vatican City State ay ang Centro ng Iglesia Katolika, ITO AY ISANG BAYAN o NATION!

Ayon sa History.com, ang VATICAN CITY po ay ang PINAKAMALIIT NA BANSA sa buong mundo o THE SMALLEST NATION IN THE WORLD. Ito ay may sariling pamahalaan, sariling batas, may sariling gobyerno, at may kasarinlan at soberenya. Ang bawat bansa ay may ambassador sa Vatican at may Papal Nuncio naman sa mga bansang may diplomatic relations tulad ng Pilipinas.

Si Papa FRANCISCO ay isang HEAD OF STATE, at siya rin ay ang VISIBLE head of the Church of Christ. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit ang VATICAN ay may DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS sa maraming bansang kinabibilangan ng UNITED NATIONS. Sa kanyang pagbisita sa maraming mga bansa, ang pagdalaw ng isang Santo Papa ay may katulad na PROTECTION PAGKILALA ayon sa UN Protocol para sa isang VISITING HEAD OF THE STATE.  At sa mga Katoliko, ang kanyang State Visit ay isang Apostolic Visit na rin.


Halimbawa na lamang ang kanyang makasaysayang pagbisita sa United Arab Emirates (UAE) na ginastusan ng Kaharian, ito ay maituturing na isang APOSTOLIC VISIT at isang STATE VISIT.

Ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® 1914, wala po siyang sariling pamahalaan, walang sariling batas, walang sariling gobyerno at walang kasarinlan. Umiiral lamang siya ayon sa itinakda ng Saligang Batas ng Republika ng Pilipinas na kinapapalooban nito. Ganon din naman sa ibang bansa. Ang kanilang mga LOKAL ay itinuturing ng kanilang mga gobyerno bilang sekta (Inc.) at hindi isang bayan o nation.  Mangyari man na magdeklara sila ng kasarinlan, ito ay maituturing na isang rebelyon o treason.

Sa pagdalaw ni Eduardo V. Manalo sa ibang bansa, hindi po siya binibigyan ng pansin ng lider ng bansang dinadalaw katulad ng isang head of state sapagkat ay hindi siya pinuno ng isang bansa o nation. Kaya't MALABO pong maituturing na BAYAN NG DIYOS o GOD'S NATION ang IGLESIA NI CRISTO® na TATAG ni Ginoong Felix Manalo sa Pilipinas noong 1914.

Sa kabuuan, ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA (ang tunay at nag-iisang Iglesiang tatag ni Cristo bilang KANYA) ay ANG BANAL na BAYAN NG DIYOS. Hindi lamang ito isang kathang isip kundi ito ANG KATOTOHANAN. Hindi lamang ito makasaysayang relihiyon kundi ito ay ang makasaysayang IGLESIA NI CRISTO, ISANG BAYANG dinadalika ng buong mundo. Tunay nga na NATUPAD sa KANYA (Iglesia Katolika) ang mga sinalita ni Apostol San Pablo sa kanyang sulat sa mga KRISTIANO ng ROMA (16:16) na ang "LAHAT NG MGA IGLESIA (NI CRISTO) AY BUMABATI SA INYO (ROMA)"!

One God Two Lords Doctrine: Who is The Savior ~ The Father or Jesus? Or Both?

Did you Try to Destroy the Catholic Church?

During a "frustrating argument" with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: “Your eminence, are you not aware that I have the power to destroy the Catholic Church?” The cardinal, the anecdote goes, responded ruefully: “Your majesty, we, the Catholic clergy, have done our best to destroy the church for the last 1,800 years. We have not succeeded, and neither will you.” (Ercole Cardinal Consalvi)

Yep! that should shut Napoleon's mouth.

DID YOU TRY TO DESTROY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? 

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The Jews tried to destroy it, but they in turn were almost totally destroyed on 70 AD. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE. 

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The Romans tried to destroy it, but they in turn were destroyed and the entire empire collapsed in 471AD. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE.

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The muslims tried to destroyed it in the middle ages, but failed. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE.

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The Protestants tried to destroy it in the reformation, but failed. And look what happened to them? The church of protestantism which Luther founded was from the very beggining divided and splintered. Look at protestantism today, over 40,000 splinters and still dividing up every day. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE.

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Hitler tried to destroy it, but failed. Where is he and his 100 year Reich now? THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE.

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Communism tried to destroy it, but failed. And where is communism today? THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE.

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The Klu Klux Klan and Freemasonic Mafia tried to destroy it, but failed. Look where are they now? THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE.

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Napoleon Bonaparte tried to destroy it, but failed. What happened to Bonaparte? THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS STILL HERE!

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SO, IF ALL OF THE ABOVE MORE FORMIDABLE FOES TRIED BUT FAILED TO DESTROY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN SUCCEED?

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For 2,000 years since its existence, this Church had outlasted every oppressive governments and empires. 

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Remember, if you fight against God's Church, you fight against God Himself.

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"If God is For Us, Who is Against Us"?

(Rom. 8:31)

Matthew 28:20 (Jesus told Apostles)

... teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."

Maligayang Anibersaryo ng Pagkakatatag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® 1914 sa Pilipinas

HAPPY 105TH FOUNDING YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO®

JULY 27: (FACT) Today in Philippine History, Felix Manalo founded Iglesia ni Cristo in Punta Sta. Ana, Manila

Originally posted at Iglesia ni Cristo 33AD blog

Posted under July history ~ Kahimyang.com
Thursday July 26, 2012 (7 years ago)

On July 27, 1914, Brother Felix Manalo founded Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), largest homegrown Christian Church in the Philippines, in Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila.

Brother Manalo, whom followers and members recognized as God’s messenger, professed to the reestablishment of the original church founded by Jesus and claimed that the original church was apostatized.

The INC began with a handful of followers with Manalo as its head minister propagated his message within his local area, subsequently growing its members and converting members of other religions.

(First Iglesia Ni Cristo Congregation in Punta, Sta. Ana, Manila)

In 1924, the INC had about 3,000 to 5,000 members in 43 or 45 congregations in Manila and six nearby provinces. By 1936, the INC had 85,000 members. This figure grew to 200,000 by 1954.

A Cebu congregation was built in 1937, the first to be established outside of Luzon, and the first in the Visayas.

The first mission to Mindanao was commissioned in 1946.

Its first concrete chapel was built in Sampaloc, Manila in 1948.

As Manalo's health began to fail in the 1950s, his son, Eraño Manalo started to take leadership of the church. Felix Manalo died on April 12, 1963.

The first overseas INC mission was sent in 1968 on its 54th anniversary and in 1973, the church established a congregation in Honolulu, Hawaii on July 27, and in San Francisco, California.

The Ministerial Institute of Development, currently the New Era University College of Evangelical Ministry, was founded in 1974 in Quiapo, Manila. It moved to its current location in Quezon City in 1978.

In 1995, New Era University had 4,500 students and five extension schools in Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga and Rizal.

In 1971, the INC Central Office building was built in Quezon City. Fifteen years later, the Central Temple was added in the complex. The Tabernacle, a tent-like multipurpose building which can accommodate up to 4,000 persons, was finished in 1989. The complex also includes the New Era University, a higher-education institution run by the INC.

Eraño Manalo died on August 31, 2009. His son, Eduardo V. Manalo, succeeded him as executive minister upon his death.

According to the 2000 census of the Philippine National Statistics Office, 2.3 percent of the population in the Philippines was affiliated with the Iglesia ni Cristo.

Membership in the INC is conferred through baptism. People who wish to be baptized in the INC must first submit to a formal process taking at least six months.

Once someone officially registers with their locale, the person is given the status of Bible Student, as they are called within the Iglesia ni Cristo and taught the 25 lessons concerning fundamental beliefs of the INC.

Thursday and Sunday are its days of worship.

On July 27, 2009, President Gloria Arroyo declared this day of every year as the “Iglesia ni Cristo Day.”

The declaration was in keeping with Republic Act 9645, signed into law by the President on June 12, 2009, which designated the said day as a special working holiday in recognition of the founding anniversary of the INC in the Philippines.

References:
Philippine News Agency
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikipedia Commons

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Source: On This Day

Source: Wikipedia

Source: INC Official Website

GAWA 20:28

104 Taon ng Pagkakatatag: Sila raw ang tunay?

Originally posted at Iglesia ni Cristo 33AD blog

Tuwang-tuwa at galak na galak ang mga kaanib ng samahang tatag ni Ginoong Felix Manalo ~ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® ~  sa tuwing sumasapit ang ika-27 ng Hulyo. Ito ay sapagkat ipinagdiriwang nila ang taon ng kanilang anibersaryo ng PAGKAKATATAG.

Ayon sa kanilang REHISTRO ang kanilang relihiyon ay itinatag ni G. Felix Manalo noon lamang ika-27 ng Hulyo 1914. Kaya't sa taon ng mga Katoliko na 2018, sila ay isandaan at apat (104) taon pa lamang ng pag-iral.

Sabihin man nila ng paulit-ulit na ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA ay peke, hindi tunay at tatag ng mga pagano, hindi pa rin ito papasa sa simpleng pagsusuri sa kasaysayan sapagkat sila na rin mismo ang umaamin na sila'y KAILAN lamang ITINATAG. Sapagkat ang Iglesia Katolika ay 2,018 taon na samantalang sila ay 104 pa lamang.

At sa Europa, sila ay 50 AÑOS pa lamang samantalang ang Iglesia Katolika ay halos 1,951 taon nang umiiral doon. Kung pagbabatayan natin ang bilang ng taon upang angkinin ang mga katagang "God's promises fulfulled" eh, malamang hindi sila ang tinutukoy kundi ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA na sa "pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo." (Pasugo Abril 1966, 9. 46).

Maging ang kanilang PAG-AANGKIN na ang "tunay" raw na Iglesia ay "NAKABALIK NA" sa kanyang "ORIHINAL" na tahanan, malaking katanungan pa rin sa atin kung BAKIT HANGGANG NGAYON AY NASA PILIPINAS PA RIN ANG KANILANG CENTRAL?

Kung ika'y isang kaanib sa INC™-1914 at ipinangaral sa iyo na ang "tunay" raw na Iglesia ay "nakabalik" na nga naman sa kanyang "original home" ayon sa itiniwalag na si Isais Samson Jr, hindi ba't kagalak-galak na balita ito?  

At dahil alam mo bilang isang INARALAN ng mga ministro ng INC™-1914 na ang ITINATAG ni G. Felix Manalo sa Pilipinas ay isang LOKAL lamang na kailangang IBALIK sa Jerusalem, hindi ba't NAKAKAPAGTATAKA nga naman na ang CENTRAL na PAMAMAHALA nito ay HINDI NALIPAT sa "original home" nito sa Jerusalem?

Lumalabas na ang INC™-1914 na tatag ni G. Manalo sa Pilipinas ay HINDI TOTOONG LOKAL lamang kundi ito ay isang IGLESIANG pagmamay-ari niya. Kaya't ang SENTRONG PAMAMAHALA nito ay HINDING-HINDI maililipat ito sa ibang bansa kundi sa PILIPINAS lamang. Sa Pilipinas itinatag at sa Pilipinas rin ito magwawakas! Ang pagkakaroon ng Central Offices ng  Iglesia Ni Cristo® sa Pilipinas ay hudyat na walang kinalaman si Cristo sa samahang 'yan at lalong wala silang koneksyon sa original na iglesia sa Jerusalem man o sa Roma.

IGLESIA SA ROMA, BINABATI BA NG LAHAT NG IGLESIA NI CRISTO®?

At bilang pang-wakas, ang kanilang paboritong talata sa Biblia, ang ROMA 16:16, wala po itong kinalaman sa kanila. Ang pinatutungkulan nito ay ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA na NASA ROMA. 

Bakit kaniyo?

Sapagkat ayon sa talata, "binabati KAYO (Iglesia sa Roma) ng lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo".

Bakit? May pagbati ba ang lahat ng "Iglesia Ni Cristo®" sa kanilang lokal sa Roma?

Wala pa akong natatandaan na ang lahat ng kanilang mga lokal sa buong mundo ay nagpapabati sa kanilang lokal sa Roma!

Saang parte ba ng mundo sila nagpapabati?

Sa kanilang CENTRAL sa Pinas.

Kailan?

Sa tuwing sumasapit ang ika-27 ng buwan ng Hulyo, araw ng kanilang pagkakatatag sa Pilipinas!

Kaya't kung kayo ay kaanib sa IGLESIA KATOLIKA, magalak at magpuri kayo sa Panginoong Diyos sapagkat ITO ay ang IGLESIANG INIIBIG ng Diyos, TINAWAG sa kabanalan, biyaya at kapayapaan at ang PANANAMPALATAYANG KATOLISISMO ay BANTOG sa BUONG MUNDO (Universal o καθ' ὅλης Kata Holos (Catholic)!

Ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐκκλησία καθ' ὅλης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Γαλιλαίας καὶ Σαμαρείας εἶχεν εἰρήνην, οἰκοδομουμένη καὶ πορευομένη τῷ φόβῳ τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ τῇ παρακλήσει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπληθύνετο. [Acts 9:31]