"SI CRISTO AY DIYOS" sa katawagan lamang at hindi tunay ayon sa Pasugo

 [Originally posted at Iglesia ni Cristo 33 AD blog

PASUGO August 1939, p. 17 

Isinulat ni Benjamin Santiago Sr. 

“Ang batang lalaking ipanganganak na tinutukoy ni Isaias ay ang ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo. Sinasabi ding Siya’y aatangan ng pamamahala; na ito’y pinatunayan ni Cristo ng sabihin Niyang: “Ang kapamahalaan sa langit at sa ibabaw ng lupa ay naibigay na sa akin” (Mt. 28:18). Pagkatapos na Siya’y atangan ng pamamahala, Siya’y TATAWAGING DIOS; ngunit, HINDI TUNAY NA DIOS, kundi TATAWAGING LAMANG, gaya ng pagtatawag na dios sa mga anak ng Kataastaasan. Maliwanag na sinasabi ng talata na si Cristo na tinatawag na Dios ay may Dios na kinikilala; at ang Kanyang Dios ay Siyang nagpahid o naghalal sa Kanya; sapagkat ang kahulugan ng salitang Cristo ay pinahiran. Sa Juan 20:17 ay sinabi ni Cristo: “Aakyat Ako sa Aking Ama, sa inyong Ama at sa AKING DIOS sa inyong Dios. Kung gayon, ang ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo dios na may Dios.” 

 PASUGO Nobyembre 1939 

“Bakit pa kami mag-aaral sa naniniwala naman kaming si Cristo’y TINATAWAG NA DIOS. Ikinakapit na talaga kay Cristo ang salitang “Dios” nguni’t si Cristo ay hindi TUNAY NA DIOS, kundi TINATAWAG LAMANG DIOS. Ang salitang “Dios” ay ikinakapit din sa mga anak ng Kataastaasan, tinatawag din silang Dios (Awit 82:6, Juan 10:34-35). Ikinakapit din sa anghel ang salitang “Dios” (Huk. 13:21-22; Gen. 32:28; Osias 12:3-4). Si Moises ay ginawang Dios ng Dios at parang Dios (Exo. 7:1; 4:16). Kung sa mga anak ng Dios ay ikinakapit ang salitang “Dios” lalong may katwirang ikapit kay Cristo ang salitang ito (Dios), nguni’t hindi ito katunayang si Cristo ay tunay na Dios kundi Siya’y tinatawag lamang Dios.” 

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!

2020 Taon ng Ekumenismo at Inter-Religious Dialogue: Kailan kaya makikipag-dialogo si G. Eduardo V. Manalo sa Santo Papa?

Originally Posted at Iglesia ni Cristo 33 AD blog

Isang kaanib ng INC™ 1914 nagpaabot ng kanilang opisyal na magasing Pasugo sa Santo Papa ng tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo. (Credit to the owner)

Kaawa-awang mga nilalang. Inaakala nila na sa pagbibigay nila ng kopya ng Pasugo sa Santo Papa ay magpapasakop na ang pinuno ng tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo sa INC™ na tatag ni Ginoong Felix Y. Manalo noong 1914 sa Sitio Punta Sta. Ana sa Maynila (Pilipinas). Inakala ng kaanib ng INC™ 1914 na sa pakikipagkamayan niya sa Santo Papa at pagbibigay niya ng kopya ng Pasugo ay isang BIG DEAL.

Para sa Santo Papa, wala siyang pinagkaiba sa mga nauna pang mga panauhin sa Vatican. Siya (ang kaanib ng INC™) ay napadaan lamang at hindi naging panauhing pandangal. Bago pa man sila nag-abot ng magasin, maraming mga relihiyon na ang nagbibigay sa Santo Papa ng kanilang mga babasahing pangrelihiyon tulad ng mga Muslim ng Argentina na nagbigay kay Pope Francis ng kopya ng Qu'ran.

Mabuti pa ang Saudi Arabia ay may pinadalang tagapamagitan mula sa kanila. Ang Muslim na ito ay nagbigay ng musbaha (ang rosaryo ng mga Muslim) sa Santo Papa bilang regalo. At ito ay tinanggap naman out of courtesy.  

Ang iba't-ibang religious leaders sa buong mundo, maging ang mga lider ng mga non-Christian religions at mga non-Catholic religious leaders ay nakipagkita sa Santo Papa ~ ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® 1914, kailan kaya HAHARAP si Ginoong EDUARDO V. MANALO kay PAPA FRANCISCO sa Vatican at magkaroon ng dialogo?

Ngunit ang mga ito ay ang KATOTOHANANG HINDING-HINDI MABABAGO ng INC™ 1914:

• Si Cristo ay DIYOS na nagkatawang-tao (Juan 1:1-14)!

• Si Cristo ay DIYOS na NAPARITO sa laman! (2 Juan 1:7)

• Si Cristo ay DIYOS! (Filipos 2:5-8)

• Si Cristo ay DIYOS noon, ngayon at magpasawalang hanggan! (Hebreo 13:8)

• Ang Iglesia Katolika ay na sa pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo! (Pasugo Abril 1966, p. 46)

• Ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® ay tatag ni Ginoong Felix Y. Manalo noong 1914! (Pasugo Agosto-Setyembre 1964, p. 5)

KANINO NATUPAD ANG ROMA 16:16 ~ ANG IGLESIANG BINABATI NG LAHAT NG MGA IGLESIA NI CRISTO? INC™ 1914 BA SA PILIPINAS O ANG IGLESIA KATOLIKA SA ROMA (VATICAN)? 

Ang Roma 16:16 ay sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga Kristiano sa ROMA kung saan HANGGANG NGAYON ang TUNAY na Iglesia ni Cristo ay NAKATAYO pa rin at pinamamahalaan ng KAHALILI ni APOSTOL SAN PEDRO ~ si Santo Papa Francisco, ang ika-266 Papa ng Iglesia Katolika na sa pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo (Pasugo Abril 1966, p. 46).

Kaya't huwag na kayong paloloko pa sa mga nagsisulputang mga Iglesia raw ni Cristo sapagkat IISA lamang ang tatag na Iglesia ni Cristo (Pasugo Nobyembre 1943, p. 23). Ito ay tatag sa Jerusalem! (Pasugo Mayo 1954, p. 9) Kung meron mang mga SUMULPOT kamakailan (1914) at sinasabi nilang sila rin ay mga 'Iglesia Ni Cristo' sila ay HINDI TUNAY kundi mga HUWAD o PEKE! (Pasugo Mayo 1968, p. 7)

Merry Christmas Everyone! God Bless!

Ang Pasko Natin…

Tula ni Kapatid na EMILIANO I. AGUSTIN

Pasugo Dec. 1956, p 10

Sumilang si Hesus sa abang sabsaban

Tinubos tayo sa dilim ng buhay…

Tayo’y nagkasala at mga naligaw

Nawalan ng Diyos at kapayapaan…!

Si Hesus ang ating Maligayang Pasko

Ang Kapayapaang dapat na matamo…

Liwanag ng buhay sa patay na mundo

Biyaya ng Diyos sa handog na Cristo…!

Tanggapin ni Cristo ng buong pag-ibig

Tanging Aginaldo ng Diyos sa Langit…

Sa salang marumi’y mabisang panlinis

At magiging dapat sa dugong natigis…!

Sumunod kay Hesus ang mga naligaw

Maamong pasakop sa Kanyang paanan…

Tumatawag Siya’t lagging naghihintay

May laang PATAWAD sa magbagumbuhay…

Iwan na ang sama at magbalikloob

At buong pagsuyong lumapit kay Hesus…

Kung hindi sa Kanya na Dakilang Handog

Walang kaligtasan sa Hatol ng Diyos… !

Oh ! ang PASKO natin, puno ng pagsuyo

Ang Dakilang Cristong sa sala’y umako…

Sa Paskong marilag tanggapin sa puso

Ang Kapayapaang mahigit sa ginto… !

Ang Kapayapaan o tunay na Pasko

Tatanggapin nating Iglesia Ni Cristo…

Iglesya;y Katawan at Siya ang Ulo

Sa sumpa ng utos tinubos na tayo…!

Maghari sa puso ang KAPAYAPAAN

At sa MANUNUBOS huwag hihiwalay…

Sa Kanyang Iglesya’y manatiling saklaw

May buhay at langit pagdating ng Araw…!

Iglesia Ni Cristo® ~ "My Church" ayon kay G. Felix Manalo

Originally posted at Iglesia ni Cristo 33AD blog

Madalas na ipinagmamalaki ng mga kaanib ng samahan ni Felix Manalo sa larangan ng palitan ng kuru-kuro sa social media, maging sa kanilang mga programa sa telebisyon o radiyo, maging sa kanilang limbag na Pasugo, na ang "Iglesia Ni Cristo®" o INC™ raw ay hango sa pag-aangkin mismo ni Cristo sa Mateo 16:18 ng "AKING" iglesia o "MY" church. Kaya't nararapat lamang daw itong tawaging "Iglesia Ni Cristo®" tulad ng paliwanag ng isang INC™ sa ibaba:

JESUS CHRIST said so (Mt. 16:18)

"And so I say to you, you are Peter [not Felix Manalo], and upon this rock  I [not Felix Manalo] will build my [not Manalo] church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it."[Christ's original Church will not be re-established!!! Hell shall NOT prevail! It's CHRIST'S CHURCH!]

Wala tayong dapat na pagtatalo-talo rito sapagkat sa kasaysayan ng ating kaligtasan, may IISANG IGLESIANG kilala sa buong mundo bilang TATAG ni Cristo.

Ang pagpapakilala ni Cristo ng "AKING IGLESIA" sa Mateo 16:18 ay hindi po nangangailangan ng PAGPAPAREHISTRO sa anumang gobyerno noon o hanggang sa kasalukuyan sapagkat WALANG IBANG IGLESIANG KILALA na itinatag si CRISTO kundi ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA  (Gk: καθολική Εκκλησία) noon hanggang ngayon.

Ayon sa Wikipedia, ang Iglesia Katolika ay ang PINAKAMATANDA sa kasaysayan...

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide as of 2016. As the world's "oldest continuously functioning international institution", it has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilisation. The church is headed by the Bishop of Rome, known as the Pope. Its central administration, the Holy See, is in the Vatican City, an enclave within Rome, Italy.

Ayon naman sa BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA, ang Iglesia Katolika raw ay katumbas ng pagkakakilala sa buong ka-Kristianuhan sa buong kasaysayan nito:

At one level, of course, the interpretation of Roman Catholicism is closely related to the interpretation of Christianity as such. By its own reading of history, Roman Catholicism originated with the very beginnings of Christianity.

Paano tayo nakakasigurado na ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA nga ay siya pa ring TUNAY NA IGLESIANG tatag ni Cristo at magpahanggang ngayon sa kasalukuyan ay HINDI ito NATALIKOD tulad ng BINTANG ng mga Mormons (The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints) at ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo® - 1914?

Sa pamamagitan ng mga turo nitong HINDI nagbabago sa libong taon na itinuro ng mga Apostol sa pangunguna ni Apostol SAN PEDRO na siyang UNANG PAPA ng Iglesia. Sa nakaraang mahigit-kumulang na 2,018 taon ng Kristianismo, si PAPA FRANCISCO ay ang ika-266 Papa ng Iglesia Katolika ~ ang tunay na Iglesiang tatag ni Cristo!

Source: Britannica Encyclopedia

"MY CHURCH": ANG PAG-AANGKIN NI FELIX MANALO SA IGLESIA NI CRISTO®

Wala na tayong pagtatalo-talo pa sapagkat ayon sa PAMANTAYAN ng mga kaanib sa INC™ na kapag SINABI ni Cristo na "AKING IGLESIA" o "MY CHURCH" para mapatunayang may Iglesia si Cristo mula pa noong una (at hindi ito matatalikod kailanman ayon sa Kanyang ipinangako "hindi mananaig ang impierno (Mt. 16:17)" ito rin ang gagamitin nating PAMANTAYAN sa Iglesia Ni Cristo®-1914.

Sa lathala ng The Free Press noong  Pebrero 1950, INANGKIN ni G. Felix Manalo ang INC™ o IGLESIA NI CRISTO® bilang "MY CHURCH" o "AKING IGLESIA". 

Samakatuwid, ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® ayon sa REHISTRO nito ay nilagdaan ni G. Felix Manalo bilang TAGAPAGTATAG gamit ang pangalang "Cristo" ngunit sa katunayan ay IGLESIA NI MANALO.

FELIX MANALO said:

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"Why, who is Quirino? He is a man just the same as I am. I am not afraid of him. Show fear to no man--that is the best way to defend your rights. Member of MY CHURCH were beaten up..." [Confirmation came right from the mouse of the horse! It's MANALO's CHURCH!]

PASUGO November 1940, p. 23:

“There is only one who could build a Church worthy for God.  Who is He-- Only Jesus Christ.  No man-- whether wise or fool, whether small or great-- has the right to build a Church." [FYM is a man, fool, made himself great has no right!]

PASUGO August-September 1964, p. 5, "Ang Katotohanan Tungkol sa INK-1914"

“When was the INK recorded or registered in the Philippines?  It was in July 27, 1914.  Truly the registration says Brother F. Manalo founded the INK."

PASUGO May 1968, p. 7:

“The true Church of Christ is only one.  This is the Church that Christ built.  If there are established (founded) churches today that claim to be the Church of Christ too, these are not real but fakes only." 

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Sa pamamagitan ng kanilang lathala ay lalong lumilinaw na ang Iglesia Ni Cristo®-1914 ay HINDI  kay Cristo kundi sa mga MANALO lamang. Ito ay HINDI NAGMULA sa Diyos kundi nagmula sa mga Protestante! Hindi sila tunay na Kristiano kundi mga kulto! Hindi maka-Diyos kundi makasanlibutan!

Hanggang sa kasalukuyan, ang mga mamamahayag ay NAGPAPAKILALA pa rin sa INC™ bilang TATAG ni G. FELIX MANALO at hindi si Cristo! Sapagkat ito ay isang KATOTOHANANG hindi mapapalitan ninuman sa mga pahina ng kasaysayan ng tao!

GISING! Habang may panahon pa kayong magtika at bumalik sa tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo. Ito ang panawagan natin sa mga nasa ka-Diliman pa hanggang ngayon na lumapit na sa kaliwanagan ng tunay na Iglesia. 

Sa pahanon ng Adbiento (Advent), ihanda natin ang ating mga sarili sa pagdiriwang ng Kanyang kapanganakan upang sa Kanyang kaluwalhatian ay tayo'y dalisay na makikibahagi rito.

MALIGAYANG PAGDIRIWANG NG UNANG LINGGO NG ADBIENTO!

Napanood sa Eagle News ang Pamimigay ng Kaanib ng INC™ sa Santo Papa ng Magasing Pasugo

Nagulantang at nagsaya ang mga kaanib ng INC™ ni Felix Manalo sa balitang 'TINANGGAP" ng SANTO PAPA ang kanilang magasing PASUGO nang siya ay bumisia sa Roma Tre University noong nakaraang Biernes (Peb. 17, 2017. Napapanood DITO ang kaganapan.)

Heto ang nalathala sa kanilang Eagle News Facebook Page na accessible pa mga mula kahapon hanggang kaninang 7:00AM (Feb. 18, 2017)

 Ngunit bandang 10:00 AM ngayong araw ng Linggo ika-18 ng Pebrero 2017 ay ganito na ang nakalagay sa kanilang Eagle News website "ERROR 404"!

At dahil hindi naman natin alam kung bakit nila INALIS SA KANILANG WEBSITE ang balitan iyan, narito po sa ibaba ang buong video courtesy of CTV.

RUNNING TIME 1:44:02  Makikita natin kung paano tinanggap ng Santo Papa ang magasing PASUGO at ibinigay sa kaniyang mga Swiss Guards.

RUNNING TIME 1:44:06 Makikita ang pagpapaliwanag ng kaanib ng INC sa Santo Papa na ang INC™ raw ay isang "IGLESIA SA PILIPINAS" (malinaw po yan).

RUNNING TIME 1:44:16 Ang pagkaunawa ng Santo Papa ay ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA sa PILIPINAS, kaya't naibulalas niya na sa Pilipinas ay tawag sa kanya ay "LOLO KIKO" na ikinatuwa naman ng kaanib ng INC™.

RUNNING TIME 1:44:21 Namamalas sa mukha ng kaanib ng INC™ ang KAGALAKAN sa NAKASALAMUHA at NAKAUSAP niya harap-harapan ang itinuturing nilang "ANTI-CRISTO". Nakapagtataka na HINDI MAN LANG NIYA NAGAWANG sabihan siya at ng mga TAO roon na ang SANTO PAPA ng TUNAY at NAG-IISANG IGLESIA NI CRISTO ay na sinsabi nilang "NATALIKOD NA GANAP" ay ang ANTI-CRISTO!

RUNNING TIME 1:44:28 WALA NA ANG MAGASIN SA KAMAY NG SANTO PAPA!

Iglesia Ni Cristo®'s Hypocrisy on Biblical Images!

Members of Manalo's INC™ Church who are very critical against Catholic images of Jesus, Mary and the saints are quick to say THAT those images AREN'T JESUS, MARY or the SAINTS.

But SHAMELESSLY PUBLISHING IMAGE(S) of MOSES in their PASUGO magazine that no Manalista can GUARANTEE if that's how MOSES LOOKED LIKE.

Images of Moses and his wife and Aaron. Source: PASUGO June 2011 p. 32.

HYPOCRITES!

ANG KATOTOHANAN TUNGKOL SA IGLESIA NI CRISTO®-1914

Narito ang kopyang nilimbag ng Logos Publication at narito ang PDF kung nais niyo itong ipamahagi ang katotohanan tungkol sa INK-1914.

ANG KATOTOHANAN TUNGKOL SA INK – 1914

Ni Julian Pinzon

Ang Katotohanan Tungkol sa Iglesia Ni Cristo-1914 ay isang munting aklat hango sa mga nakasulat sa PASUGO—isang opisyal na magasin ng Iglesia ni Cristo (1914).  Ito ay nalimbag ng Divine Word Publication (ngayon ay Logos Publication), Oroqueat Street sa Lungsod ng Maynila.  Dahil mahirap ang maghanap ng sipi ng nasabing munting aklat, minabuti kong ibahagi sa inyo ang mga pagbubunyag na ito mula sa kanilang opisyal na magasing Pasugo upang maraming kaluluwa pa ang maliligtas sa pamamagitan ng pagbubunyag sa katotohanang hango sa magasing Pasugo. Pagpalain nawa tayo ng Dios at pagtulung-tulungan sana nating ibahagi "Ang Katotohanan Tungkol sa INK-1914."   

Ang Central Temple ng Iglesia ni Cristo (1914) sa Diliman, Lungsod ng Quezon,  Pilipinas

A. "SI JESU-CRISTO'Y SINUGO NG DIOS UPANG MAGTATAG NG IGLESIA."

1- PASUGO Mayo 1963, p. 13:

“Noong tumalikod ang bayang Israel at sumamba sa diyus-diyosan ay nagsugo ang Dios upang magtatag ng Iglesia."

2- PASUGO Setyembre 1940, p. 1:

“Dapat malaman ng lahat, ayon sa Bagong Tipan, ang tunay na INK ay si Cristo ang nagtatag nito."  

3- PASUGO Nobyembre 1940, p. 23:

“Iisa lamang ang tanging makapagtatayo ng Iglesiang magiging dapat sa Dios. Kung sino-- ang ating Panginoong Jesu-Cristo lamang! Sino mang tao-- maging marunong o mangmang, maging dakila o hamak-- ay walang karapatang magtayo ng Iglesia"

4- PASUGO Mayo 1968, p. 7:

“Ang tunay na INK ay iisa lamang. Ito ang Iglesiyang itinayo ni Cristo. Kung mayroon mang nagsisibangon ngayong mga Iglesia at sasabihing sila man ay Iglesia ni Cristo rin, ang mga ito ay hindi tunay na Iglesia ni Cristo kundi huwad lamang."

5- PASUGO Mayo 1954, p. 9:

“Alin ang tunay na Iglesia? Ang Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo sa Jerusalem."

Ang Kabuuan ng Nasa Itaas:

• Sinasariwa nila sa atin, ng mga tagapagtuguyod ng INK na lumitaw sa Pilipinas noong 1914, na si Cristo lamang ang tanging makapagtatayo ng Iglesiang magiging dapat sa Dios, at walang sinumang taong makapagtatayo ng Iglesia maging marunong o mangmang.

• At ipinababatid pa rin nila na iisa lamang ang Iglesiang itinayo ni Cristo at sa Jerusalem niya itinayo noong unang siglo.

B. SI FELIX MANALO'Y SINUGO NG DIOS UPANG MAGTATAG NG IGLESIA."

Larawan mula sa Kaliwa: Felix Manalo (nagtatag ng INK), apo niyang si Eduardo at ang anak niyang si Eraño.  Ang wala sa larawan ay ang susunod na punong-may ari na si Angelo V. Manalo.

1- PASUGO Agosto-Setyembre 1964, p. 2,5:

“Sino ang sinugo ng Dios upang maitatag ang Iglesia sa Pilipinas? Sa Isaias 46:11, ay ganito ang sabi: 'na tumatawag ng ibong mandaragit mula sa silanganan ang taong gumagawa ng aking payo mula sa malayong lupain" (Si Felix Manalo).

“Ayon sa kumakaaway sa INK sinasabi raw ng Rehistro na si Felix Manalo ang

nagtatag ng INK."

2- PASUGO Mayo 1967, 9.14:

“Sa panahong ito ng mga wakas na Lupa na nagsimula sa unang Digmaang Pandaigdig ay tatawag ang Dios ng kanyang huling sugo upang itatag ang kanyang Organisasyon. Kung gayon ang INK na lumitaw sa Pilipinas noong 1914, ay siyang Organisasyong Pinangunahan o Pinamahalaan ni Felix Manalo."

3- PASUGO Hulyo 1955, nasa panakip:

“Iyon ang Iglesia ni Cristo na dapat pasukan ng lahat ng tao; at ang tanging sugo'y si kapatid na Felix Manalo."

4- PASUGO Hulyo 1952, p. 4:“Kung ang babalingan ng pag-uusapan ay ang nagtatag, dapat na siya ang may-ari ng itinatag, at sa kanya rin manggagaling ang mga aral at turo na ipinatutupad."

Ang Kabuuan ng Nasa Itaas:

• Ipinaaalala nila sa atin na si Felix Manalo raw ang sinugo ng Dios na magtatag ng Iglesiang kanilang kinaaaniban, at si Kapatid nilang F. Manalo raw ang siyang tanging sugo sa Iglesia na lumitaw sa Pilipinas noong 1914.

• At tinatanggap nilang ito na sinasabi raw sa Rehistro na si Felix Manalo ang nagtatag.