INTRODUCING NAMEOFTHELORD777 MINISTRY SHORT HISTORY AND FOCUS OUR MINISTRY IS A NON DENOMINATIONAL SELF FUNDED MINISTRY. WE STARTED IN 2013 JANUARY WITH TWO SEEDS NOW GROWING IN MANDAUE, CEBU AND IN PALAWAN PHILIPPINES. WE SEEK TO REACH THE LOST AND EDIFY THE SAVED THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF BIBLE READING AND SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. WE ALSO HAVE A BIBLE TEACHING MINISTRY WITH PRACTICAL EDIFYING YOU TUBE / POWER POINT STUDIES OF VARIOUS TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LIVING. OUR EMPHASIS IS TO PREPARE AND ALERT THE WORLD’S CHRISTIANS TO THE IMMINENT DANGER IN OUR PERILOUS END TIMES AND THE FACT THAT ALL SIGNS POINT TO TRIBULATION AND AT ITS END, THE RAPTURE. NAMEOFTHELORD777 MINISTRY CAN BE CONTACTED IN THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH CELLPHONE NUMBERS 09998461315 / 09497715707 ALSO BY OUR EMAIL [email protected]. WHAT IS THE IGLESIA NI CRSITO? WELL ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES FOUNDED IN 1914 . BECAUSE THEIR FOUNDER, FELIX MANALO, WAS ONCE A FREEMASON. IGLESIA NI CRISTO : WHO ARE THEY AND WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE? FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH NEWSPAPER. WITHOUT TELLING ANSWERS TO DISCRIMINATE MY CHURCH, I WILL ANSWER MOST OF YOUR GUY’S QUESTIONS. 1) WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM? -THE MONEY CAME FROM OUR MEMBERS. 2) WHY DID YOU BOUGHT A GHOST TOWN? -WE’LL BE USING THE BOUGHT LAND FOR OUR USES. 3) WHY DO YOU GUYS DO NOT BELIEVE IN TRINITY? -TRINITY IS NEVER WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE. YOU MAY BUY EVERY SINGLE BIBLE IN THE WORLD, BUT NO TRINITY WILL BE FOUND. 4) HOW IS BROTHER FELIX Y. MANALO AN ANGEL? -HE’S GOD’S LAST MESSENGER IN THESE LAST DAYS. READ AN HISTORY OF BROTHER FELIX Y. MANALO AND YOU’LL HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. 5) HOW IS JESUS NOT GOD? -JESUS TRIED TO PROVE THAT HE’S NOT GOD. GOD IS SPIRIT, NO FLESH AND BONES. READ THE BIBLE. 6) WHERE IN THE WORLD DO YOU GUYS GET YOUR INFORMATION? -WE USE THE BIBLE. WE DO NOT USE OUR PERSONAL ANSWERS. WE NEVER SHARE ANSWERS THAT’S FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND OPINIONS. WE GET OUR ANSWERS AND INFORMATION BY THE BIBLE. IGLESIA NI CRISTO PHILIPPINE ARENA As a church they do a magnificent job at building beautiful structures. My issue is they don’t see Jesus as one of the Trinity. This makes them a cult by definition of Christianity. IGLESIA NI CRISTO QUESTION: "WHAT IS IGLESIA NI CRISTO?“ G0TQUESTIONS.ORG HTTP://WWW.GOTQUESTIONS.ORG/IGLESIA-NI-CRISTO.HTML ANSWER: IGLESIA NI CRISTO WAS FOUNDED BY FELIX MANALO IN 1914 IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE PHRASE “IGLESIA NI CRISTO” IS TAGALOG (THE LANGUAGE OF THE PHILIPPINES) FOR “CHURCH OF CHRIST.” SADLY, WHILE CLAIMING TO BE A CHURCH, IGLESIA NI CRISTO HAS ALL OF THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF A CULT. THE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS A SINGLE CHARISMATIC LEADER WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE A SPECIAL REVELATION FROM GOD. FELIX MANALO WAS A FORMER CATHOLIC WHO ABANDONED CATHOLICISM IN HIS TEENS. HE EXPERIMENTED WITH SEVERAL PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS AND THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES. MANALO FINALLY STARTED HIS OWN CHURCH, THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO, IN 1914. WHEN A SCHISM IN THE CHURCH APPEARED IN 1922, HE BEGAN CLAIMING TO BE GOD’S PROPHET IN AN EFFORT TO ACCUMULATE POWER AND RE-ASSERT HIS LEADERSHIP OVER THE CHURCH. SOME OF HIS CLAIMS ARE THAT THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO WAS PROPHESIED IN THE BIBLE. THE SPECIFIC PROPHECY QUOTED IS ISAIAH 43:5–6, “FEAR NOT, FOR I AM WITH YOU; I WILL BRING YOUR OFFSPRING FROM THE EAST, AND FROM THE WEST I WILL GATHER YOU. I WILL SAY TO THE NORTH, GIVE UP, AND TO THE SOUTH, DO NOT WITHHOLD; BRING MY SONS FROM AFAR AND MY DAUGHTERS FROM THE END OF THE EARTH.” IGLESIA NI CRISTO INTERPRETS THE WORD EAST AS “FAR EAST” (BASED ON A FAULTY TRANSLATION) AND CLAIMS THAT IT POINTS TO THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO BEING CREATED IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO CLAIMS TO BE THE ONE, TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST BECAUSE THEY ARE CALLED “THE CHURCH OF CHRIST” AND THEY CAN POINT TO SOME VERSES IN THE BIBLE WHICH USE THE PHRASE “CHURCH OF CHRIST.” MOST NOTABLY, THEY POINT TO ROMANS 16:16, WHICH SAYS, “GREET ONE ANOTHER WITH A HOLY KISS. ALL THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST GREET YOU.” HOWEVER, IN THIS VERSE, THE “CHURCHES OF CHRIST” ISN’T REFERRING TO THE NAME OF A PARTICULAR CHURCH, BUT TO ALL THE CHURCHES THAT PAUL VISITED THAT FOLLOWED JESUS CHRIST. THEY ALSO READ FROM A MISTRANSLATION OF ACTS 20:28 THAT READS “CHURCH OF CHRIST,” BUT THE ACTUAL GREEK READS “CHURCH OF GOD.” WHETHER OR NOT A CHURCH IS NAMED THE “CHURCH OF CHRIST” IS IRRELEVANT. THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES THAT HAVE “CHURCH OF CHRIST” IN THEIR NAME; THAT DOESN’T MAKE THEM THE ONE TRUE CHURCH. QUESTION: "WHAT IS IGLESIA NI CRISTO?" ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF DEFECTIVE DOCTRINE IN THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO IS THEIR CHRISTOLOGY. THEY DENY THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST (AS DO ALL CULTS AND FALSE RELIGIONS) AND ASSERT THAT JESUS WAS CREATED BY GOD AND ENABLED TO DO MIRACULOUS WORKS BY GOD. THEY DENY THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. THEY CLAIM THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS AN IMPERSONAL FORCE. THEY ALSO CLAIM THAT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN ITS CURRENT FORM HAS APOSTATIZED, AND THAT THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO IS THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE TRUE CHURCH THAT WAS LOST IN THE FIRST CENTURY; AND THIS BY MEANS OF GOD’S LAST MESSENGER, FELIX MANALO—THE FOUNDER OF IGLESIA NI CRISTO. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE CULTIC NATURE OF IGLESIA NI CRISTO IS ITS CLAIM TO BE THE SOLE SOURCE OF TRUTH AND SALVATION. THIS MAY SEEM ODD SINCE CHRISTIANITY, AS A WHOLE, MAKES THESE CLAIMS OF EXCLUSIVITY, TOO. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT, WHILE CHRISTIANITY DOES MAKE EXCLUSIVE CLAIMS, INDIVIDUAL CHURCHES/DENOMINATIONS DO NOT (OR AT LEAST SHOULD NOT) CLAIM TO BE THE SOLE SOURCE OF THAT EXCLUSIVITY. TRUE CHURCHES RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN DENOMINATION THAT ARE RIGHTFULLY CHRISTIAN AND THAT WE CAN ALL BELIEVE DIFFERENT THINGS ON SECONDARY DOCTRINES, YET STILL ALL BE SAVED. JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF SAID THAT SALVATION IS FOUND IN HIM, THAT HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER (JOHN 14:6), NOT MEMBERSHIP IN A SPECIFIC CHURCH HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER UNBIBLICAL OR EXTRA-BIBLICAL DOCTRINES THAT IGLESIA NI CRISTO TEACHES: • THEY BELIEVE THAT ONE MUST HEAR THE GOSPEL FROM AUTHORIZED IGLESIA NI CRISTO MESSENGERS AND MINISTERS. • THEY BELIEVE THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE CHURCH IS “IGLESIA NI CRISTO.” OTHER NAMES ARE NOT THE TRUE NAME OF THE CHURCH AND, THEREFORE, FALSE CHURCHES. QUESTION: "WHAT IS IGLESIA NI CRISTO?" • THEY BELIEVE THAT ONE MUST HEAR THE GOSPEL FROM AUTHORIZED IGLESIA NI CRISTO MESSENGERS AND MINISTERS. • THEY BELIEVE THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE CHURCH IS “IGLESIA NI CRISTO.” OTHER NAMES ARE NOT THE TRUE NAME OF THE CHURCH AND, THEREFORE, FALSE CHURCHES. • THEY BELIEVE A PERSON MUST BE A MEMBER OF AN IGLESIA NI CRISTO CHURCH AND BE WATER BAPTIZED TO BE SAVED. • THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE MUST AVOID EATING DINUGUAN, WHICH IS PORK BLOOD STEW, A FILIPINO DELICACY. • THEIR MEMBERS MUST AVOID JOINING TRADE UNIONS. • THEIR MEMBERS MUST AVOID COURT SESSIONS. • THEY MUST VOTE IN BLOCS. • THEY ARE UNDER COMPULSORY CHURCH ATTENDANCE. • THEY MUST GIVE TITHES TO THE CHURCH. ACCORDING TO IGLESIA NI CRISTO, ALL OF THE ABOVE RULES AND REGULATIONS ARE MANDATORY IN ORDER FOR A PERSON TO BE SAVED. THE BIBLE, OF COURSE, TEACHES THAT SALVATION IS “THE GIFT OF GOD, NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN BOAST” (EPHESIANS 2:9). QUESTION: "WHAT IS IGLESIA NI CRISTO?" AS IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO IS A CULT. THEY DENY ESSENTIAL HISTORIC CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE— NAMELY, THE TRINITY AND THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST. THEY HOLD AN ALMOST UNBREAKABLE GRIP ON THEIR MEMBERS, AND THEY IMPOSE A MAN-MADE PATH TO SALVATION THROUGH SERVICE AND WORKS. OUR LORD PREDICTED THAT IN THE LAST DAYS THERE WOULD COME MANY WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRIST AND LEAD PEOPLE ASTRAY (MATTHEW 24:5). THANKFULLY, HE ALSO SAID THAT THE TRUE BELIEVERS WOULD NOT BE TURNED AWAY (JOHN 6:37). AS CHRISTIANS, WE MUST BE WARY OF THE TEACHINGS OF FALSE MESSIAHS AND CULTIC OFFSHOOTS OF CHRISTIANITY, SUCH AS THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO. WE MUST BE WELL GROUNDED IN THE WORD OF GOD SO THAT WE CAN SPOT THESE PURVEYORS OF FALSEHOOD. WE MUST ALSO REALIZE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAPPED IN THESE CULTS NEED THE SALVATION THAT CAN BE FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST—THE ONLY SON OF GOD—JUST AS MUCH AS WE DID WHEN WE WERE LOST IN OUR SIN. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES: THE KINGDOM OF THE CULTS, REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION AND LOGOS BIBLE SOFTWARE. READ MORE: HTTP://WWW.GOTQUESTIONS.ORG/IGLESIA-NI-CRISTO.HTML#IXZZ3KNN9OPD4 HTTP://WWW.GOTQUESTIONS.ORG/IGLESIA-NI-CRISTO.HTML SYMBOLISM ON IGLESIA NI CRISTO EMBLEM SYMBOLISM AND MASONS=ILLUMINATI SYMBOLISM AND MASONS=ILLUMINATI SYMBOLISM AND MASONS=ILLUMINATI=? IGLESIA NI CRISTO The Iglesia Ni Cristo uses this Symbol as their The Masons use this Symbol as their Global Organizational symbol. They are a Global Organizational symbol. They ar e a Secretive organization with the members Goal Secretive organization with the members Goal Of ruling the world with a one World Government??? Of ruling the world with a one World Government. SYMBOLISM AND MASONS=ILLUMINATI I got this from this thread discussing the Masonic elements of the Iglesia ni Cristo. They are suspecting that Felix Manalo may have been a 22nd degree Mason. Posted by The Pinoy Catholic at 10:22 AM SYMBOLISM ON IGLESIA NI CRISTO EMBLEM SYMBOLISM ON IGLESIA NI CRISTO EMBLEM IE COMPASS, INVERTED TRIANGLE, PENTAGON MASONS USE SECRET HANDSHAKES SYMBOLISM ON IGLESIA NI CRISTO EMBLEM (STAR BURST IS MASONS SUN GOD) BY RAINO ON MAY 30, 2014 · CULTS AND OCCULTS, ILLUMINATI JESUITS, JESUIT NEW WORLD ORDER, JESUIT-ILLUMINATI NEW WORLD ORDER, MGA ILLUMINATI AT ANG PILIPINAS, NEW WORLD ORDER PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINE OCCULTS/CULTS, THE ILLUMINATI AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, UNCATEGORIZED BY RAINO ON MAY 30, 2014 · CULTS AND OCCULTS, ILLUMINATI JESUITS, JESUIT NEW WORLD ORDER, JESUIT-ILLUMINATI NEW WORLD ORDER, MGA ILLUMINATI AT ANG PILIPINAS, NEW WORLD ORDER PHILIPPINES, PHILIPPINE OCCULTS/CULTS, THE ILLUMINATI AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER, THE NEW WORLD ORDER, UNCATEGORIZED ROMANISM ARRIVED IN THE SO-CALLED PHILIPPINES OF ROMAN CATHOLIC CONQUEST DURING THE SECOND CONQUEST AFTER THE PORTUGUESE “CONQUESTADOR” FERDINAND MAGELLAN WAS KILLED BY DATU LAPU-LAPU IN THE BATTLE OF MACTAN.