After doing hours of
research on this church “Iglesia Ni Cristo” (Church Of Christ) and their
doctrines, I feel it is the most responsible thing to tell
you that this church is a cult.
It has also been cited as
one of the largest and most powerful churches in the developing world. INC is also one of the largest
religious bodies of the world with 27 million adherents.
There are several passages
that warn us of those that change the word of God and what the consequences
will be.
Every word of God is
tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words
Lest He reprove you, and you be proved a liar. (Pr 30:5,6) also read: Duet. 4:2
and Rev. 22:18,19
A cult, in Christian
terminology, is a group gathered around an individual or an organization that
claims to be a prophet, a messenger, an apostle, or one who has been specially
chosen by God. Cults claim to be in harmony with the historic Christian faith
but in fact, they deny all the foundational beliefs of the Christian faith such
as the Trinity!!!!, the Deity of Christ, and Salvation by Grace Alone to name a
few. All cults have the following common traits:
1.
They all claim to be the restoration of Christianity; they are the true Church,
the remnant, movement, and only organization of God. All others are in error. SO THEY SAY!!!!!!!
Christianity as you know it
should be more
Accurately titled
"Paulianity or Churchianity".
People follow the "so-called"
teaching of Paul rather than Christ and go to church because they are lazy and
are looking for an "easy-path" and there is NO easy path. So they are
being deceived by satan and are suffering from "Self"-delusion and
become priests and "agents of evil", unwittingly, most of them.
Matthew 7
7:13 Enter ye in at the "Strait"
gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way (the
"easy-path"), that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go
in thereat (most of mankind):
7:14 Because Strait [is] the gate, and
narrow [is] The Way (like the eye of a needle), which leadeth unto Life, and
(extremely) few there be that find it (as the "Times of Noah" will it
be").
People spend lifetimes trying to understand
what Paul meant in his letters, instead of spending their time studying, doing
and "Living" the Teaching of Christ and DAILY crucifying
"Self", as Paul had already done. "Take up your cross DAILY and
follow ME - MY example and Teaching on how to do it." (Luke 9:23).
Matthew 15:24 But he
answered and said, I am not sent but unto the 'lost sheep' of the "House
of Israel" (the Ten "Lost" Tribes of Israel who became Christ's,
at least in name).
The Christian church has purposely wrongly
translated the word "community" as
"church" to try to justify their own existence and the
"holy people" (Israel) as "saints" to deceive everyone and
hide the Truth, so that they could then falsely claim to be Israel the church,
instead of Israel the NATION.
You were told to preach the
Gospel of the KINGDOM, not the church, to all NATIONS not churches, for a
witness (Revelation 11 v 3) and then the end of Satan's rule would come - the
end of the "Winter" age or dispensation NOT the planet (Matthew 24 v
14).
That means that when
everyone knows how fair God's Laws and Economics are for EVERYONE; not like
man's laws and economics, which have one law for the poor and another for the
rich; then the people would get rid of men's evil systems of government, which
are inspired by Satan, and set up God's Kingdom on Earth, for the benefit of
ALL mankind. http://jahtruth.net/noti.htm
2.
They all have extra biblical authority. The Bible is never enough; it cannot be
understood apart from the cult. The Bible always has a secondary status, and it
is the cult’s book or new revelation that is above the Bible, and interprets
it.
The TRUTH about Rabbis;
Priests and Imams
God abolished the Jewish Rabbis and priests
two thousand years ago, but they have arrogantly and stubbornly refused to obey
Him and cease their treason against God, for two thousand years, whilst, just
like the pope etc. who do exactly the same, falsely claiming to work for Him,
when He says they don't. The following is Biblical PROOF of this FACT:-
EZEKIEL 34 (Precis) 6th century B.C.
And the Word of the Lord came unto me
saying, Son of man, prophesy AGAINST the "shepherds of Israel",
prophesy , and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the Levites (Jewish
priests - Rabbis):
Woe be to the Levites of Israel that do
feed themselves! Should not the Levites feed the flocks?
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the
wool, ye kill them that are fed (the prophets, whom God has fed PERSONALLY with
His TRUTH): but ye feed NOT the flock.
The diseased have ye not strengthened,
neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which
was broken (Isaiah 61 v 1 & Luke 4 v 18), neither have ye sought that which
was lost (the 10 "Lost" Tribes of Israel): but with force and with
CRUELTY have ye ruled them.
Therefore, ye Levites, hear the Word of the
Lord: (John 1 v 14).
As I Live, saith the Lord God, surely
because My flock became a prey, and My flock became MEAT to every beast of the
field, because there was no shepherd, neither did My Levites search for My
flock, but the LEVITES fed THEMSELVES and fed NOT My flock:
THEREFORE O ye LEVITES, hear the Word of
the Lord;
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold I am
AGAINST the LEVITES; and I will require My flock at their hand, and cause THEM
(the Levites) to CEASE from feeding the flock; neither shall the LEVITES feed
themselves any more; for I will deliver My flock from their MOUTH, that they
(MY flock) may not be MEAT for them (the LEVITES).
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold I even
I will both search My sheep and seek them out (John 10 v 11).
As a SHEPHERD seeketh out His flock in the
day that He is among His sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out My sheep.
I will seek out that which is
"Lost" (the 10 lost tribes - the "House of Israel") and
bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken
(Isaiah 61 v 1 & Luke 4 v 18 and The COVENANT) and will strengthen that
which was sick: but I will DESTROY the fat (poison) and the strong: I will feed
them with JUDGEMENT.
And I will set up ONE Shepherd over them
(the flocks - plural - the 2 kingdoms - House of Israel and House of Judah) and
he shall feed them, even My "well-beloved"* servant, he shall feed
them and he (ONLY) shall be their Shepherd (singular).
And I the Lord will be their God, and My
"well-beloved"*
(Matthew 3 v 17)(Son)
servant a Prince (Son of the King - Michael - the Arch-angel - Daniel 10 v 21
& Revelation 12 v 7) among them; I the "I AM" LORD have spoken
it.
And I will make with them a "Covenant
of Peace" (the Prince of Peace - and the New Covenant / Testament
reconfirming the Moral Law of the Old Covenant and adding a spiritual dimension
to it).
And the tree of the field (Olive-Israel NOT
Judah) shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they
shall be safe in their land (England), and shall KNOW that I am the Lord, when
I have broken the bands of their yoke (oppression) and delivered them out of
the hand of those (the LEVITES) that served THEMSELVES of them (the flocks).
Thus shall they know that I the Lord their
God am with them (EMMANUEL - Matthew 1 v 21-23), and that they even the
"House of Israel" (the 10 "Lost Tribes") are My people
(Brit-ish - Christian) saith the Lord God. (All 10 of the so-called
"Lost" tribes accepted Christ as their Lord and are called Christian
Nations - at least by name if not by nature).
And ye My flock, the flock of My pasture,
are MEN and I am YOUR God, saith the Lord God.
This prophecy through Ezekiel was fulfilled
and the rabbis abolished, except for Jesus the Rabboni, two thousand years ago,
by Jesus and he confirmed it in Matthew 23 when he told everyone, including the
12 Disciples, that they must not be a priest because Christ from then on is the
only priest recognised by God.
Matthew 23:8 But be NOT ye called rabbi;
priest; imam (etc.): for ONE is your Teacher, [even] Christ; and all ye are
brethren.
Are you listening rabbis; pope; priests and imams?
The previous translators of Ezekiel who
have all been priests, Jewish and/or Christian, in direct contravention of this
prophecy from God, have purposely not translated the word David from Hebrew
into English in a desperate attempt to hide the Truth and keep their jobs,
thereby continuing to commit treason, for their master Satan, against God,
whilst claiming, falsely, to serve Him.
* The word David means
"well-beloved" but all the previous translators have translated the
whole sentence from Hebrew into English without translating the word David,
trying to create the false-impression that God was referring to king David,
instead of to His "Well-Beloved" Son, Christ. This non-translation of
the word David makes the prophecy into nonsense, because David had already been
dead for 500 years before this prophecy was given to Ezekiel. That is exactly
why the Jewish and Christian priest translators conspired together not to
translate this prophecy correctly and deceive the world, so they could all, of
both religions, ignore what God had commanded them not to do and so keep their
cushy jobs.
To back up this deception the Jews have
said Jesus could not be the ONE Rabboni, or ONE Shepherd, referred to by God in
Ezekiel 34 because he was not a Levite and they quote Jeremiah 33:18 for their
authority, but again this is NOT the Truth. In both the Bible and the Koran we
are informed by God that the Virgin Mary was from both the Line of David and
also the Line of Amram the father of Moses, a Levite. She was a cousin of
Elisabeth, who was the Levite wife of Zacharias (Luke 1:5) the priest and the
mother of John the Baptist.
JEREMIAH 33 v 18
Neither shall the priests the LEVITES
(shepherds of Israel) want (lack) A man (NOT lots of men) before Me to offer
burnt* offerings (Matthew 3 v 11 & 12), and to do sacrifice continually
(Luke 9 v 23 - "And he said to them ALL, if any man will come after Me
(follow the Shepherd), let him deny himSELF (SELF-sacrifice), and take up his
cross (of SELF-sacrifice) DAILY (continually) and follow Me (be unSELFish and
feed the flocks)." Luke 9 v 24 "whoever will lose his
"SELF"-life (daily) for My sake (continually), the same shall save it
(his REAL Life - that of his spirit-Being or soul)."
3. All cults deny the Deity of
Jesus+Christ. “human+being” “flesh+spirit” They all deny
that Christ who is an eternal-being that pre-existed before creation came in
the flesh “Jesus”2000 years ago. As
stated on their website
NOW IS THE TIME TO WAKE UP
THE MASTER’S PLAN
‘When Thy Judgments are in
the earth, the inhabitants
of the world will learn
righteousness’ ISAIAH 26:9
Matthew 13:47 Again, the
Kingdom of heaven is like unto a NET, that was cast into the sea “of mankind”,
and gathered of every kind: of inter-NET which is found only at http://jahtruth.net/mastplan.htm
Every Last One of Us! Immortal
"Beings of Light"
John 8:49 Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
17:1 These words spoke
Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;
glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee:
17:2 As Thou hast given him
power over all flesh, that he should give Eternal Life to as many as Thou hast
given him.
17:3 And THIS is Life
Eternal, that they might KNOW Thee the ONLY True God, and Christ the Saviour, whom Thou hast
sent.
17:4 I have glorified Thee
on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do.
17:5 And now, O Father,
glorify Thou me with Thine Own self with the glory which I had with Thee BEFORE THE WORLD WAS.
17:16 They are not of the
world, even as I am not
of the world.
17:17 Sanctify them through
Thy Truth: Thy Word is Truth.
17:24 Father, I will that
they also, whom Thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold
my Glory, which Thou hast given me: for Thou loved me BEFORE the foundation of the world.
4. All
cults deny salvation by grace alone. Cults emphasize that works are absolutely
necessary for salvation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS OF
NATURE AND GRACE.
(human) + (Being)
Luke 10:30-37
The Priest and the Levite
who thought they were righteous and holy but when Yahshua tested them they
failed to love their neighbour as themselves.
Thereby their righteousness and holiness is made void because of the
traditions of men. But the Samaritan, who was humble and compassionate, loved
his neighbour and took care of him with no thought of reward.
A true worshipper of Father
“I AM” is one who loves and takes care of those in need.
The Priest and the Levite
failed because they believed that their creed, doctrines and dogma is superior
to deed. But in fact Yahshua says that DEED over creed is superior.
He who lives by good DEEDS
is a true worshipper of Yahweh.
In Gods eyes those who live
by DOING GOOD DEEDS are truly RIGHTEOUS and HOLY and they shall and will
receive eternal life and receive a crown of righteousness because of their
righteous ACTS.
We will be judged according to our good deeds or
works.
Rev. 20:12 (KJV)
And I saw the dead, small
and great, stand before “I AM”; and the books were opened: and another book was
opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the books, according to their works.
Rev. 22:12-14 (KJV)
And, behold, I come
quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work
shall be. 13I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the
last. 14Blessed are they that DO HIS commandments that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
As you can see, eternal life is based on keeping
and doing “I AM” laws, commands,
statutes, judgments and degrees
We are judged according to
our good works. It has NOTHING to do with creed, doctrines and dogma which is
all based on a believe system. http://jahtruth.net/noti.htm
1 John 3:18 My little
children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in DEED and in Truth.
3:19 And hereby we know
that we are of the Truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
3:20 For if our heart
condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
3:21 Beloved, if our heart
condemn us not, [then] have we confidence toward God.
3:22 And whatsoever we ask,
we receive of Him, because we KEEP His Commandments, and DO those things that
are pleasing in His sight.
3:23 And this is His
Commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son the Christ, and love one another,
as he gave us commandment.
3:24 And he that keepeth His Commandments dwelleth in Him, and
He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He
hath given us.
5.
The image of Christ.
Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) does not
realize the image of Christ is a spirit being, the first born before creation
that we know about. NO BODY ON THIS PLANET HAS SEEN CHRIST IN HIS REAL IMAGE.
Why? Because He is invisible like his Father. Therefore, no human eye can see
Him as His real self. “If He did, he would die”
Colossians 1:15 Who is the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
1:16 For by Him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers: all things were created by Him, and for him:
1:17 And He is before all things, and by Him
all things consist.
1:19 For it pleased [the
Father] that in him should all fullness dwell;
John 4:22 Ye worship ye
know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
4:23 But the hour cometh,
and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth: for the
Father seeketh such to worship Him.
4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that
worship Him must worship [Him] with their spirit (being) and in Truth.
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I
myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones,
as ye see me have.
Ephesians 4:21 If so be
that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the Truth is in Jesus:
4:22 That ye put off
concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to
the deceitful lusts;
4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind (your Being);
4:24 And that ye put on the new man, (spirit-being) which after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness.
Hebrews
1:1 God, Who at sundry
times and in diverse manners spoke in time past unto the fathers by the
Prophets,
1:2 Hath in these last days
spoken unto us by [His] Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
1:3 Who being the brightness of [His] glory, and the express
image of His person, and upholding
all things by the Word of His power, when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of His Majesty on high;
1:4 Being made so much
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they.
1:5 For unto which of the
angels said He at any time, Thou art My Son, this day have I incarnated thee? And
again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to Me a Son?
1:6 And again, when He
bringeth in the first incarnated into the world, He saith, And let all the
angels of God worship him.
1:7 And unto the angels He
saith, Who maketh His angels spirits (Beings), and His ministers a flame of
fire (energy).
1:8 But unto the Son [He
saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness
[is] the sceptre of thy Kingdom.
1:9 Thou hast loved
righteousness, and hated inequity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows (spirit-beings).
1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in
the Beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the
works of thine hands:
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe
not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are from God: because many
false prophets are gone out into the world.
4:2 Hereby know ye the
Spirit of God: Every spirit that
confesseth that Christ is come in the flesh of Jesus is of God:
4:3 And every spirit
that confesseth not that Christ is come in the flesh of Jesus is not of God:
and this is that [spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should
come; and even now already is it in the world.
5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that
believeth that the Spirit in Jesus is the Son of God?
5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even]
Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit
that beareth witness, because the Spirit is Truth.
5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are as one.
5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the
Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us
eternal Life, and this Life is in [the teaching of] His Son.
NB not in Rabbis; Priests and Imams
Lies listed below as stated by “Iglesia
Ni Cristo”
1.
The INC claims to
be the only true Church of Christ on the earth.
2.
In fact. Felix
Manalo taught that the true Gospel was lost for 1900 years until he restored it
in July 1914. In fact Manalo taught that 1914 marked the time of the ends of
the earth, and hence the year 1914 has come to have significance for the INC in
the same way as it has for the Jehovah Witnesses.
3.
Manalo taught that
after the Apostles died in the first century, true Christianity was lost and
God chose Manalo to restore it.
4.
The INC believes
that Felix Manalo is the messenger of God for these last days. The INC claims
to be the restored Church of Christ. Thus in the INCs own words, The worshipper
must also belong to where God chooses His servants to be, that is, in the true
Church-the Church of Christ. (Gods Message May 2002 Vol.25 No.5 pp.5, 10.
emphasis mine) It is our Lord Jesus Christ who founded this Church with Brother
Felix Y. Manalo as the instrument in revealing the truth about the Church. (Ibid.
p.19)
5.
Believes the Son
as the literal Word (which has no pre-existence) who became man. He was given
power by the Father to do supernatural miracles. He is not God.
6.
Believes in an
impersonal Holy Spirit, a power sent by the Father in the name of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit is not God but one of the spirits sent by God.
7.
Believes a person
must hear the "gospel" from authorized INC messengers and INC
ministers. They are the only ones who have God's Holy Spirit in order for them
to understand the Bible.
8.
Believes the
official name of the church is "Iglesia ni Cristo" (Church of Christ)
while other churches that use this name is not the true church.
9.
Felix Manalo is
said to be the restorer of the church of Christ, and "God's last
messenger"
10. INC divides time into three periods: the era of the
Patriarchs (from creation to the birth of Moses), the era of the Prophets (from
the birth of Moses to the birth of Jesus), and the Christian era (from the
birth of Jesus to the Last Judgment). Adherents believe him to be the last
messenger of God in the Christian Era. !!!!!!! http://jahtruth.net/mal4.htm
11. The INC says that Manalo is the "angel from the
east", mentioned in Revelation 7:1–3 who started the INC at the same time
that World War I broke out. This period of time according to INC is referred to
as the ends of the earth (cf Is 41:9-10; 43:5-6) the time when the end of the
world is near, even at the doors (cf. Mt. 24:3, 33), which began with the
outbreak of a war of global proportions (cf. Mt. 24:6-7)[58][62] Felix Manalo
is from the Philippines, which they say is in the ‘center’ of the Far East.[63]
The ‘four winds’ in Revelation 7:1-3, they say refers to World War I and the
four angels are the four leaders known as the big four(Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd
George, Georges Clemenceau, and Vittorio Orlando) who they say worked on the
prevention of the war.[64][65]
Revelation 7:1 And after these
things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the
four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the
sea, nor on any tree. 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the East!!!!!, having the seal of the
Living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was
given to hurt the earth and the sea,
12. Manalo is also portrayed as the fulfillment of several
passages in Isaiah and other books of the Bible.[32][33] Manalo's titles are
"ravenous bird from the east" (Isa. 46:11), "worm Jacob"
(Ps. 22:6-7), "one shepherd" (John 10:6) and "the last
Elijah" (Mt.17:10-11; Mal.4:5)
13. As the one who established the INC, Manalo was the
chief administrator, chief theologian and spiritual leader of the church.[57]
As such, he was the ultimate authority in all aspects of the church, and
effectively "the foremost Biblical authority for all humanity and the
divinely designated leader of a re-established church of Christ in the modern
world." His influence within the church caused people from other religions
to call INC and its members "Iglesia ni Manalo" (Tagalog for Church
of Manalo) and "Manalistas", respectively,[32] labels INC members
consider as both pejoratives and blasphemous.[citation needed]
14. Members believe that when a person dies, his/her body
and soul both die and go into the grave where both would remain until the
Second Coming of Christ. Upon his return, all dead members of the Iglesia ni
Cristo, including Manalo, would be resurrected to join living INC members. They
would be rewarded by living in the Holy City together with God the Father,
Christ, and Manalo. After 1,000 years, a second resurrection would occur, and
non-INC members will experience second death which is the Lake of Fire
(Dagát-dagatang Apóy).[3]
The church stresses its
independence, saying that it is not a denomination or sect of any of the major
groupings and is neither affiliated to any federation of religious bodies, nor
itself an assembly of smaller religious organizations.[10] Other sources call
it the largest entirely indigenous Christian denomination in the
Philippines,[11][12] the largest religious organization that originated in the
Philippine Islands, and also the largest independent Christian church in
Asia.[13] It has also been
cited as one of the largest and most powerful churches in the developing
world.[14]INC is also one of the largest religious bodies of the world with 27
million adherents.[15] Due to a number of similarities, some Protestant writers
describe the INC's doctrines as restorationist in outlook and theme.[16] INC,
however, does not consider itself to be part of the Restoration Movement, which
it considers as the "children" of the apostate Roman Catholic
Church.[17]
Iglesia ni Cristo believes
that it is the true church established by Jesus Christ in the first century,
and that its registration in the Philippines is the fulfilment of bible
prophesies that Jesus Christ's church would re-emerge in the Far East.[10] http://jahtruth.net/ausnz.htm
Felix Y. Manalo officially
registered the church with the Philippine Government on July 27, 1914[18] and
because of this, most publications refer to him as the "founder" of
the church.[19] However, the official doctrines of the church profess that
Christ is the founder of the INC[20] and that Felix Manalo was the last
messenger, sent by God to re-establish the Christian Church to its true,
pristine form because the original church was apostatized. INC teaches that the
apostate church is the Roman Catholic Church,[21] and proclaims that Catholic
beliefs[22] shared by most Christians, such as the Trinity are proof of this
apostasy. The church teaches
that the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit are not
biblical. http://jahtruth.net/kcnot.htm
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