Big Crowds to gather on ‘Iglesia Ni Cristo’ Day

Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 8:30
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The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) will mark its 95th founding anniversary in the Philippines on July 27, 2009. Aside from the annual thanksgiving services that will be held today in its many houses of worship all over the country, the INC is also set to conduct on Monday grand religious assemblies in 14 huge venues across the nation.

Huge crowds are expected to come to the said event, as INC delegates and supporters from neighboring towns and provinces are set to join in the celebration of the “Iglesia Ni Cristo Day”.

Malacañang has earlier declared that day, July 27, as a special national working holiday pursuant to Republic Act 9645 enacted laast July 12, which decrees the observance of INC’s foundation day as national holiday.

Traffic advisories have also been issued by local authorities to avoid possible congestion of public roads on that day, especially from afternoon to evening.

The other venue where “Iglesia Ni Cristo Day” celebrations will also be held simultaneously with the gathering here in Cebu are as follows: In Metro Manila, Araneta Coliseum (Cubao, Quezon City) and Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (Malate, Manila); In the rest of Luzon, the Quirino Stadium (Bantay, Ilocos Sur), the Central Intergrated Terminal (Santiago City, Isabela), the Narciso Ramos Sports Center (Lingayen, Pangasinan), Villa Del Sol Subdivision-Olongapo-Gapan Road (San Fernando, Pampanga), the Ashton Field Subdivision grounds (Calamba City, Laguna), and the Bicol University Sports Complex and Commencement grounds (Legaspi City, Albay).

In the Visayas, the Panaad Stadium (Bacolod); and in Mindanao, the Ipil sports Complex (Zamboanga Sibugay), the Davao Agro-Industrial Football Field (Davao), the General Santos City Oval Plaza (Cotabato), and the Butuan City Sports Complex (Agusan del Norte).

For inquiries, please call Garlando N. Gamboa at (63 32) 254 2715 or contact Ruben Licera, Jr. at (63 908) 883 7865.

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80 Comments on “Big Crowds to gather on ‘Iglesia Ni Cristo’ Day”

Jan Alvin wrote on 22 July, 2009, 13:56
Happy Anniversary bro.
jeung wrote on 22 July, 2009, 17:33
happy anniversary
denis wrote on 22 July, 2009, 17:49
happy 95th Anniversary to all brethren around the world.
wennie wrote on 22 July, 2009, 18:34
Happy 95th Anniversary!
asarako wrote on 22 July, 2009, 21:44
Happy(3x) 95th Anniversary to all!!!!
Renante Nate wrote on 22 July, 2009, 22:29
Limang tulog na lang!
nancy prudente wrote on 23 July, 2009, 7:25
Happy 95th Anniversary!
Den Relojo wrote on 23 July, 2009, 7:36
Happy 95th Anniversary po sa lahat ng mga kapatid! Tatlong tulog na lang!
mae ♥ wrote on 23 July, 2009, 15:10
i would like to extend my greetings in advance sa mga kapatidz sa iglesia ni cristo sa buong mundo=)
sa mga hindi po iglesia kung gusto nu po sumaksi sa memorable events na e2 diz will be held on july 27 sa ganap na 4:00pm ng hapon…kita kitz po tau mga kapatidz. sa mga pagdadarausan ng event, world wide po ang celebration na e2.

…. sa mga kapatid po na my fs account post po tau sa mga bulletin juz to let our friends know- inc man o hindi na we are very proud to celebrate d’ INC day =)
( i want to have more INC frens- please mga kapatidz add nu po aq sa fs nmd_mae@yahoo.com, see u der!!!

happy 95th anniversary EAGLES !!!!!
mae ♥ wrote on 23 July, 2009, 15:12
…. soweee, nmdp_mae@yahoo.com, diz is d correct acct.. thanx mga kapatidz =) ♥♥♥
joel wrote on 23 July, 2009, 16:36
happy aniversary………………
Joel of Baguio City wrote on 23 July, 2009, 17:28
I’m too excited on our event. Iniisip ko palang na 95th Anniversary ng Iglesia Ni Cristo, Nararamdaman ko na and Biyaya ng ating AMA na nasa langit. Sa Dios ang Kapurihan. HAPPY 95TH INC ANNIVERSARY ulit mga Kabagis.
ressen quintana wrote on 23 July, 2009, 21:23
happy 9th anniversary brother’s and sisters!
I am so exited!
lito castro wrote on 23 July, 2009, 22:52
come and celebrate the 95th anniversary of the IGLESIA NI CRISTO. For God’s glory… Araw natin ito mga kapatid.
ish wrote on 23 July, 2009, 23:48
Happy 95th Anniversary to all of us Iglesia ni Cristo brethren God Bless us all see you there
chea wrote on 24 July, 2009, 8:58
” HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY TO ALL IGLESIA NI CRISTO AROUND THE GLOBE”
izakyakov wrote on 24 July, 2009, 9:23
Paglilinaw lamang: Hindi ang Iglesia Ni Cristo ang nagpanukala na gawing Special Holiday ang July 27. Gawin man yang National Working Holiday or National Non-Working Holiday ng gobyerno, mananatili pa rin ang INC sa paggunita ng kaniyang anibersaryo. Ito ang isaksak nyo sa inyong isipan mga inggetero at inggetera sa INC – hindi ang Iglesia ang naghahabol sa gobyerno para maipasa ang batas na yan, kundi ang gobyerno ang naghahabol sa Pamamahala ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO upang pahintulutang maipasa ang batas na yan! Bakit di nyo tanungin ang mga pulitikong nagpanukala nyan. Tanungin din ninyo ang mga sarili nyo… ang relihiyon nyo ba ay binibigyang-pansin ng gobyerno gaya ng pagpapahalaga nito sa IGLESIA NI CRISTO? Diyan kasi nahahayag ang tagumpay ng Iglesiang ang Diyos ang may-ari. Kaya, kahit pa gawing Working Holiday ang July 27, hindi pa rin bigo ang INC at hindi rin bigo ang mga mambabatas na humanga sa INC kasi naipasa nito ang batas na nagtatakda ng Special Holiday sa July 27. Isang palatandaan na ganito binibigyang importansya ng Gobyerno ang relihiyong nagmula sa Pilipinas, pinakamalaking nagsasariling iglesia sa Asya, pinakamaunlad na relihiyon sa Pilipinas, pinakamabilis na lumalaganap, disiplinadong mga miyembro at TATAG NG DIYOS!

Ganunpaman, walang inaangking kapurihan kaming mga miyembro. Ang lahat ng tagumpay ng INC ay kinikilala naming gawa ng makapangyarihang Diyos, at sa kaniya ang lahat ng kapurihan.

HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY TO ALL INC MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD!

Greetings from the locals of MANDALUYONG, METRO MANIAL EAST and IRIGA CITY, CAMARINES SOUTHEAST.
Jake Salonga wrote on 24 July, 2009, 11:08
wow…. This is just nationwide… how about the whole world? I wonder if we will document each venue each locale will convene… how many venues will it sum up?
Jake Salonga wrote on 24 July, 2009, 11:15
to my brethren izakyakov,

Language please…. make sure that when we speak as if our lord Jesus Christ is speaking in our behalf… He would have been very modest… and not angry or bragging… even when persecuted by the whole world…after all he is our head and we are his body… and just one part of it….

with love…
your sister in our Lord Jesus Christ,

sis Jake
Jam Co wrote on 25 July, 2009, 9:03
heLLLO… STREESSS NA AKO DITO…

GRABENG PAGHAHANDA…

HAPY 95th ANNIVERSARY !!!!!!!!! gLORY bE tO God!!!
pascua family wrote on 26 July, 2009, 12:04
hi to all bro and sis in I.N.C happy 95th anniversary from Pascua Family from local of sto. cristo
ellen wrote on 26 July, 2009, 15:11
happy 95th anniversary mga kapatid…mabuhay ang Bayang Hindi Pinabayaan…^_^
wenah bercero wrote on 26 July, 2009, 15:30
HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY to all brethren…isang tulog na lang!!!…
greetings from the district of middle east…
daryl fuentebella wrote on 26 July, 2009, 15:45
happy anniversary to all…..let’s invade the world with pride and glory to our All Mighty God! Glory be unto him…….let every one know…….Iglesia Ni Cristo ako!
juncay2000 wrote on 26 July, 2009, 15:46
HAPPY GLORIOUS 95 YEAR FOR ALL OF US AROUND THE WORLD, may all who will come to witness this event, be it known to them that this is the WORKS OF HIS MIGHTY HANDS, Kasabay na rin ang pagbati sa amingf pinakamamahal ma PAMAMAHALA , ang aming panalagin patuloy na mging masagana ang patnubay ng DIYOS sa pangunguna nyo sa kanyang bayan, At para naman sa mga bumabatikos at di sangayon ,panalangin namin para sa inyo ay buksan nawa ng DIYOS ang inyong kaisipan upang makita ang katotohanan, hindi kami nagdidiwang dahil sa pagpasa ng batas, mayroon man nito o wala hindi kami titigil sa pagpapasalamat sa Diyos yung batas bonus na lang yon.
ged wrote on 26 July, 2009, 17:03
happy10x anniversary mga kapatid……..
ipakita ntin s sanlibutan ang kaha2lalan ntin,………
papuri sa Ama………
herzleeya wrote on 26 July, 2009, 19:47
hi to all kapatids out there!!
happy 95th aniversary sa lhat!
Renante Nate wrote on 26 July, 2009, 20:13
That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. (Isaiah 41:20)
Vangie wrote on 26 July, 2009, 22:10
Happy happy 95th Anniversary to all brothers & sisters..
Greetings from Tarlac North District…
Vangie wrote on 26 July, 2009, 22:13
…kita kitz tomorrow sa Narciso Ramos Sports Center…
ryan tomada wrote on 26 July, 2009, 23:28
Happy 95th anniversary po sa lahat ng mga kapatid ko sa Iglesia Ni Cristo…. Exited na talaga ako
johnny wrote on 27 July, 2009, 0:09
Happy 95th anniversary to all brethren all over the world greetings from Singapore…sa Suntec city po kami…celebrate…
mice wrote on 27 July, 2009, 4:52
sa lahat nang mga kapatid ko sa buong mundo sa mga wakas nang lupa,… happy 95th anniversary to all,..may God continue to bless each one of us, and our lights continue to shine to every people in the world…God bless you all
edrian wrote on 27 July, 2009, 10:54
yahu,,,,,, Happy 95th Anniversary!!!
angel, argentina wrote on 27 July, 2009, 11:15
To all my fellow brethens, happy 95th anniversary! We’ve come a along way, lets continue praying that God may shower more blessing and His unconditional love upon us.
angel, argentina wrote on 27 July, 2009, 11:19
happy anniversary po sa lokal Malaybalay! -angela from Lokal ng Cagayan de Oro City
RAQUEL S. GARCIA wrote on 27 July, 2009, 12:10
Sa lahat po nang mga kapatid ko sa buong mundo .Happy 95th anniversary po sa lahat,..may God continue to bless each one of us.

Greetings from Saipan, Northern Marianas Island.
Maverick wrote on 27 July, 2009, 16:34
I would like to extend my greetings and a big congratulations to all my brothers and sisters for a successful celebration in my hometown locale, TISA, CEBU SOUTH! I wish I could’ve spent this momentous occasion with you! To all my bretherens around the world, HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY! May our faith always be guided by the will of our Almighty so the world will see the light of our salvation! Mabuhay ang IGLESIA NI CRISTO!

Greetings from the locale of Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
chai cipriano roldan-gaviola wrote on 27 July, 2009, 23:10
Congratulations and Best Wishes to INC worldwide!!!!!!We’ve gone too far through God’s blessings and fulfillment of His prophesies in the Bible,
May the world be enlightened and see the wonders of His words……!CHEERS!!!!

Greetings from: Roldan-Gaviola Family
Hayward,Northern California Local
Marianie Rivera wrote on 28 July, 2009, 8:34
hi! mga kapatid belated na po ito kc but anyway better late that never ika nga nila.. ang saya saya po kahapon sa rizal stadium po kmi sobrang grabe napakarami ng mga kapatid na dumalo sa pagsamba na isinagawa sana lahat nakapakinig ng mga aral na itinuro sa atin…pagpalain po tayong lahat ng ating ama…again HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY PO sa ating lahat…
Tommy Aquino wrote on 28 July, 2009, 10:58
INC is Unstoppable
Praise be unto God
sonjie wrote on 28 July, 2009, 12:49
happy anniversary sa lahat ng mga kapatid, Purihin ang Diyos! kami dito sa Region 2 ay matagumpay na indinaos ang pagtitipon, mahigit 10000 kapatid ang dumalo, bagamat umulan ng napakalas at matinding hangin ay hndi napigilan sa pagsasaya, salamat sa Diyos sa pagsusugo niya kay kapatid na Felix Y. Manalo, naging kabahagi kami dito…
benjie bautista of Muñoz Isabela WEst wrote on 28 July, 2009, 13:44
happy anniversary sa lahat ng mga kapatid, kahit malakas ang ulan dito sa santiago city, matagumpay namin naisagawa, masaya ang mga kapatid na umuwi dahil ramdam namin ang kapangyarihan ng Diyos… AGBIAG TI IGLESIA NI CRISTO ditoy rehiyon 2. PURIHIN ANG DIYOS…
Bok wrote on 28 July, 2009, 15:04
To Whom it may Concern:

The traffic causes by the anniversary event is very tragic to all of us working here in Calamba I think and im sure not only us but also some of the travellers passing in the way where the event held. Im not critics and i dont hate INC I just want to voice our concern which is next time you will have a big event I suggest a better plan than yesterday is needed next year. So much damage in transportation is done to us from morning to the end of the event. Business here is affected – late deliveries of materials, late shipment some of the employees did not make it on time and some are totally decided not to go to work anymore. One more thing there are plenty of waste or garbage seen in the location left by this event.
noralyn alcantara wrote on 28 July, 2009, 15:08
hi to all brethren all over the world…PRAISE UNTO GOD!!! the 95th grand anniversary celebration was successfully held despite the rain.almost 50,000 people in PANAAD Stadium, Bacolod City witnessed the greatness of God to His chosen one.
Mabuhay tayong lahat at magpatuloy tayo sa kasiglahan ng ating mga paglilingkod!!!
noralyn alcantara wrote on 28 July, 2009, 15:11
sa lahat ng mga kapatid, add nyo po ako (naehdy_jan01@yahoo.com)
belated happy 95th grand anniversary celebration!!!
Bok wrote on 28 July, 2009, 15:12
Next time lang po mag assigned ng maayos ng coordinator lalo na sa paparadahan nung mga kapatiran nyo kasi ginawang paradahan yung main road ng Turbina to sto tomas thats why maraming sasakyan ang na stranded ang masama kasi hinde maayos ang mga parada kahit sino siguro tanungin mo hinde natuwa kahapon sa nangyari buong araw ba naman ganon ang sitwasyon sa kalsada at pagkatapos pa maraming basura na naiwan na nakakalat. Maraming Salamat po umaaga kami na sa susunod magiging maayos ang lahat.
buknoy wrote on 28 July, 2009, 18:06
c Hesus po b ang nagtatag ng inc? bkit po ang nakarehistro s SEC ay c Felix Manalo? INC po b tlaga yung nasa Mat.16:18? eh bkit po 95 years p lng po? nagtatanong lang po mga kapatid…
buknoy wrote on 28 July, 2009, 18:08
xenxa n po mga kapatid… naguguluhan lng po tlaga ako. naririnig ko lng po kc yan s mga frends ko n member ng ADD. Sabi po kc nila itanong ko daw po s INC yan eh.
sonjie wrote on 29 July, 2009, 8:46
buknoy, ang mabuti niyang makinig ka mabuti sa mga pagsamba at dun mo malalaman ang tunay na mga aral ng Diyos. Huwag kang padadala sa mga friends mong ADD dahil hindi naman sila totoo. maliwanag ang mga pahayag ng biblia at mga hula na Iglesia Ni Cristo ang maliligtas, kitang-kita ang mga patotoo dito. nawa ay patuloy ka pang magsuri upang maliwanagan ang iyong puso at kaisipan. salamat po
sonjie wrote on 29 July, 2009, 8:49
buknoy, maliwanag na nasa biblia si Jesus ang nagtatag ng INC, ang sabi niya itatayo ko ang aking Iglesia. Unang siglo palang meron ng Iglesia Ni Cristo, subalit nong mamatay ang mga apostol ay unti unti silang tumalikod at hindi nakapanindigan kaya nawala ang unang iglesia ni cristo at itinalikod pa ito ng mga bulaang propeta (mga paring katoliko na nagtaguyod ng maling aral na wala naman sa biblia)si ka Felix ay kinasangkapang muling itayo ang INC sa pamamagitan ng mga hula at patotoo ng biblia. nawa ay patuloy ka sa mga pagsusuri upang makasama ka namin sa pagmamana ng buhay na walang hanggan…
tao_ako wrote on 29 July, 2009, 9:48
buknoy, paxenxa na ha kung nalalabuan ka maxado sa ngayon.. pero hindi nman nakakapag-taka kung ganyan ang maramdaman mo kasi nga bulaang mga tao ang nagsasabi sayo nyan. Mas maganda sana nyan kung ikaw mismo sa sarili mo ang mag-suri at magtanong mismo sa mga kapatid namin na ministro na handang ipaliwanag sayo at sagutin ang mga tanong mo, ayun at base sa nakasulat sa bibilia ng walang labis at walang kulang.. Sa ngayon iyun palang ang tanging mapapayo namin sayo.. Magsuri ka po at timbangin mo kung tama ba ang lahat ng nasa isip at dinidikta ng puso mo.. Yung lang po..
nagmamasid wrote on 29 July, 2009, 10:00
hayaan nyo na sila mga kapatid.. ganito naman palagi ang bayan ng Panginoon inuusig.. Magpakatatag nalang po tayo, at mang hawak sa kahalalan na ating tinanggap.. Sa tinakdang araw ng Panginoon tatanggapin natin ang pagpapalang nakalaan sa kanyang mga hinirang.. Purihin ang Panginoon sa walang sawang Pagtulong at pag-gabay nya sa Kanyang Iglesia sa mga huling araw.. HAPPY 95TH ANNIVERSARY PO SA LAHAT NG MGA KAPATID SA BUONG MUNDO.. Sana’y tayo parin ang mag kasama sa mga susunod na Anbersaryo.. PURIHIN ANG PANGINOON^_^
sonjie wrote on 29 July, 2009, 10:07
kaya nga buknoy, hayaan mo nalang sila kc nga hindi naman sila inc kaya hindi nila naiintindihan, mabuti cguro invite natin mga friends mo sa mga misyon doktrina at bigyan mo sila ng mga pasugo para mauunawaan din ang inc. happy 95th anniversary sa lahat ng mga kapatid….
rizaldy wrote on 29 July, 2009, 11:01
Pasensya na po sa mga naipit ng Traffic sa SLEX, ipagpaumanhin po ninyo kung nakaabala po kami sa inyo sa kadahilanan ng pagdagsa ng libo-libong mga kapatid upang gunitain ang mga tagumpay at pagsama ng Tunay na Dios sa Iglesia. Hindi po namin hangad na makapinsala at makasakit ng damdamin ng sino pa man sa inyo, Sa aking pagsusuri walang may kagustuhan ng mga bagay na ito maraming na stranded at nagutom sa labing tatlong oras lalo na po ang mga hindi namin kapananamplataya, Sa walang tigil ng Ulan at sa mga Traffic Inforcer ng Gobyerno at SCAN halos wala po akong makita na nag aayos ng Traffic. Sa tingin ko po may bahagi po na nagkulang ang aming pamunuan sa Distrito sa mga Bagay na ito. Kaya nga po hindi namin ginanap sa isang lugar ang anniversayo boong IGLESIA NI CRISTO kasi po alam namin na ganito ang mangyayari.Sa iba pong Venue Hindi naman po ganito ang nangyari Halimbawa: Araneta Studium, Rizal Memorial, Pampanga, Ilocos, at ibat-iba pa kung Ihahambing mo sa mga dadalo halos mas madami po sila. Kaya Humihingi po ako ng paumanhin sa mga Tao ng naabala sa mga pangyayaring ito… Isa lang po ang tangi kong nakikita ang pakikipagkaisa ng mga Kapatid sa Iglesia at sa pamamahala ay hindi matatawaran at Boong kababaang loob kong ipagmamalaki ang pagtatagumpay ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO ay gawa ng tunay na Dios at pangako niya sa kanyang mga hinirang sa mga huling araw…

MABUHAY PO ANG IGLESIA NI CRISTO SA BOONG MUNDO
isang parada ng tagumpay
SA DIOS ANG KAPURIHAN…
Nagmamasid wrote on 29 July, 2009, 11:38
rizaldy, wala ng magagawa ang paghingi mo ng dispensa. naparaming nalugi na buisnesss dito. hindi mo ba alam na narito ang sentro ng industrial? eto rin lang and tanging daan para sa mga southern provinces. HINDI NAMAN AKO KUMOKONTRA sa layunin nyo infact natutuwa nga ako at umabot na kayo ng 95years. Pro sana naman sa mga susunod pang mga taon pati na sa 100 years nyo ay mapagplanuhang mabuti para mas kapuri puri at kapakipakinabang ang inyong celebration. Nawa lang ako sa mga tao na nabala sa maysakit na dadalhin sa hospital sa mga bata na naipit sa byahe sa mga buntis na naglalakad. I hope na maging lesson eto. Any way Happy Anniversary kahit di ako INC.
romar briones wrote on 29 July, 2009, 11:51
happy happy anniversary po sa lahat ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO sa buong mundo………halos mangiyak-ngiyak na ako sa sobrang kasiyahan sa pagcecelebrate ng anniversary naten……sobrang dami po kasi talagang tao na dumating at ang iba pa nga ay naglakad mula sa sto.tomas batangas hanggang sa makiling para lamang masaksihan at madaluhan ang nasabing selebrasyon……….maging ako po ay naglakad ng buong tiyaga para akin pong matunghayan ang isang napaka espesyal na araw para sa ating lahat na magkakapatid sa panginoon……nawa po ay patuloy pa ang pagdami natin…..magtulungan po tayong lahat sa pag-aakay ng mga bagong myembro……muli,,happy 95th anniversary sa lahat ng IGLESIA NI CRISTO!!!!!!mabuhay tayong lahat!!!!!!
Maverick wrote on 29 July, 2009, 19:15
Bok, I don’t want to start an argument but I think all of us know that in any large event INC or not, religious or not would cause some difficulty in traffic. All possible adjustments and plans were taken into consideration so as to minimize the traffic jam as much as possible. But there are just some things you can’t control in these types of situation. Pasensyahan na lang. It’s not everyday, not even every year na magcelebrate kami. Anyway, other large religious celebrations such as Sinulog and All Souls day causes traffic for an entire day. Businesses are also affected and it’s even celebrated every year. You never heard INC members complained about it. It’s because that’s your day and we respect that. I hope you’d return that respect to us too in our 95th anniversary.
sonjie wrote on 30 July, 2009, 12:35
Gud day po sa lahat ng mga kapatid sa buong mundo. belated happy 95th anniversary sa ating lahat, nawa ay patuloy pa tayong basbasan ng Dakilang Diyos lalo na sa Pamamahala ang kapatid na Eraño G. Manalo sampu ng kanilang mga katuwang sa Pamamahala sa Iglesia Ni Cristo. Kita-kita po tayo sa mga susunod pang aktibidad ng Iglesia Ni Cristo.
Tikboy bananaman wrote on 30 July, 2009, 13:10
Sana sa Centenial Anniversary ng Iglesia ni Cristo ideclare na ng Gobyerno na wala ng pasok Private at public Sector. Para maiwasan ang ganitong katinding traffic at para hindi po natin maabala ang mga hindi nating kapananampalataya (charge to experience) na lang po. 5 years from now ihanda na po nating ang ating mga sarili…
sonjie wrote on 31 July, 2009, 10:01
kaya nga bro, sana gwain ng walang pasok yun para walang sagabal sa ating mga trabaho, kung sabagay may pasok o wala – dadalo at dadalo ako bawasan man nila ang sweldo ko, 2loy parin ang pagdiriwang ko ng INC DAY…
rhombheztralph wrote on 31 July, 2009, 11:32
tama yon ka tikboy at ka sonjie……dapat…..ideclare na ng pangulo na walang pasok sa lahat…..para naman hindi na tayo makaabala masyado sa mga hindi natin kapananampalataya…….marami kasing nagagalit satin kasi hindi naman nila nauunawaan ang pananampalataya natin sa DYOS……..pero kahit anong dahilan aattend at aattend ako ng anniversary naten……..yahoooo……..ang saya……..
rhombheztralph wrote on 31 July, 2009, 11:38
para po sa nagmamasid na hindi ko alam kung anu ang pangalan…..mawalang galang na po pero hindi naman po namin kasalanan ang nangyari…….at kung ayaw nyo pong tanggapin ang dispensa ng isa naming kapatid ay ok lang naman din po….ang amin lang naman po….sana naman po……..wag po kayong masyadong magalit……isa pa…..pasensya na po ulit kung maraming naabala…….well……alam ko pong wala ng magagawa ang paghingi namen ng dispensa pero kaya po namin yun ginawa ay para po kahit papano ay nabawasan ang galit na inyong nararamdaman…….atsaka isa pa po……hindi naman po namin talaga ginusto na mangyari yun dahil hindi naman po namen akalain na ganun karami ang magiging tao sa ashton field subdivision……..kung hindi nyo po tatanggapin ang aming dispensa…..ok lang naman din po………pasenya na po ulit………
Angel wrote on 31 July, 2009, 15:05
Para sa Naapektuhan at nagalit sa aming pagdiriwang!!!!
Magandang araw po! Isang magandang pagkakataon na sabihin namin sa inyo ang paumanhin, ganun pa man sana lawak lawakan lang po natin ang ating sispan sa mga pagkakataon na kagaya ng nabanggit. Gaya nga ng sinabi ng isang kapatid na isang beses lang kaming mag celebrate after 20 years tapos may mga negative feedback pa! Samantalang ang Katolico ay halos ang daming napeperwisyo pag may mga selebrasyon sila. May mga nagkakamatayn pa nga. Napakagulo pa, pero wala kaming (INC) sinisisi o negative na sinasabi. Kasi pinapairal namin ang respeto sa ibang relihiyon.

Payo lang sa mga kababayan namin na di nirerespeto ang selebrasyon naming ginagawa – konting pang unawa lang po. Malay nyo sooner or later magiging Iglesia ni Cristo member din kayo. Ganon kasi ang experience ko. Kung makapang usig ako non sa mga Iglesia matindi pero ito sa awa at pag ibig ng Diyos Iglesia ni Cristo na ako. Kaya sa mga may di masabing di maganda about sa Iglesia ni Cristo dalangin namin na magsuri po kayo at sana ay makasama rin namin kayo sa tunay na paglilingkod sa Diyos.

Maraming salamat don sa may negative comments, nagpapatunay lang kasi na totoo ang Iglesia sa pamamagitan ng mga komentaryo na di pabor sa organisayon INC. That’s life naman kasi sa loob ng Iglesia ni Cristo!!!
ROSARY ♥♥♥... wrote on 31 July, 2009, 23:34
Isa lamang ang BIBLE sa doctrine ng Katoliko… at marami pang doctrines ang Katoliko..Karamihan dito ay mga Santo at Santa ang nagpatotoo… Marami na din sa mga Santo at Santa nmin ang napagpakitaan ng ating Panginoon… At marapat lamang na mas paniwalaan naten sila kesa sa mga pangaral mula kay MANALO nyo…

Diyos si Jesus..Diyos Anak… At nasa bible po iyan…

Ang mga pangaral ng Iglesia nyo ay mula lamang sa maling perception ni MANALO… May mga hindi na lang siya maintindihan sa Catholic Doctrine…Kaya kung anu ano na ang naging idea nya ukol sa Panginoon…

Oo nga’t saulo nyo ang Banal na Bibliya ngunit maari nyo bang tingnan ang deeper meaning ng mensahe nito???

Ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA ang itinatag ng Panginoon kahit tingnan nyo pa sa BIBLE… Kay Saint Peter nya ipinagkatiwala ang pagpapalaganap nito sa mundo… eh sino ba sa inyo? Si Saint Peter din ba?? Hindi ba’t si MANALO??? So ibig sabihin hindi iyan ang itinatag nga Panginoon naten…. Si Saint Peter nga una nming POPE… So naaayon ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA sa Bible…

Nasa Bible din maraming magsusulputang bulaan at isa na jan si MANALO…Mali ang itinuturo nya…Noon pa man ay may IGLESIA KATOLIKA na…mahirap bang unawain ang HOLY TRINITY??? Or you just refuse to understand it??? Wag tayong maging kagaya ni Manalo na kokontra sa mga bagay na hindi lang niya maunawaan… Try to read the writings of Saint Thomas…

OO nga’t nasasaad sa Bible ang huwag paulit ulit na dasal..ito’y tumutukoy lamang sa pagdadasal ng paulit ulit na hindi nmn bukal sa puso or yung parang nirerecite lang… para sa kaalaman ng mga INC po, ang ROSARY ay d nmn nirerecite lang..isinasapuso iyon… gets??? or hindi pa din?? heheheh ai ewan ko n lng pag di nyo naiintindihan ang isinasapusong dasal..kung d nyo magets d kau marunong magdasal ng nsa puso. Si Jesus nga pauli ulit din ang idinasal nya,..AT NSA BIBLE yan ha…. oh alam nyo kung saang part???dba ayon sa BIBLE ang paniniwala nyo?dapat alam nyo kung saang bahagi paulit ulit ang dinasal ni Jesus…Sa Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane xa ilang ulit nya sinabe ang dasal nya…oh dba?!!! hmp…Kahit si Jesus kagaya nmin nagdadasal ng paulit ulit pero nsa puso nmn…

Rosary?? Mahirap din bang intindihing si MAMA MARY mismo ang nagbigay nito sa aten ha?? Ibinigay nya to kay Saint Dominic para ating dasalin..mahirap bang intindihin yan? Nagpakita na xa kina LUcia, Jacinta at Francisco… Babalewalain ba naten ang 70,000 katao na nakasaksi sa ginawang milagro ni Mama Mary ha??? KULANG PA BA???!!! 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May si Mama Mary nagsimula magpakita… She warned us.. anu ba?!sasabihin nyo pa bang Mali ang pagdadasal namin ng Rosary… Magbalik loob tayo sa Panginoon… kulang pa ba ang mga milagrong ito???

Maling mali ang itinuturo sa inyo Nakakapanghinayang…. Walang mali sa aming doctrines… Ang mga paniniwala nyo ayon kay manalo ang mali,,,…. Hindi nmn tlga Mensahe ng Bibliya ang natututunan nyo, kundi ang pagkakaintindi lng ni Manalo yang mga paniniwala nyo… Hanga ako sa disiplina nyo ngunit nasasayang lamang ito dahil sa maling mga pananaw ng IGLESIA nyo ayon kay MANALO… Hindi siya sinugo ng Panginoon sapagkat hindi iuutos ng Panginoon sa isang tao na umalis s Kanyang itinatag na IGLESIA KATOLIKA, at bumuo ng isang IGLESIA na ang mga pangaral ay ayon sa pagkakaintindi nya sa BIBLE… Hindi siya ginabayan ng Diyos s pagtatatag nyan… ang demonyo ang natutuwa sapagkat mali mali ang itinuro nya…

Di hamak na mas kapanipaniwala ang mga Santo at Santa ng Katoliko kesa jan kay Manalo nyo sapagkat sila mismo ay pinagpakitaan ng PANGINOON at ginawaran ng mga MILAGRO!!!! Try nyo lng malaman ang mga buhay ng aming mga Santo at Santa.. malalaman nyong maraming miracles n nangyari sa kanila…kay Manalo ba????!!! Kasi nga mali si Manalo…Iniligaw nya kayo sa TAMANG DAAN…Tumingin kayo sa paligid nyo isa lamang ang Bible sa mga doctrines,,,marame pa yan… sabagay medyo iba nmn ang Bible nyo,…inedit na yan ni Manalo..
edrian wrote on 1 August, 2009, 22:46
halo
Igan wrote on 2 August, 2009, 11:46
Wala po kaming sariling Bible. Ang ginagamit naming mga salin ay mga awtoridad Katoliko o Protestante o sa kaso ng Magandang Balita Biblia, pinatulungang isalin ng mga Katoliko at Protestante .

Wala po sa Biblia na dapat dumalangin sa mga santo at santa.. maging kay Maria na ina na Jesus. Hindi ipinag-utos na lumuhod sa mga larawan at mga rebulto bagkus ipinagbawal pa! Kaya salamat sa Diyos at Siya’y nagsugo upang maialis ang mga taong Kanyang iniibig sa maling paniniwala at makapanumbalik sa tamang paglilingkod. Happy Anniversary sa lahat ng mga INC!
Chang Votacion wrote on 3 August, 2009, 14:26
sa lahat ng mga kapatid sa Iglesia ni Cristo mabuhay tayong lahat. Pilit man tayong inuusig ng mga hindi natin kapananampalataya maging matibay po tayo sa pagharap sa mga ito. Hindi po lamang nila nauunawaan ang ating pinaniniwalaan sapagkat hindi pa po nila napapakinggan ang mga turo ng Diyos na nasa bibliya. Batid po natin na napakalapit ng isugo ng Diyos ang kanyang bugtong na anak kaya’t pilit rin pong gumagawa ang diyablo ng dahilan upang ilayo pang lubusan ang hindi natin mga kapanalig, dahil dito kaylangan lang po nating pagtiyagaan na akayin ang ating mga mahal sa buhay upang makasama rin po natin natin sila sa loon ng banal na Iglesia. Huwag po tayong sumuko sa pagharap sa mga pagsubok na ating kinakaharap sapagkat ang kung KUNG SINO PO ANG MAGTIIS AY SIYA PONG MALILIGTAS.

SULONG SA PAGSALUBONG SA PANGINOON.

BE PROUD TO BE AN IGLESIA NI CRISTO.
Kristine wrote on 3 August, 2009, 17:37
Hi Rosary. Indeed you have a very brilliant mind and a powerful reasoning skill, however, what you lack is an open mind… I would suggest that you try to listen to INC doctrines. I am not telling you join us,what im asking you is just to open your mind, listen, and try to compare our doctrine with that of yours, or even with other congregations. I would tell you that it would really take time, and it would really hurt, but i know that you really want to know the truth. you yourself will determine, which is the real TRUTH. Im NOT dictating you what to choose, INC or RC, its up to you to decide…. just listen and be open minded. Dont be afraid… You will loose nothing but would gain a lot, a peace of mind and satisfaction, and you will say to your children and grandchildren “once in my life, i have searced the TRUTH, and I found ONE”. Have a nice day.
sheryl wrote on 3 August, 2009, 18:45
helo pow sa lhat ng mga kapatid.musta pow.. add nyo pow ako.. ensai_sky@yahoo.com
Maverick wrote on 4 August, 2009, 3:24
1.) “Isa lamang ang BIBLE sa doctrine ng Katoliko… at marami pang doctrines ang Katoliko..Karamihan dito ay mga Santo at Santa ang nagpatotoo… Marami na din sa mga Santo at Santa nmin ang napagpakitaan ng ating Panginoon… At marapat lamang na mas paniwalaan naten sila kesa sa mga pangaral mula kay MANALO nyo…”
–About po sa doctrine ng Katoliko. Ano po ba yung holy trinity? Saan po ba natin makikita sa bible na naghahayag sa holy trinity? Since when po ba sinabi sa bibliya na we are to pray to saints and the virgin Mary to be our mediator? May sinulat po ba sa bibliya kung sinong Santo at Santa ang ating paniwalaan? One more thing. Where can you read about sa Porgatury? Ang pangaral po ng Sugo sa huling araw ay may batayan at ito ang bibliya. Bibliyang binibili natin sa mga bookstores at hindi version namin. Hindi sariling pangaral ang itinuro ng aming kapatid kundi kung ano ang ayun sa bibliya at ito ay may batayan hindi po galling kung kay sino-sino o suntok sa hangin ang aming pananampalataya. Ito ay may subok na batayan.

2) “Nasa Bible din maraming magsusulputang bulaan at isa na jan si MANALO…Mali ang itinuturo nya…Noon pa man ay may IGLESIA KATOLIKA na…mahirap bang unawain ang HOLY TRINITY??? Or you just refuse to understand it??? Wag tayong maging kagaya ni Manalo na kokontra sa mga bagay na hindi lang niya maunawaan… Try to read the writings of Saint Thomas…
–Let us go back in time po. Sino po ba ang nag persecute kay Cristo at sa mga apsotol niya? Hindi ba yung mga original na leaders ng Katoliko? When Christ and his apostles died dun lumabas ang mga bulaang propeta at ang pinakamalakas na bulaan nuon ay ang Katoliko. Bakit? They persecuted Christ and because marami ang kaanib ni ng panginoong Jesus noon they modified his teachings to fit in their own liking. Need proof? During the time of Constantine the Catholic priests held a session known as the council of Nicea. I don’t need to go into details but what took place here was the revision of the bible. The revision of the bible was a revision of Jesus’s original teachings and combined it with other religious beliefs. Therefore they have mislead the world by believing what they are teaching are true gospels of Christ. Pero bakit napakarami ng mga taong kaanib nila? Dahil sila ba ang totoong simbahan na isinaad sa bibliya? Hindi, marami silang kaanib dahil sila ay nagsimula sa Roma na sa panahong iyon ay hawak ang mahigit 25% of the world’s population so therefore their teachings were not difficult to spread. Hence, the name Roman Catholic and why in all the places of the world andun pa sa Vatican which is inside Rome ang pinaka stronghold ng Katoliko. Catholics originated in Rome and not from Christ. Holy Trinity? Sige po pakipaliwanag ang holy trinity and give us your bases on that. Try reading Rome, Isaiah and Matthew.

3) “OO nga’t nasasaad sa Bible ang huwag paulit ulit na dasal..ito’y tumutukoy lamang sa pagdadasal ng paulit ulit na hindi nmn bukal sa puso or yung parang nirerecite lang… para sa kaalaman ng mga INC po, ang ROSARY ay d nmn nirerecite lang..isinasapuso iyon… gets??? or hindi pa din?? heheheh ai ewan ko n lng pag di nyo naiintindihan ang isinasapusong dasal..kung d nyo magets d kau marunong magdasal ng nsa puso. Si Jesus nga pauli ulit din ang idinasal nya,..AT NSA BIBLE yan ha…. oh alam nyo kung saang part???dba ayon sa BIBLE ang paniniwala nyo?dapat alam nyo kung saang bahagi paulit ulit ang dinasal ni Jesus…Sa Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane xa ilang ulit nya sinabe ang dasal nya…oh dba?!!! hmp…Kahit si Jesus kagaya nmin nagdadasal ng paulit ulit pero nsa puso nmn…”
–When you beg for something you need and want. Hindi mo ba inuulit yun? Don’t compare your oration to the prayers of Jesus Christ. Ang nasa pusong dasal ay may emphasis. If you are pleading, asking for forgiveness with all sincerety or even thanking someone. You would want to emphasize it by saying it again. Yun ang nasapusong dasal. May emphasis. Iba yung sa inyo, haven’t you looked at yourself at the mirror while reciting the rosary? Hindi ba parang orasyon ang ginagawa niyo rather than a prayer? Ask an ordinary highschool child bakit sya nagrosary? If you want to pass for an exam or ask for a happy and contented life why would you recite the rosary na hindi naman yung ang point ng hinihingi nyo? You pray for what you need and desire and with all your heart at may buong pagkukumbaba you will ask God for it. Paano kayo maiintindihan nyan eh iba yung sinasabi nyo. A heartful prayer is emphasized once or twice or even 10 times but never with the exact same words, with the exact same tone, exact same pacing for an entire lifetime.
4) “Rosary?? Mahirap din bang intindihing si MAMA MARY mismo ang nagbigay nito sa aten ha?? Ibinigay nya to kay Saint Dominic para ating dasalin..mahirap bang intindihin yan? Nagpakita na xa kina LUcia, Jacinta at Francisco… Babalewalain ba naten ang 70,000 katao na nakasaksi sa ginawang milagro ni Mama Mary ha??? KULANG PA BA???!!! 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May si Mama Mary nagsimula magpakita… She warned us.. anu ba?!sasabihin nyo pa bang Mali ang pagdadasal namin ng Rosary… Magbalik loob tayo sa Panginoon… kulang pa ba ang mga milagrong ito???”
— Who was Mary in the bible? She was in fact the mother of Jesus. Human in every way but he was never upheld by God to teach us any prayer. Saan mo ba mababasa sa sa Bible na sinabi ng Diyos na si Mary ay sundin nyo like how he told us to follow Jesus? Wala it’s because si Mary ay ina ng Panginoong Jesus and nothing more besides that. She was not meant to preach or give any prayers. Be careful Rose, in the bible it states that the Devil is out in the world doing everything he can just to mislead our faith. How can you be so sure this sighting that you claim isn’t done by him just to lead 70,000 people farther away from the true teachings of God?

5) “Maling mali ang itinuturo sa inyo Nakakapanghinayang…. Walang mali sa aming doctrines… Ang mga paniniwala nyo ayon kay manalo ang mali,,,…. Hindi nmn tlga Mensahe ng Bibliya ang natututunan nyo, kundi ang pagkakaintindi lng ni Manalo yang mga paniniwala nyo… Hanga ako sa disiplina nyo ngunit nasasayang lamang ito dahil sa maling mga pananaw ng IGLESIA nyo ayon kay MANALO… Hindi siya sinugo ng Panginoon sapagkat hindi iuutos ng Panginoon sa isang tao na umalis s Kanyang itinatag na IGLESIA KATOLIKA, at bumuo ng isang IGLESIA na ang mga pangaral ay ayon sa pagkakaintindi nya sa BIBLE… Hindi siya ginabayan ng Diyos s pagtatatag nyan… ang demonyo ang natutuwa sapagkat mali mali ang itinuro nya…”
-Such a bold claim na walang mali ang doctrines nyo. Yan nga lang sinabi mo eh mali na. Iglesia Katolika? Written in the Bible claimed by God to be his church? Really? Saan mo mababasa ang Iglesia Katolika sa bibliya? Rosary you should learn your own history and you’ll see the revelations of your church in which you have never imagined. Dahil sa pagkawala ng mga anak ng Diyos no thanks to you people, God made a promise that his church will rise again. Hence, The last messenger was chosen by God to rise from the false churches to call upon his lost children to join his church. His children from the ends of the earth who are now what you know as the members of Iglesia ni Cristo.
6) “Di hamak na mas kapanipaniwala ang mga Santo at Santa ng Katoliko kesa jan kay Manalo nyo sapagkat sila mismo ay pinagpakitaan ng PANGINOON at ginawaran ng mga MILAGRO!!!! Try nyo lng malaman ang mga buhay ng aming mga Santo at Santa.. malalaman nyong maraming miracles n nangyari sa kanila…kay Manalo ba????!!! Kasi nga mali si Manalo…Iniligaw nya kayo sa TAMANG DAAN…Tumingin kayo sa paligid nyo isa lamang ang Bible sa mga doctrines,,,marame pa yan… sabagay medyo iba nmn ang Bible nyo,…inedit na yan ni Manalo..”
–I’m very disappointed in you Rose. Sa lahat2x ng sinabi mo you’ve only proven yourself to be so poor in your faith. You lay your faith on your Saints and Miracles. IS THAT HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVE BROUGHT YOU UP? To rely on Saints and Miracles instead of reading the bible? Instead of understanding what the bible the true words of God are? Like what I said earlier, not only God can perform miracles, but the devil as well. Napakadali mo palang ma uto kung magmimilagro ang demonyo sa harapan mo and pretend to look like Saint Peter tama ba? Iba ang bible namin? Could you support that claim please? ‘Coz I’d be glad to escort you inside our church and show you the bible that we use in our church service. Rosary for someone who claims to have faith you’ve only shown how vulnerable your understanding is God is.
Christian E. F. Jr. wrote on 4 August, 2009, 5:56
BELATED HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!! Ang saya saya sa Rizal Memorial Stadium!!!

With regards to Rosary’s post and thread, eh di ba ang foundation stone nyo ay si St. Peter, eh sabi si Bible, it is upon Christ that the Church was built, moreover, purgatory, trinity and a lot more ay di naman makita sa Bible at hindi rin itinuro sa Bible and is clearly teachings of priests. Why believe it then? My whole family are former Catholics and now had embraced the INC doctrines because of doctrines that cannot be justified by the Catholic Authorities.

History speaking, if the Catholic Church is the true church, I cant imagine how cruel and ruthless is the Church that Rosary is claiming to be the true Church. Remember how many suffered and died in the hands of this Catholic Priests and Friars back in Spanish Era, eh sa Philippines pa lang yun, eh paano pa ung mga sinakop ng Spain na ibang bansa with which the Catholicism is in juxtaposition?

The Catholic Church spread and propagated through blood, suffering and fierce not love and compassion, for this reason per se, how can you justify that it is the true Church. Rosary’s basis cannot hold water and dust, sampay bakod lang.

Anyway, magsuri para makarating sa katotohanan … GOD BLESS YOU …
brendalyn duhino wrote on 20 October, 2009, 12:56
hellow 2 all my kapatid……….

rosary maling mali ka tlaga s iyong paniniwala………. at huwag mong husagahan kaming mga iglesia ni cristo……….. lalo na ang kap. na manalo…….. dahil hindi moh alam ang lahat tungkol sa amin at maging sa aming relihiyon…………..
resty wrote on 23 October, 2009, 18:01
maligayang bati sa inyong lahat……happy 95th anniversary nang iglesia ni cristo….nawa sumasaatin ang diyos…pagpalain nawa tayo nang diyos..
carl wrote on 28 December, 2009, 14:20
Suddenly a man with leprosy came and knelt in front of Jesus. He said, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.” Mathew 8.2
carl wrote on 28 December, 2009, 14:30
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31).

“It is by the name of Jesus Christ…. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:10, 12).

Our very salvation is inseparably linked to faith in Jesus Christ. So it becomes an issue of great importance to determine biblically precisely who Jesus Christ is. Is Jesus God, Deity in the flesh? Or was He just a man?

My intent in this study is not specifically to address the historic doctrine of the Holy Trinity (to which I do fully subscribe). Rather, my purpose is to focus on Jesus Christ and to demonstrate from the Bible His full divinity — that is, to prove the deity of Christ, that He is fully God, coequal and coeternal with the God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. As the ancient creeds correctly state, Jesus is true God and true Man.

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John 5:17-18 Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

John 10:30-33 “I and the Father are one.” Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” “We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”

Philippians 2:5-6 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped.

Jesus did not hesitate to claim equality with God the Father. The Greek word for equal in John 5:18 is isos, as in an isosceles, or equal-sided, triangle. Jesus was and is “in very nature God,” and therefore was not blaspheming by claiming to be God. The disbelieving Jews had correctly heard Jesus to be making this claim to full deity, even though they rejected His claim.

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Isaiah 42:8 I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another…

Isaiah 48:11c I will not yield my glory to another.

John 17:5 [Jesus prayed] And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

In Isaiah, God says that He will not give away His glory to another. Yet Jesus, in John 17, is expecting to receive again the divine glory He shared with the Father before the world began. If Jesus were not deity, this would be a contradiction.

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Micah 5:2, King James Version But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

Vs. 2b, New American Standard Bible His goings forth are from long ago, from the days of eternity.

Jesus, whose earthly birth is prophesied here, is said to be “from of old, from everlasting,” or “from the days of eternity.” He is not a created being. Rather, He has existed from all eternity.

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Revelation 1:8, 17-18 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” … [17] When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Revelation 22:12-13, 16 “Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End…. [16] “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

Note the glorious titles of “the Alpha and the Omega,” “the Beginning and the End,” “the First and the Last,” “the Almighty,” “the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come.” Read all these titles of Deity, and note that every one in the context can be applied specifically to Jesus. This book is the revelation of Jesus the Divine Son!

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Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.

Matthew 1:23 “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”

Isaiah gave us this glorious prophecy of Jesus’ virgin birth. Matthew amplifies the prophecy by identifying this promised Son as “Immanuel — which means ‘God with us.’ ” Jesus is “GOD with us”! “A son”, yes. But also “God”!

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Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jesus, the prophesied son, “will be called…Mighty God.”

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John 20:27-28 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

The apostle Thomas correctly addressed Jesus as “My Lord and my God.”

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Psalms 45:6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

Hebrews 1:8 But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.

“Your throne, O God” — The Old Testament Hebrew word used here is Elohim, used for “God” well over a thousand times in the Bible. This exact scripture from the Psalm is quoted in Hebrews and is applied to Jesus the Son. Jesus is God! Not just “a god,” as some would have us believe. The New Testament Greek word for “God” that is specifically applied to Jesus in Hebrews 1:8 is Theos, used for “God” over 1,300 times in the New Testament.

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John 1:1, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…. [14] The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Jesus is called “the Word”, the Logos, of God. As the Logos, He is the manifestation or expression of God to us, “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15). “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being” (Hebrews 1:3). He “came from the Father.” As the Logos, Jesus “the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

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Exodus 34:14 Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

Hebrews 1:6 And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

In Exodus God commands that He alone be worshiped. Jesus reiterated the commandment to worship God only. Yet God the Father’s command in Hebrews 1:6 that His angels worship the Son indicates that the Son too is God. If Jesus were not Deity, this would be idolatry.

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1 Timothy 3:16, King James Version And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”

“GOD was manifest in the flesh,” clearly in context referring to Jesus.

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Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

Colossians 1:15-16 He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

John 1:1-3, 10 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made…. [10] He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

The Bible speaks of both God the Father and Jesus being Creator of all. Jesus is divine, the Co-Creator!

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John 5:22-23 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.

Jesus is to be given equal honor with the Father.

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Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

In His Great Commission baptismal command, Jesus said to baptize in the name (not “names”) of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There is a strong implication of coequality among Father, Son and Holy Spirit in this verse.

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Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

Ezekiel 34:31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are people, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.

John 10:14 I [Jesus] am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.

Hebrews 13:20 …our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep…

Often in the Old Testament God is referred to as the Shepherd of His flock, His people. Jesus said of Himself, “I am the good shepherd.”

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Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.

“…God…His own blood”! The blood of Jesus Christ, shed for our redemption, is called God’s own blood. The blood of Deity, nothing less!

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Isaiah 8:13-14a The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread, and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he [the Lord Almighty] will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.

1 Peter 2:4, 7-8a As you come to him [Jesus], the living Stone — rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him — …[7] Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone,” and, “A stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.”

It is evident that the “stone that causes men to stumble and [the] rock that makes them fall” of Isaiah and Peter are one and the same. The wording in the Old and New Testaments is identical. Peter knows Him as Jesus Christ; Isaiah calls Him “The Lord Almighty”! The name “the Lord Almighty” is used in the Bible, then, to identify both Jesus the Son and God the Father.

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Exodus 3:13-14 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”

John 8:58-59 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.

God identified Himself to Moses by the name “I AM”. Jesus identified Himself to the Jews as that very same “I AM”. The Jews knew exactly what He was claiming and sought to stone Him for such apparent blasphemy — that is, His (true!) claim to be the “I AM” who spoke to Moses.

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Isaiah 11:1-2 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him — the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:5-6 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Jesus Christ is the Lord’s Branch from the line of David. Jeremiah prophesied that the name of this Branch would be “The Lord our Righteousness” — in Hebrew, JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU. The divine name JEHOVAH (some translate it Yahweh) is applied to Jesus Christ.

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Isaiah 40:3 A voice of one calling: “In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.

Mark 1:1-3 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” — “a voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

Isaiah speaks of a messenger preparing the way for “our God”. Mark shows that Isaiah’s prophecy spoke of John the Baptist’s preparing for the coming of JESUS! Truly He is “our God”. It is small wonder that Thomas, beholding the resurrected Son, could cry, “My Lord and my God!”

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Hebrews 3:3-4 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

In verse 3 Jesus is the builder. In verse 4 God is the builder of all.

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Isaiah 48:12-13, 17 “Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last. My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together…. [17] This is what the LORD says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God….”

Revelation 1:17-18 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Jesus, the resurrected, ever-living Son of God, calls Himself “the First and the Last”, a title ascribed to “the Lord your God” in Isaiah.

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Titus 1:3-4 And at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior. To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Note: “God our Savior” (vs. 3) and “Christ Jesus our Savior” (vs. 4). Jesus Christ is God; Jesus Christ is the Savior.

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A disclaimer seems to be in order here. I am not saying that Jesus Christ is the Father (He is not). I am asserting that Jesus is God AND that the Father is God. To pursue that line of thought any farther necessitates a study of the doctrine of the Trinity — a classic and valid truth of orthodox Christianity, but not the subject of this study. In this undertaking my mission is to affirm biblically the full deity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Again, I am not saying that Jesus is the Father (He is not), but that Jesus is fully God (“true man and true God,” as the early Christians declared) and thereby coequal and coeternal with God the Father.

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Mark 2:5, 7 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” … [7] “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

Jesus possessed personally the authority to forgive sins, an authority that belongs uniquely to God.

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Isaiah 43:12b, 14-15 “You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God…. [14] This is what the LORD says — your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride. I am the LORD, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”

Hosea 11:9b For I am God, and not man — the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath.

Mark 1:24 “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!”

Acts 3:14-15 You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

“The Holy One”, a title applied often to Jehovah (or Yahweh) God, is specifically applied in the New Testament to Jesus Christ.

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Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome…

1 Timothy 6:15 …which God will bring about in his own time — God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings — and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”

Jesus is called “Lord of lords” and “King of kings” — titles ascribed elsewhere in Scripture to God.

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Isaiah 45:22-23 Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.

Philippians 2:10-11 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

In the act of bowing the knee to and confessing Jesus, we are worshiping God, for He has said, “Before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.”

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Deuteronomy 32:3-4 I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

1 Corinthians 10:1, 4 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea … [4] and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

“Our God…the Rock”, of whom Moses wrote, is said by the apostle Paul to be Jesus. A related truth clearly reinforced by Paul’s statement is the preexistence of Christ prior to His earthly incarnation.

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John 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.

Jesus the Son possesses the same life-giving power that God the Father has.

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Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls

Acts 4:10-12 Then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed…. [12] Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

Joel exhorts us to call upon the divine name — the Lord (Hebrew = Jehovah, or Yahweh) — for salvation. Peter quotes this exact verse (Acts 2:21) and tells us (Acts 4:12) that salvation is found in the name of Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul similarly urges that “every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:11).

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Luke 8:38-39 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.”

Jesus identified His ministry to the formerly demon-possessed man as “what God [had] done for [him]”.

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Hebrews 7:1, 3 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him…. [3] Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.

Melchizedek, who appeared to Abraham in Genesis 14, is a “Christophany,” an appearance of a being representing Christ. The writer to the Hebrews in chapter seven makes this same association. And of this remarkable being who is “like the Son of God,” the author declares that He is “without beginning of days or end of life.” This is another powerful declaration of the eternal preexistence of Jesus Christ — a trait only applicable to a fully Divine Being. None short of Deity can claim eternal existence both past and future.

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1 John 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true — even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

“…Jesus Christ. He is the true God.” As forthright a declaration of Jesus’ divinity as one could desire!

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Titus 2:13 …while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The apostle Paul recognized Jesus as “our great God and Savior”!

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2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

The apostle Peter, too, an earthly companion and disciple of the Son of God, fully understood the identity of “our God and Savior Jesus Christ”.

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Romans 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.

“Christ, who IS GOD over all”!

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My sincere prayer is that the readers of this study will find great encouragement in your faith in the Son of God, as well as a fuller understanding of and appreciation for the identity of Jesus our Savior as Deity, coequal and coeternal with God the Father.

May your faith in Him sustain and bless you “…while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13).
M/LCMR Erikson M Bacila wrote on 15 January, 2010, 18:53
maligayang ika 95 n taon sa lahat ng kapatid sa boung mundo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!