Friday, May 24, 2013

Worldwide Bible Exposition: Live Updates and Highlights

7:04 PM Philippine Time

The Bible Exposition of Members Church of God commenced with songs of praises to God streamed from Ang Dating Daan Convention Center, Apalit, Pampanga.

 7:14 PM Philippine Time

 The first to ask Bro. Eliseo Soriano was from UAE.

 7:31 PM Philippine Time
Bro. Eli clarified that we should not believe that God failed in creating man.  
Job 1:1: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil." 
 Luke 1:5-6: "There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. " 

  7:39 PM Philippine Time

 Catholics should also read their own Pasyon:


 7:46 PM Philippine Time

The second question comes from Guam about handling peer pressure because she's still young.
Bro. Eli responded (as tweeted by followers of the event): 

  7:56 PM Philippine Time

 Why do people commit sin?
  • Because of ignorance: 
I Timothy 1:13: "Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief."
  • Because of temptations from the devil:
I Peter 5:8: "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:"
  • We have weaknesses in our person:
Matthew 26:41: "Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."
A trivia in Philippine history:
 The saying "panahon pa ni Mahoma" refers to prophet Muhammad of the Islam:

The Muslims were in the country first. Even before the Catholics.


 8:24 PM Philippine Time
How can the 7th day adventist church be the true church while it is founded by Ellen G. White?
 Only God should build the House:
Psalms 127:1: "Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain."
8:34 PM Philippine Time
Bro. Eliseo Soriano refuted the claim that worshipping during sundays is the "mark of the beast."
He read:
Acts 2:46: "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, "
..daily includes Sunday.
8:45 PM Philippine Time

 Noah ate pork!
Genesis 9:3: "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things."

8:53 PM Philippine Time

"The words of God should not be sold. What has been freely received should be freely given."

9:00 PM Philippine Time


9:10 PM Philippine Time

God can force us to do His will. But He won't do that because He wants us to be willing and be obedient.

Isaiah 1:19: "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:"


 9:27 PM Philippine Time

Bakit dumarami ang relihion? Dahil ginagawang negosyo. 

Kinakalakal ang miembro:
II Peter 2:1-3:  
"Nguni't may nagsilitaw din naman sa bayan na mga bulaang propeta, na gaya naman sa inyo'y magkakaroon ng mga bulaang guro, na mangagpapasok sa lihim ng mga makakapahamak na mga hiduwang pananampalataya, na itatatuwa pati ang Panginoon na bumili sa kanila, na mangagtataglay sa kanilang sarili ng madaling pagkapahamak.

At maraming magsisisunod sa kanilang mga gawang mahahalay; na dahil sa kanila ay pagsasalitaan ng masama ang daan ng katotohanan.

At sa kasakiman sa mga pakunwaring salita ay ipangangalakal kayo: na ang hatol nga sa kanila mula nang una ay hindi nagluluwat, at ang kanilang kapahamakan ay hindi nagugupiling."

Kinakalakal ang salita:
II Corinthians 2:17: 
Sapagka't hindi kami gaya ng karamihan na kinakalakal ang salita ng Dios: kundi sa pagtatapat, at gaya ng mula sa Dios, sa harapan ng Dios ay nagsasalita kami para kay Cristo.



 9:44 PM Philippine Time

About the Lord's Supper:





 9:44 PM Philippine Time
Ang Dios ay mayroong daliri, kamay, bisig, likod, sinapupunan, at pati puwit dahil umuupo sya. 'Puwit' ang gamit sa ating salita ng pang-upo.





 10:05 PM Philippine Time

Bro. Eli Soriano lead the closing prayer to conclude the event.
The Worldwide Bible Exposition was such a success, thanks to God.


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Monday, May 20, 2013

Limbo: A centuries-old deceit of the Catholic church

Many religions these days are only teaching invented doctrines and fables which were not taught by the apostles.

This was the opening message by Bro. Eliseo F. Soriano during the Worldwide Bible Exposition on April 26 this year. Bro. Soriano is the long-time host of the multi-awarded program, Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path) and Presiding Minster to the Members Church of God International (MCGI).

Bro. Eliseo F. Soriano, Presiding Minister to the Members Church of God International (MCGI), preaching in a Bible Exposition.
Bro. Eliseo F. Soriano seen here preaching in one of the Bible Expositions of MCGI.
 (Picture embedded from mcgi.org)
According to Bro. Soriano, religious organizations nowadays are full of false teachings geared to extort money from their members. To prove his point, he gave Limbo - the centuries-old teaching of the Catholic Church - as an example.

Modern Catholic Encyclopedia defined limbo as: “...the abode of souls excluded from the full blessedness of the beatific vision but not suffering any other punishment.” It was also mentioned that the limbo of the infants “...is an article of the Catholic faith that those who die without baptism...cannot enter heaven.”

Because of the teaching that there exists a limbo, Catholic parents are obliged to submit their infants to baptism. Even if some of them would have to borrow money just to proceed with the ceremony or even if their child is sick, the baptism has to commence because of the fear that their child might go to limbo if they die.

(“Mahabang panahon na po yan, libong taong pinaniwala ang mga katoliko na ang limbo ay duon pupunta ang mga bata na di mabibinyagan.”)

“It was [for] a very long time, thousands of years that Catholics were made to believe that unbaptized babies will go to limbo,” said Bro. Eli in the vernacular.

If we analyze the numbers, the Philippines have 2.3 Million live births a year with 80% to 85% of that number coming from Catholic parents. Therefore, around 1.84-1.96 Million babies will be baptized under the Catholic Church. Say with a P100 fee for every baptism (even though it is more than that), the Catholic leadership raises an amount not less than P184 Million every year in the Philippines alone, all because of the doctrine of limbo.

However, in 2006, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he is scrapping limbo from the Roman Catholic teachings, saying it does not exist.

The report was published in the paper Metro dated October 5, 2006.
Limbo does not exist, says Pope. All-new view: The Pope opposes the idea of limbo.
Pope Benedict XVI will tomorrow announce he is scrapping the centuries old Roman Catholic concept of limbo. According to church teachings, limbo is home to the souls of children who die without being baptized. It is a state between Heaven and Hell. But the Pope will instead say that unbaptized children go to Heaven.
Mainstream media in the country did not cover the news. The pronouncement was not even heard by Filipinos so they still continue to submit their infants to baptism in fear of the doctrines of limbo.

To conclude his point, the International Evangelist read the verse in Ezekiel 18:20 to clarify that sins are not passed on from parents to children, therefore there is really no need for babies to be baptized.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Bro. Eli read the same verse in nine languages - including Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and some other local languages for audiences attending the symposium-like activity of the MCGI.

Clearly, the doctrine of limbo has deceived many Catholics all over the globe. It is one of those beliefs that has no basis in the Bible but has generated money for the Church that invented it.

After this, the live question and answer portion of the exposition commenced where attendees were given the chance to ask Bro. Eli any questions that they have in mind.

Ten guests coming from different parts of the globe were served; thousands in attendance were also able to monitor the event.

Some of the questions asked were about leadership, knowing the will of God, and salvation, among others.

Apart from hosting Bible Expositions, Bro Eliseo Soriano is also a philanthropist. He has been heading several charitable institutions such as the free college education at La Verdad Christian College in Apalit Pampanga and Caloocan, Metro Manila. He is also the proponent of the Transient Home program in Edsa, Quezon City and Apalit Pampanga, and other medical and feeding programs to serve the marginalized members of society.

The next Worldwide Bible Exposition of MCGI will be on May 24 this year. Thousands of regular as well as first time attendees from different continents are expected to grace the event.


Sources:
Ang Dating Daan Worldwide Bible Exposition, April 26, 2013
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/2010/148891.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Philippines

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