IGLESIA NI CRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST) by PrettyJean

BIBLE EXPOSITION ON JUNE 11TH, 2012

2012-06-11T03:24:00.001-07:00

You are cordially invited to attend our BIBLE EXPOSITION!
When: June 11th, 2012
Time: 8P.M.
Where: Central Temple
Iglesia Ni Cristo ( Church of Christ)
Diliman, Quezon City,
Philippines
Contact Number: +639187857807
Contact Person: Prof. Jean Ayende Totanes

BIBLE EXPOSITION ON MAY 11TH, 2012

2012-05-11T01:17:00.000-07:00

I cordially invite my friends who are living near the Temple of the Church of Christ or Iglesia Ni Cristo to attend our Bible Exposition tonight.

EVENT: Bible Exposition

WHERE: Church of Christ / Iglesia Ni Cristo Temple
Commonwealth Ave.,
Quezon City
Philippines

WHEN: May 11th, 2012

TIME: 8P.M.
Be there at 7:30P.M.

Contact Person:
Prof. Jean Ayende Totanes

Contact Number:
+639187857807

Thank you!

MY FIRM CONVICTION AS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST

2012-04-30T23:25:00.001-07:00

IGLESIA NI CRISTO'S OFFICIAL LOGO'S EXPLANATION .....

2012-04-21T05:40:00.002-07:00

Please check out the explanation of the official logo of the Iglesia Ni Cristo here.

http://monkshobbit.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/iglesia-ni-cristo-inc-logo-christian-or-masonic-symbol/

It's up to you to make your own judgment and decision.

For me and my family, whatever someone says about the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST, WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST IS THE ONLY CHURCH TO BE SAVED COME JUDGMENT DAY!

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Acts 20:28

New International Version (NIV)

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,^[a] which he bought with his own blood.^[b]

Footnotes:

Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son. ''

IGLESIA NI CRISTO'S CENTENNIAL LOGO

2012-04-21T05:13:00.002-07:00

http://www.affordablecebu.com/load/spiritual_religion/iglesia_ni_cristo_centennial_logo/12-1-0-2820

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Since the establishment of the Iglesia Ni Cristo in the Philippines in 1914, the members continue to fulfill their duties as lights of the world. They spread the good news (words of God) to the people and bring them closer to God and to the path of salvation. ''

Happy Centennial Anniversary to all brethren all over the world!

HUSBAND AND WIFE RELATIONSHIP....

2012-04-12T04:56:00.003-07:00

The following is also mentioned in the lesson this morning, , Thursday, April 12th, 2012.

A husband must be the head of the family and must be the one to work hard to feed his family and to provide all his family's needs.

A wife must always manage the household and guide the children.

If you are not doing these yet, better change your ways of life so you will also be saved come Judgment Day!

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Ephesians 5:22-33

Today's New International Version (TNIV)

²² Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. ²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. ²⁴ Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her ²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing^[a] her by the washing with water through the word, ²⁷ and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. ²⁸ In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ After all, people have never hated their own bodies, but they feed and care for them, just as Christ does the church— ³⁰ for we are members of his body. ³¹ “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”^[b] ³² This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. ³³ However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Footnotes:

Ephesians 5:26 Or having cleansed
Ephesians 5:31 Gen. 2:24 "

WAYS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS.......

2012-04-12T04:32:00.002-07:00

THINGS NOT TO DO TO BE RIGHTEOUS:

A. LAZINESS OR BEING IDLE

Proverbs 12:24

Today's New International Version (TNIV)

²⁴ Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in forced labor.

Proverbs 19:15

Today's New International Version (TNIV)

¹⁵ Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Today's New International Version (TNIV)

¹⁸ Through laziness, the rafters sag;
because of idle hands, the house leaks.

B. GOSSIPING

Proverbs 11:13
Gossips betray a confidence, but the trustworthy keep a secret.
Proverbs 11:12-14 (in Context) Proverbs 11 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 16:28
The perverse stir up dissension, and gossips separate close friends.
Proverbs 16:27-29 (in Context) Proverbs 16 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 18:8
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
Proverbs 18:7-9 (in Context) Proverbs 18 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 20:19
A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.
Proverbs 20:18-20 (in Context) Proverbs 20 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
Proverbs 26:19-21 (in Context) Proverbs 26 (Whole Chapter)
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
Proverbs 26:21-23 (in Context) Proverbs 26 (Whole Chapter)
Romans 1:29
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
Romans 1:28-30 (in Context) Romans 1 (Whole Chapter)
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.
2 Corinthians 12:19-21 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 12 (Whole Chapter)

C. STEALING

Hosea 4:2
There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Hosea 4:1-3 (in Context) Hosea 4 (Whole Chapter)
Romans 2:21
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Romans 2:20-22 (in Context) Romans 2 (Whole Chapter)
Ephesians 4:28
Those who have been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
Ephesians 4:27-29 (in Context) Ephesians 4 (Whole Chapter)

GRAND EVANGELICAL MISSION IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, PHILIPPINES

2012-03-04T12:30:00.002-08:00

The brethren and guests in the Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines

Cagayan De Oro City trivia:
"
Cagayan de Oro; ( /kəˈɡaɪən deɪ ˈɔəroʊ/ kə-GY-ən day OHR-oh; Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro; Filipino: Lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro), officially the City of Cagayan de Oro, is the provincial capital city of the province of Misamis Oriental in the Philippines. It lies along the northern coastline of the island of Mindanao in the country's southern portion.
Dubbed locally as the "City of Golden Friendship" (Dakbayan sa Bulawanong Panaghigala-ay in Cebuano, as the phrase appears on the city's seal) for the camaraderie and hospitality that are inherent and traditional traits of its people. The name Cagayan de Oro may appear abbreviated as CDO, CDOC, CdeO or Cag. de Oro.
Cagayan de Oro is considered as a Melting Pot of Mindanao noted for its accessibility, business growth, attractions and most of its entire warm and hospitable people. A growing metropolis to be classified as a first-class city and serves as the regional center being the most populous highly-urbanized city in Northern Mindanao (Region X), and the metropolitan center of Metro Cagayan de Oro. According to the 2007 Census, the city has an estimated population of 553,996 inhabitants.
There are also other places in the Philippines with a Cagayán name. One must distinguish Cagayan de Oro from Cagayan province in Northern Luzon and the Cagayan Islands in the Sulu Sea. "
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagayan_de_Oro

Related Links:
http://iglesianicristo-prettyjean.blogspot.com/2012/03/grand-evangelical-mission-in-butuan.html

http://wazzup-prettyjean.blogspot.com/2012/03/brethren-and-guests-at-quirino.html

http://wazzup-prettyjean.blogspot.com/2012/03/photos-of-grand-evangelical-mission-on.html

GRAND EVANGELICAL MISSION IN BUTUAN CITY, MINDANAO

2012-03-04T11:40:00.000-08:00

Some information about the Butuan City:
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The City of Butuan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Butuan; Butuanon: Dakbayan hong Butuan) is the regional center of Caraga, serving as an administrative region of the Philippines; it is a highly urbanized city. It is located at the northeastern part of Agusan Valley, Mindanao, sprawling across the Agusan River. It is bounded to the north, west and south by Agusan del Norte, to the east by Agusan del Sur and to the northwest by Butuan Bay. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 298,378 people.^[1]
The name "Butuan" is believed to have originated from the sour fruit, batuan. Other etymology sources say that it comes from a certain "Datu Buntuan", a chieftain who once ruled over Butuan.^{[citation needed]}
Butuan was the capital of Agusan del Norte until 2000 when Republic Act 8811 transferred the capital to Cabadbaran City. However many of the provincial government offices are still located there, including the provincial capitol, as are many the Caraga regional offices of the national government agencies. "
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butuan

GRAND EVANGELICAL MISSION, MANILA

2012-02-23T06:48:00.001-08:00

I cordially invite all my relatives, friends, enemies, neighbors, and students to attend this GRAND EVANGELICAL MISSION to proclaim GOD'S WORDS and NOT the words of any politicians.

I would like to inform everyone through this blog that we, the IGLESIA NI CRISTO MEMBERS, ONLY FOLLOW THE WORDS OF THE TRUE GOD THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE so we usually invite you to our worship services and to our missionary work.

IF THIS MISSIONARY WORK ISN'T THE WORK OF GOD, I WON'T FOLLOW. WHY? BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT TO INVITE PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF TRUTH. INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING MY INVITATION, ALMOST ALWAYS, I RECEIVE MOCKERY. INSTEAD OF THANKING ME FOR BRINGING THEM TO LIGHT AND TO THEIR SOULS' SALVATION, I ALWAYS RECEIVE A LOT OF DISCOURTEOUS RIDICULE.

IF I DON'T WANNA BE SAVED, I WON'T INVITE YOU ALL. BUT I WANNA BE SAVED COME JUDGMENT DAY. SO EVEN IF THERE WILL BE MORE RAISING OF THE EYEBROWS BECAUSE OF THIS BLOG AND INVITATION, EVEN IF I WILL BE MOCKED AND RIDICULED AGAIN, AND EVEN IF NO ONE IS GONNA READ THIS BECAUSE OF THE NAME '' CHURCH OF CHRIST'', I STILL WRITE THIS AND PUBLISH THIS FOR MY OWN SOUL SALVATION.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU WON'T TAKE HEED TO THIS CALLING. WHAT I CARE IS MY OWN SOUL SALVATION.

I INVITE PEOPLE, FRIENDS, ENEMIES, NEIGHBORS, STUDENTS, AND RELATIVES FOR OUR SOULS' SALVATION, NOT FOR ANY POLITICIANS OR TREASURE.

IF I KNOCK AT YOUR DOOR AND YOU JUST IGNORE ME, I DON'T CARE. AS LONG AS I DO MY DUTIES TO MY GOD, I AM SAVED.

SO I WILL STILL AND ALWAYS BE DOING THIS DEVOTEDLY....UNTIL THE SECOND COMING OF MY SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST.

AMEN!

I AM MOCKED BECAUSE OF JESUS CHRIST'S NAME.....I AM SAVED COME JUDGMENT DAY!

2012-02-10T00:06:00.000-08:00

Life on Earth has become too busy and too chaotic especially these days. Due to economic turmoil, violent natural calamities, and education deficiency, humans have become to love material things more than spiritual matters.

Though I found it difficult to invite people to the BIBLE EXPOSITIONS of the ONLY TRUE CHURCH THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE, I must not give up inviting them because I INVITE THEM TO SAVE THEIR SOULS FROM A VERY SEVERE DESTRUCTION which will happen on the SECOND COMING OF JESUS which is so very near.

Though I am experiencing persecution from a few people because of inviting them to LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF TRUTH as being proclaimed by the ministers of the CHURCH OF CHRIST or the IGLESIA NI CRISTO, I must not stop inviting them.

One of my persecutors who told me that I am a flirt because I have been inviting her 75 year-old partner who is a professor at the College of Law of the New Era University, Philippines, and a retired judge, is my neighbor. She lives next to my door. I always hear her saying something bad against me as if she wants to destroy my good name and my good reputation around my community.

Maybe she doesn't know that I can sue her and file her a case under oral defamation, libel, or slander. She has been insulting me life-threateningly. BUT, I have ignored all those invective words. Though she has an acid and bitter tongue, but I almost treat myself as deaf so I can't hear what she has been telling against me.

Instead, I treat everything as part of my DUTIES to my Creator, and to my Lord Jesus Christ. Every time I hear her putting stain into my name, I always tell myself that Jesus Christ was even nailed down, was given a crown of thorns, and was also asked to walk long miles carrying a cross while Romans were shouting that Jesus, my Lord, was a sinner, though my Lord has not sinned, even a single one.

I think I have already passed that stage, too, the stage when Jesus Christ was ridiculed and mocked. Though I am a sinner, I always try to make my life righteous in the eyes of my GOD, and to my Lord Jesus Christ. And during the performances of my Christian duties and during the time when I am following the WILL of my Creator, I am also laughed at and persecuted. Because of Jesus Christ's name, I am mocked and ridiculed, too. In that case, I TRULY AM SAVED COME JUDGMENT DAY.

At this time, I would like to invite again all my friends all over the world to please attend any of our BIBLE EXPOSITIONS near your place.

Here in my Locale, Central, the BIBLE EXPOSITIONS are scheduled on February 10th and 13th, 2012 at 8PM.

My friends in the Philippines, if you feel like coming, please leave your message and contact number to my facebook account. Please send a private message for me.

Tonight, the English choir will be the one performing in the choir loft. So I will be there in the choir loft, too, because I am a member of the English choir in the Locale of Central.

Even though I will be in the loft tonight, I can still entertain you if you are coming on Monday, February 13th, 2012 at 8PM.

I cordially invite you all.
Please find time to listen to the VOICE OF TRUTH for you own soul's salvation.

A GLORIOUS, A PROSPEROUS, AND A HAPPY CENTENNIAL TO ALL BRETHREN ALL OVER THE WORLD!

2012-01-21T06:13:00.001-08:00

I was just mocked and ridiculed because of being a PROUD member of the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST.

This mockery was written on my facebook.com wall today, January 21st, 2012 while I was teaching ONLINE one of my Chinese students. I usually use Skype in my ONLINE teaching.

My student, Anny (not her real name), and I had a great time discussing our topic which was the Chinese New Year which will be celebrated at midnight of January 22nd, 2012. Never knowing that my innocent name has been mocked in public.

Here is the copy of the mockery:
" Oswaldo Garcia Proud to be al igual que algunas sectas niega la divinidad de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Con la negación de la divinidad de Cristo se niega en forma automática la negación de la Trinidad.El INC es un culto no cristiano. Tiene todos los rasgos que caracterizan a una secta. A pesar de que comenzó el año 1914 en las Filipinas, se ha propagado en todo el mundo y se jacta de millones de personas en su membresía. Hay que tener cuidado!"

I needed to answer back to explain to him the truth about the Iglesia Ni Cristo. I must not be a coward. I must not be afraid of any mockery and discrimination. I should be glad because I'm taunted because of my Saviour, my Lord Jesus Christ. I should be glad because I have again confirmed that I AM THE TRUE DAUGHTER OF THE TRUE LIVING GOD.

For it is written:
"
1 Peter 4:14

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁴ If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you."

After I sent him my responses, this is what he replied to me:
" Oswaldo Garcia En que basa el fundamento teologico de lo que cree Ustedes crrer. Cuales son realmente sus creencias...sus bases teologicas...a lo mejor yo estoy equivocado...lo sabre reconocer!"

Then I responded again. And this is what he sent to me:
" Oswaldo Garcia God Bless you to
Oswaldo Garcia Esta bien...estare atento cuando Ud. quiera."

The point here brethren is we must not be afraid to explain to people the truth about the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST so we can enlighten their minds and their hearts.

For it is written:
"

Matthew 5:13-15

New International Version (NIV)

Salt and Light

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house."

GOD BLESS us all. Have a GLORIOUS and a PROSPEROUS IGLESIA NI CRISTO / CHURCH OF CHRIST CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY.

HOW PAINFUL IT IS TO BE MOCKED!

2012-01-18T00:07:00.001-08:00

HOW TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE IGLESIA NI CRISTO OR THE CHURCH OF CHRIST?

2012-01-17T23:31:00.001-08:00

Friends, if you wonder about the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST, this one is for you.

The HOLY BIBLE teaches us that the Iglesia Ni Cristo or the Church of Christ is the ONLY WAY to your SOUL'S SALVATION.

If you believe in what the HOLY BIBLE says, then please don't hesitate to seek the truth.

There are many ways to know more of the Iglesia Ni Cristo.
1. You may get inside and attend our worship services scheduled on Wednesdays or on Thursdays, and on Saturdays and Sundays. In other parts of the world there are also worship services scheduled on Fridays.

Feel free to ask about these schedules from any locale officials in the Iglesia Ni Cristo or the Church of Christ chapel near your place. Or if you have an Iglesia Ni Cristo member friend, please tell him/her that you are interested in attending our worship services.

2. You may watch our own TV Channels
Please follow these links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DZCE-TV

http://www.net-25.com/news_ISDB-T.html

3. You may listen to our radio programs especially when you are living in the Philippines.
You may tune in to DZEC or DZEM.

4. You may read our PASUGO (GOD'S MESSAGE), the official magazine of the Iglesia Ni Cristo.

5. You may watch our posts on youtube by clicking the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=WeC-qunt47s

Thank you so much for bearing with me. Thank you so much for reading all my posts.

This is your friend on the net, pretty jean.
GOD BLESS!

Introducing the IGLESIA NI CRISTO or the CHURCH OF CHRIST FROM THE FAR EAST

2012-01-11T22:35:00.001-08:00

This is the Central Temple of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) nestled in the heart of Quezon City, Philippines. This is where I go to attend our worship services and sing praises to our Almighty Father on Thursdays and Sundays. I belong to the English Choir. I always perform my duties as a member of the English choir at very early dawn on Thursdays and at 7 o' clock in the mornings of Sundays. As a choir member, I need to go to the Temple at least an hour before our choir drills. So expect that I need to wake up very, very early for my preparations every time I perform my duties.

Why am I so enthusiastically performing my duties? Why do I have to make sacrifices and deny myself because of my calling?

Maybe, you won't understand me if I will just state here the reasons why. It's much better to introduce to you, my Church, the Church of Christ or the Iglesia Ni Cristo.

For sure, Iglesia Ni Cristo or Church of Christ isn't really familiar to you. Here is the link to introduce my Church more to you.
http://www.incmedia.org/

To know more, please click here
http://www.incmedia.org/watch/sof

I hope to hear from you.
Thank you.

PAMAMAHAYAG NG MGA SALITA NG DIOS

2012-01-09T00:04:00.000-08:00

I cordially invite all my friends in the Philippines especially those who are living in Quezon City or in Metro Manila Central to attend our special event tonight, January 9th, 2012, at 8 at the Central Temple of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ). It's our Bible Exposition wherein the WORDS OF THE TRUE LIVING GOD WRITTEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE are being taught.

If you would like to attend our Bible Exposition or any of our worship services being held at our Temple, please feel free to get in touch with me. Please call 09187857807.

Thank you.