Lahat naman kaya ko sagutin sa tingin ko pero i choose not to kasi hindi nga ako magaling doon.
And i disagree na you cant know what the bible says if you dont read it. Kaya nga may mga bible studies and church services where they read it and explain it and answer questions. I just dont read it. Pero bakit nga ba hindi ako nagbabasa ng bible? Siguro kasi befire when i tried reading it nalito ako, as in hindi ko naintidihan most of it so i just stopped. Then i started to ask questions tungkol sa mga hindi ko naintindihan and it was explained to me very well by our minister. Ayun ok na ako doon, basta may tanong ako magtatanong na lang ako sa mas nakakaalam.
Mahirap yung sinasabing binabasa nya at naiintindihan nya yun pala wrong translation na. Yun ang ayaw ko mangyari sa akin.
Simula PNK, to doktrina, to pagsamba, to gawain, to pamamahayag, INC members are raised in a way of life where its ministers and pastors have the exclusive authority and capability to read, study, and understand the bible. People do not bring the bible in all INC gatherings. So there is really no bible study going on, just preaching and listening. When one asks, one merely gets the same answer drawn from the George Lamsa translation of the bible and statements pulled from Catholic resources.
Naiintindihan ko why most of you would really struggle to read it. Reality is, you don't even have a desire to do so influenced by INC tradition. The bible just gathers dust at home.
Why read the bible? Because the Bible (66 books: 39 Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books) is the Word of God — supernaturally inspired, inerrant, and infallible. I believe it is supreme authority in all matters of faith, doctrine, and conduct. I believe in its sufficiency, clarity, and necessity for genuine Christian living. (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalms 119:105; Psalms 19:7-11; Proverbs 30:5)
The Bible is literally "God-breathed" (2 Timothy 3:16). It is God's very words to us. Jesus said, “‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). Relationship with the Lord is personal and knowing and applying His Word is essential for that relationship to grow and flourish.
The Deity of Jesus Christ is written all over Scriptures and INC rejects it mainly because its ministers say so and because it believes it is merely a Roman Catholic invention during the Council of Nicea. Read the bible and it's written there. It's not difficult to understand.
Before Jesus ascended to heaven, his parting words were: Matthew 28:18-20 "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
More than 2000 years ago, the Pharisees, experts of the Law and who memorized entire books of the Old Testament, denied and spurned Jesus. Today, a bigger part of the world (Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Atheism, etc) continue to do so.
The Catholic Church, from where the INC has drawn a great number of its Filipino members from and the church whose doctrines and traditions the INC has religiously opposed to attract people, actually are one of the few along with other Christian groups that upholds Jesus' divinity.
