Through him God made all things not one thing in all creations was made without him.” And in 17:5, on the eve of his crucifixion, Jesus prays in the garden, looking up to heaven, “Father! Give me glory in your presence now, the same glory I had with you before the world was made.” These occasions, far, far from each other in time speak of the same thing with amazing consistency about Christ being with God before the world was created: Christ is God.Īnd yet for all the wealth of verses that can be cited in the Bible to prove Christ is God, I would never go as far as proclaiming my findings as the truth.
From the very beginning the word was with God. The entirety of John, Chapter 1 is testimony to Christ’s divinity, particularly 1-3: “Before the world was created, the Word already existed he was with God, and he was the same as God. My own readings of the Bible give me a preponderance of verses attesting to Christ being not man but God. Felix reads just one passage from the scriptures and on the strength of that one single quotation proclaims Christ is man not God. One such teaching, dealing with the question of whether Christ is God or man, is dwelt upon in the movie. Rather what I can claim is that I have come across certain passages in the Bible being contradicted by teachings of Iglesia ni Cristo. Surely, I cannot claim to be versed in the Bible. It is simply unfortunate that empathizing with Felix in this regard leads me to contradicting him eventually. At one point, Felix laments that he cannot continue preaching things that are contrary to what is preached in the Bible. That’s why in viewing “Manalo” I completely empathize with Felix as he moves from one faith to another, ceaseless in his search for the one true church as mandated by the Bible.
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Now, I can only sing, those were the days, of lovely what-might-have-beens.ĭeep into continued spirituality, of religious attendance in twice-a-week worship, participation in INC activities which included hands-on training of INC members in filmmaking, finding my place converted into a dako or site for INC meetings, and what else, I just found myself thirsting for full understanding of the scriptures. In the postwar period onward to its supposed one hundredth year, INC has gone much beyond Philippine horizons, beginning with Hawaii, then Australia, further onward to Continental USA, Europe, the Middle East, and finally, Jerusalem, where, as sang in INC’s official anthem “Ako’y Iglesia Ni Cristo,” it all began.
One can only conjecture that the filmmakers do not subscribe to the claim and so thought it better to do away with that aspect in favor of focusing on the strides made by INC. It is too basic an INC concern to be neglected. It is quite odd that “Manalo” makes no assertion in this regard. In INC indoctrination sessions it is stressed that Felix is the angel referred to in Revelation as rising from the east to confront the four winds that had power over of the earth the four winds are taken to be the Big Four world powers (Britain, France, United States and Italy) that evolved as a consequence of World War 1.
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