Why Iglesia Ni Cristo rejects the doctrine that the
One true God is consists of three persons (God the father, God the Son and God
the Holy Spirit)?
LET US EXAMINE and make a comparison of the doctrine
upheld by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) that the Father alone is the
only true God with those of the Catholics and Protestants (let us call them
“Trinitarians”) that the one true God is consists of three persons (God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit).
WHICH IS LOGICAL? WHICH IS ILLOGICAL?
Which belief about God is logical and which is
illogical? The belief of the Iglesia Ni Cristo or the belief of the
Trinitarians?
The
Iglesia Ni Cristo:
The Father only = One True God
The Trinitarians:
God the God
the God the
Father + Son
+ Holy Spirit = One
God (?)
Logic
says:
1 + 1 + 1
= 3
WHICH IS BIBLICAL? WHICH IS UNBIBLICAL?
The
Iglesia Ni Cristo:
“There is only one true God, the Father, and besides
Him there’s no one else.”
The Trinitarians:
The Triune God, the Trinity: There is God the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, and these three, each of whom are true
God, are only one God.
The Bible says:
“After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and
prayed: ‘Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify
you.
“Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the
only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:1, 3 NIV)
“Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from
whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus
Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.” (I Corinthians
8:6 NIV)
“Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create
us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one
another?” (Malachi 2:10 NIV)
“Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim
this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides
me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.” (Isaiah 44:8 NIV)
WHICH MAKES SENSE? WHICH IS NOT MAKING ANY SENSE?
The
Iglesia Ni Cristo:
“Because there is only one true God, the Father, thus
the Lord Jesus Christ is not God because He is the Son of the one true God, and
the Holy Spirit is also not God because he is the one that is sent by the
Father (the one true God) in the name of Jesus Christ. The Father alone is the
true God.”
The Trinitarians:
“The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy
Spirit is also God. These three are all true Gods (co-equal, co-eternal and
co-substantial). However, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit
(these three) are only one God.
The Admission of the Catholic
authorities:
A Catholic priest testifies that the Trinity “cannot
be proved by the reason…” (Bounth, C. J., S.J. The Blessed Trinity.
London: Catholic Truth Society, p. 21.)
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