Wednesday, August 15, 2012
In sheep's clothing: Clothed in white are INC Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo and INC ministers
A CRITIQUE OF IGLESIA NI CRISTO EXECUTIVE
MINISTER EDUARDO V. MANALO’S STATEMENT ON THE RH BILL
PART VII
[This
is the seventh part of my critique of Iglesia ni Cristo Executive Minister
Eduardo V. Manalo’s position on the RH Bill. The words of Mr. Manalo are in green while
my comments are in black.]
The RH Bill supported by the Iglesia ni Cristo is also supported by foreign-funded pro-abortion group Likhaan
The Bible instructs married couples not to
deprive one another of intimate marital relations for long, extended periods of
time; further, any abstinence at all for a married couple is supposed to be
with the mutual consent of husband and wife and not for the purpose of preventing
pregnancies (I Cor. 7:3-5).
The above statement is presaged by Iglesia ni Cristo Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo with his judgment
that methods of natural family planning are “immoral, since they contradict the commandment
that God has given to married couples.” What commandment is
that? Mr. Manalo mentions 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 which says:
“The husband should
fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have
authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the
husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by
mutual consent and for a time,
so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again
so that Satan
will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control” (NIV).
Mr. Manalo says that 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 is the commandment given by God to married couples
Notice that Mr. Manalo categorically calls the above as God’s
commandment. But what does the apostle Paul say it is? Let the apostle Paul
speak for himself:
“I say this as a concession,
not as a command” (1 Cor. 7:6, NIV).
The apostle Paul says it is a concession, not a command. On the other
hand, Mr. Eduardo V. Manalo says it is a command
– from God, no less. Who are we to believe? The apostle Paul or Mr. Manalo? Does
Mr. Manalo read his Bible? If he does, how come he misses that? How dare Mr.
Manalo supplant the inspired and infallible Word of God with his human and
fallible word! What else is left of Mr. Manalo’s credibility to preach about
God’s Word which he distorts and misrepresents? We just simply cannot take
his word.
The Apostle St. Paul, the inspired
writer of 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 says that it is a concession, not a
command (1 Cor. 7:6). Mr. Eduardo V. Manalo on the other hand says that
it is God's commandment. Who are we to believe? The apostle Paul or the
INC Executive Minister?
“But even if we or an angel from heaven should
preach to you a gospel that is different from the one we preached to you, may
he be condemned to hell! We
have said it before, and now I say it again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel
that is different from the one you accepted, may he be condemned to hell!”
(Gal. 1:8-9, Good News Translation).
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