An open letter for Antonio Ebanghelista's group

A letter came from a brethren...


ANGEL MANALO, JOY YUSON, LOUIE CAYABYAB, ISAIAS SAMSON JR, ROVIC CANONO aka Antonio Ebanghelista, Danica Rosales, Kelly Ong, Maggie Noypi, Sher Lock and companions,
 

As a member of the Church Of Christ, I persistently read your posts in FB. In your many posts and comments, you said that those who are able to read them should wake up and think. What you are saying is very appealing. Your compositions are well written. I read all of your posts and comments and I pondered over them.

Please allow me to share to all those who are reading your posts the result of the readings and reflections, and deliberations that I did.

Antonio Ebanghelista and companions, what you are doing are VERY MUCH misleading and aims to weaken the faith of the members. You are not true brethren. You are not truly concerned of our welfare.

You are using speech that seems to show concern on the welfare of the Church but if one only put your posts into carefully deliberation, you are directly going against the teachings of God that are upheld by the Church Administration and the Executive Minister.

Good for me I was able to listen to the lecture of Brother Eduardo V. Manalo about the modus operandi of the devil - he inverts the truth.

This was how Eve had fallen victim to the devil: God said that they should not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If they will not obey, they will die. The devil asked Eve, “is it true that you are not allowed to eat from all fruit trees?” The devil asked such a malicious question. Eve answered, “No. We can eat from the fruit trees except from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” The devil responded, “That is not true! If you eat from that tree, you will become like gods who know good and evil.”

Satan is clever. he seems to be “concerned” about Eve. he made it look like God was starving Adam and Eve. That they were being oppressed. But his true intention is to lead people to destruction and to convince them to disobey the commandments of God.

You are also like this, you false brethren. As if you are “concerned” about us. You seem to be concerned of the Church, that is why you are making it look like the Church is being maltreated or oppressed, or that the Executive Minister is not mindful. For what? In order to disturb us; in order to shaken our faith. You yourselves admitted that after reading your posts, there are some readers whose faith were affected. You want to ruin our trust in the Executive Minister. You want us to doubt. You even want us to be offended of our voluntary offerings.

What you are doing is very clear, you just want to boast yourselves as the ones who are righteous, that you are the ones whom we should listen to, at the same time you are criticizing the Church Administration and the Executive Minister.

If you truly care for the Church, Apostle Paul is asking you, “If you have disputes, why do you present this to those who are not recognized by the Church.” Are you really caring for the Church when non-members are now putting under ridicule and mockery the Church that God’s Messenger and Ka Erdy gave their lives for? Are you happy now? Are you now in the limelight? Do you feel good about yourselves? Are you happy that you were able to convince some to go against and disrespect the Executive Minister? You even used social media to post your lies and malicious comments. You are all cowards.

A true member of the Church do not use the FB to air their concerns. With what you are doing, it is obvious that you do not have faith that this Church belongs to God. You are only serving HUMAN BEINGS.

It is not surprising that there are those who read your posts who were disheartened. That is what you really wanted to happen, isn’t it? What you and your companions want is that we follow you. You wanted to place a different Executive Minister. You do not want to obey, you do not want to submit to the Administrator that God placed in the Church.

The persons whom you want to place as leaders have forsaken their duties, they were expelled. They are those who capitalize on the memories of Brother Eraño G. Manalo for their own personal interests. We love Brother Eraño Manalo because he was then the Executive Minister. We will never forget him. However, even before he was laid to rest by God, God have already made known to the whole world the one who will take his place - he is the one who took oath as the Deputy Executive Minister - Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. And we will listen to and obey him.

The Church is not a family owned organization. The Church belongs to God. What governs over this Church are the teachings and the authority that God gave Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. It is written in the Bible,

Someone said to him, “Look, your mother and brothers are outside wanting to speak with you.” Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” He stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, “Look, here are my mother and my brothers. Whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven is my brother, sister, and mother.” Matt 12:47-50 CEB

Brother Eduardo V. Manalo loves his family. But you do not understand that the FAMILY of the Executive Minister is the ENTIRE CHURCH. As the Executive Minister, he is accountable to God in fulfilling the tasks given to him. He is not accountable to his mother or brothers in the flesh.

You who seem to know about the matters of the Church, are actually liars whose purpose is to ruin our faith. You are hiding behind the memories of Brother Eraño Manalo.

To the brethren who have also read the posts of this group, this is what I found out and understood after reading their posts and comments:

They want to make it look like they are more concerned about us than the Executive Minister.

They want us to stop taking heed of the Church Administration and to just listen to and believe them instead.

They do not have respect and reverent fear on the one God placed to be our Executive Minister.

They want to replace Brother Eduardo V. Manalo as the Executive Minister.

They want the Church to be in disarray.

They are making the Church vulnerable to the public and put the Church to humiliation. 

(Just look at how they post alleged document evidences)

THEY DO NOT WANT US TO OBEY THE CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AND BE SAVED.

To your group, Antonio Ebanghelista and others, who are persistent in your posts, you are BLASPHEMERS. You are directly going against God.

You can never deceive us. You serve the people if you want to. You serve your own bellies. It is obvious that you are only after your own personal interests. Serve your “ever-beloved person” if you want to. But we who are true brethren, we who are true Church Of Christ members, we who have learned from God’s Messenger and Brother Eraño, as well as from Brother Eduardo, we will serve God. We are on the side of the Church Administration. We are on the side of the only one Executive Minister, Brother EDUARDO V. MANALO.

Once again, you will never deceive us!

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