Members Church of God International (MCGI)

by **strangelove** Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:05 am

Heres a list of the teachings from wiki:

Members Church of God International Teachings

Teachings about God

There's God, YHWH (God of Israel) or God the Father who is the Creator of the universe and YHWSA HMSYH, the Son of God, whom He made Lord and Christ . God is not omnipotent (he cannot do certain things like lying).[12] God is not omniscient (he doesn't foreknow all future human actions and choices). God is not omnipresent (he created hell but he is not there).
Jesus Christ (Yhwsa Hmsyh) is God the Father's only begotten son (in Romanized Greek: monogenestheos). He is that Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace in Isaiah 9:6. He is recognized as the Apostle and High Priest of the church. He is the sent savior of mankind and the way, the truth and the life.[13].
The Holy Spirit came from the Father and part of the Godhead.

Teachings about the Church

The Members Church of God International affiliates to the only true church of God first preached in Jerusalem during the 1st century A.D.and brings the message of salvation to the world. The church of God is the Kingdom of God on earth and is necessary for one's salvation. Those who have heard of the gospel and of the church must join this church in order to be saved..
A member of the Members Church of God International can lose his salvation if he doesn't persevere until the end.
The official name of the true church in the Bible is Church of God in Christ Jesus.[14]
The laws of Moses, the 10 Commandments including Shabbat and tithing have been abolished and replaced with the laws of Christ in the New Testament.
Salvation can only be attained by following all the laws of Christ in the New Testament * A person may be saved even though he has not heard of the Gospel. He will be judged by God according to his conscience.
The establishment of the Members Church of God International in the Philippines is the fulfilment of Zachariah 8:3, Isaias 24:15 and among other prophecies in the Bible because geographically, the Philippines is an archipelago located in the East.
Zechariah 13:7-9 was fulfilled in the Members Church of God International when the Iglesia ng Diyos kay Kristo Hesus Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan, founded by Nicholas Perez, split into three groups: Levita Gugulan's group, Filomeno Hizon's group and Eliseo Soriano's group.
Women should not be allowed to lead the church.[7]

Other teachings

The Whore of Babylon in Revelations represents the Papacy. The Beast of Revelation is its Anti-Christian Teachings because the church claims that the pope's title is Vicarius Christi. The mark of the beast in the hand or forehead represents all the works of men who wilfully follow the wrong teachings of the harlot. The Roman Catholic Church never declare that Vicarius Filii Dei is an official title of the pope.
The Last Supper is not to be commemorated literally. The bread symbolizes the teachings of Jesus and the cup of wine symbolizes the sufferings that Christians must endure.
The Bible does not condemn the hormonally imbalanced persons or the gays and the lesbians but the sodomites. Sodomites are heterosexuals who practice homosexual sex because of their perversion. However, they must remain celibate.
The soul is a combination of spirit (breath of life) and body including the emotions, memory, faculties. When a person dies, his soul is in the hands of God and will be restored in the resurrection to face judgement.

Thoughts?

by zone Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:33 pm

more AoG stuff.
British-Israelism roots i think.
Armstrong-ish

anybody still calling Rome the Mother of Harlots is suspect.

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