
To nyong
give an
answer
when
asked sa
Ariin
banal
si Cristo
na Panginoon
inyong
mga puso:the
at maging
handa kayo
concerning
hope that
lagi sa pagsagot sa bawa't tao na humihicontinually
keeps
us
going.
ngi sa inyo ng katuwiran tungkol sa pagasang nasa inyo, nguni't gawin nyo itong
may kaamuan at takot (1 PEDRO 3:15).
To build
up theninyo
faithang
of mga
my
Kaya
nga sundin
own brethren
that theyatmay
bagay
na makapapayapa,
ang
mga
bagay
na makapagpapatibay sa
keep
on going.
isa't isa (ROMA 14:19).
4 Tungo a isang manang di nasisira, at walang dungis, at hindi
OUTLINE
kumukupas,
na inilaan sa langit
para
sa inyo,the church of
A. Only
35 Purihin
nawa
ang
Dios
at
Ama
ng
Kayo
na sa kapangyarihan
ng
Christ
has
biblical
ating Panginoong Jesucristo, na ayon
Dios credentials!
ay iniingatan sa pamamagisa kaniyang malaking awa ay ipinatan
ng
pananampalataya
sa
ikalinganak
na muli tayo sa isang buhay na
B. Denominationalism
ligtas
na
nahanda
na upang
ihapagasa
sa
pamamagitan
ng
pagkahas no future!
yag
sana
huling
panahon
(1 PEDRO
buhay
maguli
ni Jesucristo
sa mga
1:3-5).
patay,
THE NEW
TESTAMENT
CHURCH:
Why Be A Part Of
It
WHY BE A PART OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT CHURCH?
ITS BIBLICAL CREDENTIALS:

1) Its establishment has been
prophesied in the Old Testament!
2) It is the only church Jesus says He
would build!
3) It is the only church whose rock
foundation is Jesus!
4) It is unique in its being the first
church in the whole world!
WHY BE A PART OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT CHURCH?
5) It is the only church
that
can
truly

claim to be founded in the right
place!
6) It is the only church that can truly
claim Jesus as its head!
7) It is the church whose only saviour
is Jesus!
8) As a New Testament community
of believers, it uses scriptural
designations!
A. BECAUSE OF ITS BIBLICAL
CREDENTIALS
• 1) IT’S THE ONLY CHURCH PROPHESIED TO BE BUILT BY GOD
HIMSELF!
• ISAIAS 2:2.
• At mangyayari sa mga huling araw,
na ang bundok ng bahay ng Panginoon ay matatatag sa taluktok ng
mga bundok, at magiging mataas
sa mga burol; at lahat ng bansa ay
magsisiparoon doon.
“Mga
huling
araw”
– therefers
Christian
The
phrase
“huling
araw”
to the
dispensation,
thatthe
period
judgment
day. But
phrasewhen
“mga
huling
refers
to the
Christian
Christaraw”
stands
as the
Father’s
spokesperiod
Pentecostbetween
up to
man tothat
us,began
or theon
mediator
Judgment.
It refers to our time.
us and God.

2Ay
nagsalita
sa atin
sa mga nang
huling
“Ang
Dios,
na
nagsalita
Nitong
mga huling
araw na
ito sa pamamagitan,
ng kaniunang panahon sa ating mga
panahon,
Jesus
becomes
yang
Anak, na siyang
itinalaga
na
magulang
sa
iba't
ibang
panahon
tagapagmana
ng lahat
ng Mediator,
mga bagay, na
our
Savior,
our
sa iba't ibang
paraan
saginawa
saat
pamamagitan
naman
niya'y
our Head, ng
and
our
King.
pamamagitan
mga
propeta,
ang sanglibutan (HEBREO 1:1-2).
“At mangyayari sa mga huling araw,
na ang bundok ng bahay ng Panginoon ay matatatag sa taluktok ng
mga bundok” (ISAIAS 2:2).
“Nguni't kung ako'y magluwat ng
mahabang panahon, ito ay upang
maalaman mo kung paano ang
dapat ugaliin ng mga tao sa loob ng
bahay ng Dios, ang iglesia ng Dios
na buhay, at ang haligi at suhay ng
katotohanan” (1 TIMOTEO 3:15).
2) IT IS THE ONLY CHURCH
JESUS SAYS HE WOULD BUILD!

“At sinasabi ko naman sa iyo, na
ikaw ay Pedro, at sa ibabaw ng
batong ito ay itatayo ko ang
aking iglesia; at ang mga pintuan ng Hades ay hindi magsisipanaig laban sa kaniya”
(MATEO 16:18).
AWIT 127:1
Malibang itayo ng Panginoon ang bahay, walang
kabuluhang nagsisigawa
ang nagtatayo:
Malibang ingatan ng Panginoon ang bayan, walang
kabuluhang gumigising ang
bantay.
MATEO 15:13
But Jesus answered
 and said,
Every plant which my heavenly Father planted not, shall
be rooted up.
Datapuwa't sumagot si Jesus
at sinabi, Ang bawa't halamang hindi itinanim ng aking
Ama na nasa kalangitan, ay
bubunutin.
3) THE ONLY CHURCH THAT WAS
BUILT ON THE ROCK FOUNDATION
OF JESUS’ BEING THE SON OF GOD!
At sinasabi ko naman sa iyo, na
κἀγὼ δέ σοι λέγω ὅτι σὺ εἶ
ikaw ay Pedro, at sa ibabaw ng
Πέτρος,
καὶ
ἐπὶ
ταύτῃ
τῇ
πέτρᾳ
batong ito ay itatayo ko ang aking
οἰκοδομήσω
μου
τὴν
ἐκκλησίαν,
iglesia; at ang mga pintuan ng
καὶ
πύλαι
ἅδου
οὐ
κατισχύσουσιν
Hades ay hindi magsisipanaig laban
αὐτῆς.
sa kaniya (MATEO
16:18).
1 CORINTHIANS 3:11

For other foundation can no man
lay than that which is laid, which
is Jesus Christ.
Sapagka't sinoman ay hindi makapaglalagay ng ibang pinagsasaligan, kundi ang nalalagay na, na
ito'y si Cristo Jesus.
4) IT IS THE ONLY CHURCH THAT
COULD CLAIM TO BE THE FIRST IN
THE WHOLE WORLD!
• It was built on the first Pentecost after
Jesus rose from the dead, according to
Acts 2.
• ISAIAS 2:2.
• At mangyayari sa mga huling araw, na
ang bundok ng bahay ng Panginoon ay
matatatag sa taluktok ng mga bundok,
at magiging mataas sa mga burol; at
lahat ng bansa ay magsisiparoon doon.
ACTS 2:1, 5
1 At nang dumating nga ang araw
ng Pentecostes, silang lahat ay
nangagkakatipon sa isang dako.
5 May mga nagsisitahan nga sa
Jerusalem na mga Judio, mga
lalaking relihiyoso, na buhat sa
bawa't bansa sa ilalim ng langit.
Churches of Christ through the Ages
From AD 30 to the Present
607 First “Pope”
Roman Catholic Church
The Sects
1054 Greek Orthodox
1517 Lutheran Church
1533 Church of England, etc.
5) WAS BUILT IN JERUSALEM,
AS PROPHESIED!

At
maraming
bayan
magsisiyaon
at
46 At
sinabi niya
sa ay
kanila,
Ganyan ang
1
CORINTHIANS
12:13
mangagsasabi,
Halina
kayo,
at tayo'y
pagkasulat,
na
kinakailangang
maghirap
4 At, palibhasa'y nakikipagpulong
“Sapagka't
sa
isangng
Espiritu
ay
magsiahon
sa
bundok
Panginoon,
sa
ang
Cristo,
at
magbangong
muli
sa
mga
sa kanila, ay ipinagutos niya sa
bahay
ng ikatlong
Dios ni Jacob;
at tuturuan
niya
binabautismuhan
tayong
lahat sa
patay sa
araw;
kanila
na
huwag
silang
magsialis
tayo
kaniyangsa
mga
daan,
at
tayo'y
isang
maging
tayo'y
Judio
47 Atngkatawan,
ipangaral
kaniyang
pangalan
sa
Jerusalem,
kundi
hintayin
ang
magsisilakad
sa
kaniyang
mga
landas:
pagsisisi
at pagpapatawad
mga
oang
Griego,
maging
mga alipin ng
o mga
pangako
ng
Ama,
na
sinabi
niyang
sapagka't
mula
sa
Sion
ay
lalabas
ang sa
kasalanan
sa
lahat
ng
mga
bansa,
laya; at tayong lahat ay pinainom
kautusan,
at
ang
salita
ng
Panginoon
ay
narinig
ninyo
sa
akin
(GAWA
1:4).
magbuhat
sa
Jerusalem
(LUCAS
24:46isang Espiritu.”
mula
47). sa Jerusalem (ISAIAS 2:3).
In
these below
modernis
times,
it is stillconception
possible to baptize
Image
an artist’s
of the
multitudes like what happened on that Pentecost Day
Holy Spirit baptism
event on Pentecost.
of Acts 2.
The apostles underwent
 baptism in
the Holy Spirit, and were set into
the church (ACTS 1:4, 5; ACTS 2:114).
Three thousand souls heard the
gospel of the death, burial and
resurrection of Jesus, repented of
their sins, and were baptized (ACTS
2:37-38).
6) THE ONLY CHURCH OF WHICH
JESUS IS THE HEAD!
There
is ONLY
ONE
BODY
(EPH.
•22Sapagka't
ang
lalake
ay
At ang lahat ng mga bagay pangulo
ay pina4:4).
ng niya
kaniyang
asawa,
gaya naman
suko
sa ilalim
ng kaniyang
mga paa,
That
ONE
BODY
is the ng
church
(EPH.
atni
siyang
pinagkaloobang
maging
paCristo
na pangulo
iglesia,
ngulo
ng lahat
ng mga
bagay sa iglesia,
1:22-23).
na siya
rin ang
tagapagligtas
ng
23
Na siyang
katawan
niya,
na
kapus-the
Christ
is
the
HEAD
of
the
BODY,
katawan (EFESO 5:23).
pusan
niyaong
pumupuspos
ng
lahat
sa
Church (EPH. 1:22-23; 5:23; COL.
lahat (EFESO 1:22-23).
1:18).
7) IT’S A BLOOD-BOUGHT
CHURCH!

“Sapagka't
ang lalake
ay ulosarili,
ng at
 Ingatan ninyo
ang inyong
“And
the
Lord
added
to
the
church
At
siya'y
manganganak
ng
isang
sa
kanino
mang
iba
ay
kaniyang
asawa,
gaya
ni
ang buong
kawan,
nanaman
sa kanila'y
daily
such
as
should
be
saved”
lalake;
at
ang
pangalang
itatawalang
sapagka't
Cristo
nakaligtasan:
ulo
ngng
iglesia.
Siya
rin ang
ginawa
kayo
Espiritu
Santo
na
(ACTS
2:47).
wag
sa kaniya'y
JESUS;
walang
ibang
pangalan
sa silong
tagapagligtas
ng
kanyang
katawan”
mgamo
obispo,
upang
pakanin
ninyo
“At idinaragdag sa kanila ng
sapagka't
ililigtas
niya
(EFESO
5:23).
iglesia
ngibinigay
Panginoon
na
binili
ngang
langit,
na
saang
mga
Panginoon araw-araw yaong
Si
Cristo
ang
ulo
ng
iglesia,
at
ang
niya
ngsukat
kaniyang
sariling
dugo
kaniyang
bayan
sa
kanilang
mga
tao,
na
nating
ikaligtas
nangaliligtas” (GAWA 2:47).
iglesia
ay 4:12).
ang
katawan1:21).
niya (EFESO
(GAWA
20:28).
kasalanan
(MATEO
(GAWA
1:22-23).
8) USES SCRIPTURAL DESIGNATIONS

“Ang
iglesia ni
ngCristo
Dios
“Ang
(Mateo
Angiglesia”
katawan
“Ang
sangbahayan
ng
Ang
kaharian
(Dan. ni
2:44;
Ang
mga iglesia
(Rom.
12:5;
1 Cor.
Efe.
na buhay”
(112:13;
Tim.
18:15;
18:17;
Gawa
5:11;
Marcos
Colosas
1:13).
Cristo
(Rom.
16:16).
Dios”9:1;
(1
Tim.
3:15).
1:23;
4:4).
8:1; etc.). 3:15).
21
THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IS THE
ITB.ISDENOMINATIONALISM
THE CHURCH THAT
HAS
HAS
NOA
CHURCH THAT TRULY HAS
FUTURE!
FUTURE!
BIBLICAL CREDENTIALS!
• See this table of the sects and
denominations that arose
after the 2nd century AD.
Churches of Christ through the Ages
From AD 30 to the Present
Roman Catholic Church
The Sects
The cure for division among those who claim
to be disciples of Jesus is to go back to the
old church, and be united through the
Bible alone!
LIST OF SOME SECTS FOUNDED
BY MEN
(1) ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
 Also known as the Western Church.
 Head: The “Pope” of Rome
 First “pope”: Boniface III (607 AD)
 Headquarters: Rome, Italy

Benedict XVI

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

(2) GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
Also
as the Eastern Church
The known
Greek Orthodox
Church
is officially
called
Head:
Patriarch
of Istanbul
the Orthodox Istanbul,
Catholic Turkey
Headquarters:
Church.
It now consists
Year:
1054.
of several
self-governing
For
additional
info on the sect, visit this site:
bodies, each nationally
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church
and geographical disBartholomew I, the new
tinct, but claims to be
Ecumenical Patriach
theologically unified.

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

(3) LUTHERAN CHURCH
Founder: Martin Luther, a former Augustinian
monk
Place: Germany
Year: 1517
For additional info, visit this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheranism
Martin Luther
(1483-1546)

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(4) CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Founder: King Henry VIII of England
Head: King or Queen of England
Place: England
Year: 1534
For additional info, visit this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England
King Henry VIII (1491-1547),
First Supreme Head of the
Church of England
Queen Elizabeth II
(b. 1926), the present
Supreme Governor of the
Church of England
(5) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
 Founder: John Calvin
 Year: 1535
 Place: Geneva
 Please visit this site for additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism
John Calvin (1509-1564)
(6) CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
 Founder: John Knox
 Year: 1560
 Place: Scotland
 Please visit this site for additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland
John Knox (1513-1572)
(7) BAPTIST CHURCH
 Founder: John Smyth (?)
 Year: 1609
 Place: Amsterdam, Holland
 For additional info, please visit this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist_Church
John Smyth (1570-1612)
(8) QUAKERS
 Founder: George Fox
 Year: 1647
 Place: England
 For additional info, visit this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakers

George Fox (1624-1691)
(9) METHODIST CHURCH
 Founder: John Wesley
 Year: 1729
 Place: England
 For additional info, visit this site:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist

John Wesley (1703-1791)
(10) MORMON CHURCH
 Founder: Joseph Smith
 Year: 1830
 Place: New York
 Visit this site for additional info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism

Joseph Smith (1805-1844)
(11) SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH
 Founder: William Miller/ Ellen G. White
 Year: 1844
 Place: New York
 Additional info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventhday_Adventist_Church

William Miller (1782-1849)
Ellen G. White (1827-1915)
(12) SALVATION ARMY
 Founder: William Booth
 Year: 1865
 Place: England
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army
William Booth (1829-1912)
(13) JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
 Founder: Charles T. Russell and J. F.
Rutherford
 Year: 1872
 Place: Pennsylvania
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses
Charles Taze Russell
(1852-1916)
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
(1869-1942)
(14) CHURCH OF CHRIST-SCIENTIST
 Founder: Mary Baker Eddy
 Year: 1879
 Place: Massachusetts
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Christ,_Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910)
(15) CHURCH OF GOD
 Founder: Richard Spurling
 Year: 1886
 Place: Tennessee
 Additional info:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_God_(Cleveland,
_Tennessee)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_God_Theological
_Seminary#Higher_education
(16) THE NAZARENE CHURCH
 Founders: Bresee & others
 Year: 1895
 Place: California
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarene_Church
Phineas Bresee
(1838-1915)
Hiram F. Reynolds
(1854-1938)
William H. Hoople
(1868-1922)
(17) CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
 Founders: Jones & Mason
 Year: 1897. Some say 1907.
 Place: Tennessee
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_God_in_
Christ
Charles P. Jones
(1865-1949)
Charles H. Mason
(1866-1961)
(18) PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENT
CATHOLIC CHURCH (Aglipayans)
 Founder: Gregorio Aglipay
 Year: 1902
 Place: Philippines
 Additional info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglipayan

Gregorio L. Aglipay
(1860-1940)
(19) PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
 Outgrowth of Azusa Street Church
 Year: 1906
 Place: California
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peniel_Mission#Azusa_Stree
t_and_the_Rise_of_Pentecostalism





(20) IGLESIA NI CRISTO - 1914
Founder: Felix Y. Manalo
Year: 1914
Place: Taguig, Philippines
Additional info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo
Felix Y. Manalo
(1886-1963)
Eduardo V. Manalo
(b. 1955)
(21) ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
 Founders: Group of Ministers
 Year: 1914
 Place: Arkansas
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assemblies_of_God
_USA
(22) MONCADISTA
 Founder: Hilario Moncado
 Year: 1927
 Place: Philippines
 Some info may be gleaned here:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilario_Moncado
http://commentary.mindanao.com/2007/02/ifinally-satisfied-my-curiosity/
Hilario P. Moncado (middle)
(1898-1956)
(23) UNIFICATION CHURCH
 Founder: Sun Myung Moon
 Year: 1946
 Place: South Korea
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_church
Sun Myung Moon (b. 1920) and wife
Hak Ja Han (b. 1943)
(24) UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN
THE PHILIPPINES (UCCP)
 Founders: Group of Ministers
 Year: 1948
 Place: Philippines
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_C
hrist_in_the_Philippines
(25) PHILIPPINE BENEVOLENT
MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION (PBMA)
 Founder: Ruben Ecleo, Sr.
 Year: 1965
 Place: Dinagat Island, Philippines
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Ecleo
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvendiola/39
60553758/
(Dec. 9, 1934- Dec. 20, 1987

(26) “CHILDREN OF GOD”
 Founder: David Berg
 Year: 1968
 Place: California
 Additional info may be had here:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_God_(c
ult)
David Brandt Berg
(1919-1994)
(27) “ANG DATING DAAN” (CHURCH
OF GOD INTERNATIONAL)
 Founder: Eliseo Soriano
 Year: 1977
 Place: Philippines
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_dating_daan
Eliseo Soriano (b. 1947)
(28) “THE KINGDOM OF JESUS
CHRIST” (The Name Above Every
Name)
 Founder: Apollo C. Quiboloy
 Year: 1985
 Place: Philippines
 Additional info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Quiboloy
(born 1950)
ISANG IGLESIA LAMANG
ANG ITINATAG
 NI JESUS!
MATEO 16:18, “Sa ibabaw
ng batong ito ay itatatag ko
ang aking iglesia.”
EFESO 4:4, “May isang
katawan.”
SIYA’Y TAGAPAGLIGTAS NG
ISANG KATAWAN LAMANG!
EFESO 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church:
and he is the Savior of the body.
Sapagka't ang lalake ay pangulo ng
kaniyang asawa, gaya naman ni Cristo
na pangulo ng iglesia, na siya rin ang
tagapagligtas ng katawan.
WE CANNOT PLEASE GOD BY
BEING IN THE DENOMINATIONS!
• By being in a church that was not founded
in AD 30, Pentecost Day.
• By being in a church founded by men.
• By being in a church headed by men.
• By being in a church that is not bloodbought.
• By being in a church whom Jesus cannot
save.
LUCAS 6:46
Hindi
ang
bawa't
nagsasabi
At bakit tinatawag ninyo
sa akin, Panginoon, Pangiako,
Panginoon,
Panginoon, ay papasok sa kahanoon,
di ninyo
rian ngat
langit;
kundiginaang
gawa
ang mga
bagay ng
na
gumaganap
ng kalooban
aking Ama
na nasa langit.
aking
sinasabi?
17 Kaya nga, Magsialis kayo sa
kanila, at magsihiwalay kayo, sabi
ng Panginoon, At huwag kayong
magsihipo ng mga bagay na marumi, At kayo'y aking tatanggapin,
 18 At ako sa inyo'y magiging ama,
At sa akin kayo'y magiging mga
anak na lalake at babae, sabi ng
Panginoong Makapangyarihan sa
lahat.

Believe,
repent and be
baptized that your sins may be
forgiven!
After baptism, the Lord adds
you to His church, the only
church of which He is the
savior!