Eternal Success Story in the Making

Your beauty intoxicates all you encounter,
Yet you fail to notice,
This is your blunder,

You’ve had a rough time,
Though now it is over,
But yet you continue clinging to what is left over,

And in doing this your depression grows deeper,
Pulling you apart at the seams,
Causing you to unravel and fall to your knees,
Pondering desperately: “How much worse can it be? “

When all of your friends have been with you till now,
But here comes the crossroads up ahead,
They give you a choice: “Stand tall or fall down.”

You have your beauty and charm,
Your grace and your mind,
Good friends and your health,
How long will your teary eyes be blind?

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this is a modified version of Mitchel Pavao’s poem, Blind.

An excerpt from Ang Dating Daan website 

A pleasant day to all! We shall continue examining the verses of the Bible to find out if they contain contradictions. The verses that we are featuring today are Exodus 20:13 and Luke 19:27.

In Exodus 20:13, God says—

“Thou shalt not kill.”

Very clearly, in this particular verse God is prohibiting us to kill. But in one of the books of the New Testament, Luke 19:27, our Lord Jesus says that—

“But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.”

In other words, in this verse, our Lord Jesus Christ is commanding that His enemies be slain before Him.

Why Exodus 20:13 says, “Thou shalt not kill,” while Luke 19:27 says, “… slay them before me …”? Do these verses contradict each other? Which between the two verses is correct?

Let us ask our teachers, our pastors, our ministers, and our priests. Let us also ask those who claim to be evangelists and apostles. Let us ask for their answer. But should they fail to give you any, let us ask Brother Eli Soriano.

To those who wants an easy way out of this question… yes this is a parable. But even it is a parable, that does not make verse 27 meaningless does it? Try harder. Be not those who just hear parables and not understand

He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ” ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

Excertp from Ang Dating Daan website 

Let us read at once Matthew 17:1. It says—

“And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart.”

In this particular verse, St. Matthew was narrating that, after 6 days, our Lord Jesus Christ brought his three disciples – Peter, James, and John – up into a high mountain. In other words, from Matthew’s account, it was after six days that our Lord Jesus Christ brought His three disciples up into a mountain.

However, Luke 9:28 says—

“And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, He took Peter, John, and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.”

In this particular verse, St. Luke was saying that, after 8 days, our Lord Jesus Christ, together with His three disciples – Peter, John, and James – went up into a mountain to pray.

Do these verses, that we have just read, contain contradictions? Matthew said, “after six days”, while Luke said, “eight days after,” our Lord Jesus Christ brought His three disciples up into a mountain.

Are there contradictions in these verses? Let us ask our pastors, our ministers, the priests, and those who claim that they are apostles. They might know the answer. But if they couldn’t give you any answer, let us ask Bro. Eliseo Soriano and the bible will answer!

Excerpt from Ang Dating Daan website. 

A pleasant day to all! We shall continue examining the verses of the Bible to find out if they contain contradictions. The verses that we are featuring today are Exodus 20:13 and Luke 19:27.In Exodus 20:13, God says—

“Thou shalt not kill.”

Very clearly, in this particular verse God is prohibiting us to kill. But in one of the books of the New Testament, Luke 19:27, our Lord Jesus says that—

“But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.”

In other words, in this verse, our Lord Jesus Christ is commanding that His enemies be slain before Him.

Why Exodus 20:13 says, “Thou shalt not kill,” while Luke 19:27 says, “… slay them before me …”? Do these verses contradict each other? Which between the two verses is correct?

Let us ask our teachers, our pastors, our ministers, and our priests. Let us also ask those who claim to be evangelists and apostles. Let us ask for their answer. But should they fail to give you any, let us ask Brother Eli Soriano.

Phrase: Faith Alone Saves

Question: If I can read a verse that beside from faith there is something that Jesus taught that was necessary for salvation, will you accept that your doctrine is false?

Question <alternate>: Did Jesus say enduring to the end was necessary for salvation?

Baptist Answer: Yes/No <it doesn’t matter what he will answer, this is a lose-lose situation for him>

Knock out Punches: <the following are needed for salvation> 

Enduring

Matthew 24: 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Confessing

Romans 10: 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10: 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Keep in Memory

I Cor 15: 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

Baptism

I Peter 3: 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Patience and doing the will of God

Hebrew 10: 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Giving Thanks <Will of God example>

1 Thesa 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Belief: Once saved always saved.

Question: Do you accept that in order for you to be saved you ONLY need to believe?

Baptist Answer: Yes. <if he elaborates just show a Baptist track that shows the phrase “Believe only and you will be saved”>

Question: If someone believed and was saved, can his salvation be lost?

Baptist Answer: No <if he elaborates, just say that you acknowledged his answer “No” and go to the next question>

Question: If I can read a verse in the bible that there are people who received the word of God, people who believed but after a while they fell away… Will you accept that your belief is false?

Baptist Answer: No <Accuse him of not believing in the bible>

Baptist Answer: Read it first <Say that “I will read it but you must accept my challenge”, if he persist that read it first, then ask him “So you are not accepting my challenge? That if I can read…. “ Are you afraid of the possibility that your belief is wrong?”>

Baptist Answer: Read it don’t interpret it <I will read, I will not interpret it… do you accept the challenge?>

Baptist Answer: Yes I accept, read it and don’t interpret it. <Repeat again the challenge emphasis that there are people who believed but after a while fell away… if you can read a verse then the Baptist faith is false>.

Parable of the Sower. Give emphasis on the words that are bolded.

Luke 8:13 They on the rock [are they], which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Question2: Pag ang isang tao ay tinawag na “Lingkod na matuwid” ng Dios. Ligtas ba sya?

Sagot ng Baptist: Oo

Question: Kung umurong sa paglilingkod ang taong iyon, ligtas parin ba?

Sagot ng Baptist: Hindi possible na umurong sa paglilingkod sa Dios ang taong ligtas.

Showdown: E kung mabasa ko… sinabi ng Dios na may posibilidad na umurong ang isang matuwid na lingkod nya… aaminin mo
mali ang paniniwala mo?

Sagot ng Baptist: Oo… basahin mo wag mong pakahuluganan.

Knock out Verse:

Hebreo 10: 37 Sapagka’t sa madaling panahon, Siyang pumaparito ay darating, at hindi magluluwat. 38 Nguni’t ang aking lingkod na matuwid ay mabubuhay sa pananampalataya: At kung siya ay umurong, ay hindi kalulugdan ng aking kaluluwa.

Many religious groups believe that God can do everything and anything because He is omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. But, do you know that there is something, which God cannot do?

It is true that all the things that we see around us are all creations of God. We cannot deny the fact that even the smallest viruses, bacteria, and microbes . . . even the animals, both big and small . . . even the plants and the trees . . . including human beings … are all creations of God. Even the vast galaxies, which are made up of billions of stars … and the planets, whose sizes are almost hundred times bigger than the sun, were all made by God.

Do you know that about a billion galaxies had been found in the universe? Included here is the Milky Way galaxy, wherein our solar system is a part of. It is in the solar system that the Sun and the nine planets are found. The earth, which is one of these planets, is considered by astronomers as the “Wonder of the Universe.”

If we are going to think about it, we will realize how marvelous and how vast is the space that God created. Scientists call it as an “ever expanding universe” because each time that they look at it, through the aid of powerful telescopes, it appeared to be wider and more expanse than before. Especially, when the Hubble Space telescope had been released in the orbit in 1990. It was able to capture farther galaxies, which were never seen in the past.

But, the most wonderful creation of God is MAN. Our being had been designed a lot different and much better that any other creation of God. Like our eyes, for instance, do you know that our eyes are considered as the best telescope? For this reason, inventors of modern telescopes had used our eyes as models, or patterns. However, they have not completely succeeded in coming up with a telescope that is exactly similar with our eyes.

Another amazing feature of man is his brains. Do you know that our brain weighs only about 2% of our body’s total weight? Bur despite that, our brain has the capacity to store billions of knowledge and information? Much, much more than the biggest computers made by man can do. Every second, millions of messages enter our brain via the different senses. And the brain readily reacts to these stimuli through its 100 billion nerve cells called neurons.

These were all made by a very powerful God. Yet, there is one particular thing than man does very frequently, which cannot be done by God. This is contradictory to the popular belief of many religious groups that, there is nothing impossible with God. There is one thing, which is impossible for God to do. This is written in Hebrew 6:18—

“That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie . . .”

It clearly states that, it was impossible for God to lie. Telling a lie is something, which is impossible for God to do. This is also stated in Titus 1:2—

“In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began.”

It is impossible for God to lie; He cannot lie. Let us not believe those who say that nothing is impossible with God. That is a deceit meant to mislead you.

PBB has gone too far…

Poor young people… made to accept a shameful display of stupidity.

I rarely watch T.V. these days but during my long vacation, I happened to stop at ABC CBN while scanning for a good movie to watch.

I’m not a Roman Catholic but I think it’s not proper to use the rosary as a prop in a game. Especially with a humongous rosary! I mean c’mon? I’ve seen people making large cake, pizza, sisig (that could feed one or two baranggays) and all for the glory of making it in the Guinness record… Heck, I even heard of a giant shoe that was made into a house while I was in Grade 1… now that was funny for me back then.

But a giant rosary? If something is regarded as sacred, will you use it in a game show as a props?

Now some may ask, how about if the contestants were praying with a sincere heart? :p

To all semenaristas out there, the way or the manner you pray is also important if you want your prayers to be heard. If that was not the case, then Christ would not have to forbid the use of vain repetitive prayers and praying in public places. Matthew 6:6 -

6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. 7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

Oh… by the way, can someone tell me if “Tore ni David” and “Bahay na Ginto” can really pray for us? ‘Coz I’ve heard the contestants saying those while reading a booklet that is used in praying the rosary.

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Some of the crap I’ve seen in PBB:

• Rustom coming out of his closet just to make the public accept his perverse gaynessssss…
• A hopelessly romantic pathetic DJ courting a Pollyanna.
• and now a giant rosary…

What will PBB come up next?