The Quality of EVM's Leadership

The Quality of EVM's Leadership

The expelled members of the Sanggunian had been in good graces with EVM.  It cannot be said that during the years of being under the wings of the mother hen their lives had been marked by deprivation as in lacking the necessities of life because they had been so well fed with money and power.  In his tenure as the General Secretary, Radel Cortez is clothed with power to expel anyone.  Not few are of the opinion that some of those that he expelled are hidden from EVM’s knowledge he being the sole signatory in the R2-10 stamped with the words “Sa Atas ng Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan” (“At the Instruction of the Executive Minister’). But for those who up to this point remain unbelieving or vacillating in spite of the ever-mounting evidence that there is widespread corruption in the EVM institution, they cannot help but ask why will they do such a thing when they practically have everything?  Why the betrayal of trust and confidence?  Brethren and friends, you are not alone, we too are asking the same question but it isn’t hard for us to discern the real reason. Inasmuch as our faith is anchored mightily in the words of God let us seek enlightenment from the Holy Scriptures as to the kind of leadership that is built on a solid foundation.  This is what is written on Matthew 7:24-27.

²⁴ “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. ²⁵ Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. ²⁶ But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. ²⁷ When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

A man’s house or any institution for that matter that is built upon a rock will not collapse because its foundation is a solid rock.   You and I know that the rock or cornerstone being referred to by the bible is our Lord Jesus Christ, the foundation of the Apostles and the prophets.  (Ephesians 2:20)

“Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself.”

Is the EVM institution founded on the cornerstone that is the Lord Jesus Christ himself?  Let us turn back the hands of time during the waning days of Brother Erano G Manalo’s leadership and immediately after his death.  What are the events that transpired involving EVM and his wife Babylin that rocked the INC?  To name a few, they are:

·        EGM’s discovery of the Special Task Force (STF) organized by EVM.  He was ordered to dismantle it because it will lead the Church to apostasy.  Did he comply?  No.  Although some STF members were sent home abroad, its leader, Jojo de Guzman was clandestinely hidden in Mindoro by his girlfriend Sis. Gemma, the daughter of EVM and Babylin herself.

·        EGM did not want Jojo de Guzman to be part of the family.  Did EVM comply?  No.  In total defiance of his father’s order, EVM and his wife consented to Jojo de Guzman’s marriage to sister Gemma.

·        Ka Erdy strictly advised Babylin not to meddle in the affairs of the Church otherwise, the spirit of Jezebel will dawn upon her.  Did she obey?  No and a big no!  It is a common knowledge that she dictates and prevailed upon EVM and even vowed to erase the memory of Ka Erdy in the INC.  This is perhaps the precise reason why the ancestral home of EGM was leveled to the ground.

·      Inspired by the Holy Spirit and seeing perhaps EVM’s disobedience, reckless abandon and propensity to commit wholesale transgression of God’s law, Ka Erdy amended the Articles of Incorporation of the INC in the event of vacancy in the position of Executive Minister.  Did EVM comply?  No!  He immediately grab the throne and declared himself the new Executive Minister disregarding his father’s amendments.

·         It is a known fact after the passing away of Ka Erdy, EVM never did talk to his mother anymore.  And when sister Tenny learned of the abduction of some ministers and likewise fearing for her own life and of her childrens', she went to social media to plead for help from the brethren.  For doing so, she along with three of her children was expelled from the Church.  And as if their expulsion is not enough, EVM allowed them to be demonized, vilified, taunted and maligned by his “God-fearing” ministers and brethren in social media imputing upon them unimaginable charges that are simply nothing but pure lies.  

The bible said in Proverbs 16:12; Good leaders abhor wrongdoing of all kinds; sound leadership has a moral foundation. In Proverbs 29:14 this is written:  Leadership gains authority and respect when the voiceless poor are treated fairly.

Does the leadership of EVM possess the qualities mentioned above?  Definitely not!  The absence thereof denotes a weak leadership that vultures translate into an opportunity to take advantage of. The bible said good leaders abhor wrongdoing of all kinds but in EVM institution it is so abundant. Do they really believe in eternal condemnation in the lake of fire?  I don’t think so otherwise they should have ceased and desist from any wrongdoings.  

Contrary to what other religious leaders thought, the ministers and officers in the INC are not that dumb insofar as scholastic achievement is concerned.  They are professionals.  There are lawyers, doctors, engineers, etc. and so it is not that difficult for them to see the kind of leadership in the EVM institution.  One cannot help but compare how it was during Ka Erdy’s time and how it is today under the tutelage of EVM.  A lot of things have changed.  Notable are the violations that were rarely seen before but now are common occurrence.  

In the light of the foregoing, it is safe to say that the leadership of EVM is so weak because it is no longer founded upon the rock that is our Lord Jesus Christ.  His leadership today is founded on the spirit of Jezebel that dawned upon his wife when she insisted on having a hand in running the affairs of the INC.  He is surrounded by ministers with insatiable greed for money for which reason they will never have a second thought in amassing wealth at any given opportunity, legal or otherwise.  The culprits have been replaced; same dogs but different collars.  And as of this writing, reports keep pouring in from different locales and districts about ministers who were just as guilty as the “big four” but have yet to be acted upon by EVM.  It is a wonder if they will ever be punished for others believe that doing so will create a shortage of ministers in EVM’s circle.  I don’t know anymore when the next election in the Philippines will be but when it happens again, the INC being a perpetrator of corruption in the Philippine politics through block-voting will surely be the main player once more and the “trapos” will be dealing with the same modus operandi all over again but different faces this time.  However, even if you change horses in mid-stream but their greed remains unmoderated, the betrayal that happened will just become a vicious cycle.  It will be repeated over and over and over again.

Response to Bro. Marlex Cantor’s Article

1/28/19

Response to Bro. Marlex Cantor’s Article

Bro. Cantor, you are correct in using the words “expelled dissenters” because the ministers were indeed expelled when they dissented and did not follow the majority in the evil works of darkness but instead have gladly obeyed God’s commandment to "expose them".   But you erred in saying that the ministers are rebellious just because they were in compliance with the commandments of God.  If obeying God's commandment is rebellion, then will you also say the same of what Apostle Peter said when he declared that “we ought to obey God first than men”?

Again, Bro. Cantor you erred in calling the small remnant as a “club” because there is nothing in the prophecy that say it is.  Likewise, Bro. Jon never mention in the bible study that “it doesn’t matter that the prophecy about the small remnant was not taught by the Messenger and Bro. EGM.”  This early, it appears that Bro. Cantor is motivated by a desire to deceive his readers rather than to enlighten.  He must have forgotten that he is a minister of the gospel.  It is worth mentioning that the Satan is described by the Bible as "the deceiver of the world."  In this response, we will dissect line by line what Bro. Cantor has presented or misrepresented and will oppose vehemently if the same are paradoxically and diametrically opposed to the words of God.

He said:  This shows…

                            1.Their flat-out admission that they are teaching a different gospel since                            their claim to being the prophesied small remnant was NOT TAUGHT by                        the Messenger and Bro. EGM.

Answer: 

Bro. Cantor’s understanding of the bible is obviously flawed.  In his own erroneous interpretation, it can be deduced that if the words of God written in the bible was not taught by the Messenger and Bro. EGM, those amount to a different gospel.  That, certainly is a  misinterpretation of Apostle Paul’s teachings written in Galatians 1:8 that says:

“But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we [originally] preached to you, let him be condemned to destruction!”

Bro. Cantor, must be reminded that what Apostle Paul was warning the Galatians is of a gospel that is contrary to what they have originally preached which is not really another gospel but a counterfeit teaching from a distorted gospel of Christ.  This is what is written in verses 6 to 7 of the same book:

I am astonished and extremely irritated that you are so quickly shifting your allegiance and deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different [even contrary] gospel; ⁷ which is really not another [gospel]; but there are [obviously] ^[a]some [people masquerading as teachers] who are disturbing and confusing you [with a misleading, counterfeit teaching] and want to distort the gospel of Christ [twisting it into something which it absolutely is not].

We, the true defenders are matured enough to distinguish the true gospel from a distorted one. The Lord Jesus has given us the wisdom, the discernment thereof that He promised to His true  followers.  (Luke 21:15-18)  A lot of times in the INC of EVM, the verses may not have been distorted but the applications thereof are obviously diverted thus qualifying them to be that of another gospel.    We love and respect the sugo and Ka EGM but what Bro. Cantor is trying to project in his article is placing them ahead of God and our Lord Jesus Christ.  We have always been taught to put God first in our life and our Lord Jesus also taught that a servant is no greater than his master.  We are all servants and that include both the sugo and Ka Erdy.  We are no greater than our master who is our Almighty God Himself and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

                                                 "....for i will give you the right words and such wisdom that none of
                                                  your opponents will be able to reply or refute you!  Even those closest                                                    to you - your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends - will betray you.                                                      They will even kill you some of you.  And everyone will hate you                                                                  because you are my followers.  But not a hair of your head will perish."

                                        2.  Their temerity and conceitedness in ASSERTING THAT THEY KNOW BETTER than                            the Messenger and Ka Erdy and in usurping the authority to preach the gospel,                                which they have lost when they abandoned and were removed from the ministry                              and the Church.

Answer: 

Such a statement is totally false and irresponsible.  The true ministers that were expelled for siding with the truth never did these allegations from Bro. Cantor and has never usurp any authority to preach the gospel. It will give him a little semblance of credibility if he will back his charges up with solid proofs.   Likewise, there is no verse written in the bible that ministers will lose right to preach when they are expelled from the synagogue because their election came from God and it is God  alone that can take back what He has given.  This is what Apostle Paul declared in Galatians 3:7

“of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power."

The ministry is God's gift of grace given to His people by the effective working of His power. When will God take back this gift that he has given?  This is what is documented in Psalm 50:16-24:

But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
¹⁷ Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you consented^[c] with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
¹⁹ You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

The verses speak clearly; God has taken away the minister’s right to declare His statutes when he turns wicked, when he hates instruction, when they consented with a thief and had become partakers with adulterers, when they give their mouth to evil and their tongue frames deceit, when they sit and speak against their brother and slander their own mother’s son.  Clear as a whistle!    Who, therefore have already lost their right to preach God’s word?  The bible points an accusing finger on the ministers in the INC of EVM.  They are the recipients of God's gift of grace but in a sudden twist of fate, have not lifted a finger to oppose the evil and corruption in the Church.  Now that we have ascertained who truly have lost their right to preach the gospel, the other contentions of Bro. Cantor are clearly negated by the fact that he is among those whose right to preach has been withdrawn by God but for the sake of clarity, we shall continue dissecting his statements.

He said further that we have forgotten that it was the Messenger who holds the seal.  No, we did not forget and never will.  You are correct, the ministers and workers who are with the messenger in the sealing function are inside the Church, the true Church of Christ under the administration of the sugo and Ka Erdy and not the institution of EVM.   What you are forgetting Bro. Cantor is the stewardship or administration in the true Church of Christ came from God (Colossians 1:25) and therefore, the Administrator must also come from God.  In the case of EVM, you and I know that he has no authority as Executive Minister for not complying with the provisions of the Amended Articles of Incorporation of the INC.  In view thereof, it is our firm belief that the ministers who were expelled from the synagogue but are very much active members of the body of our Lord Jesus Christ did not lose their right to preach the gospel.   And as discussed above, the ministers who turned their backs on God and have become wicked are the ones that no longer have that right.

⁴ I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church, ²⁵ of which I became a minister according to the ^[a]stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God. (Col 1:25)

                         3.   Their ignorance of God’s words. Christ taught that the understanding of the                                        mystery  of God’s words is given only to the messengers of God. Those who are                              outside the confines of such divine commissioning can only hear and see but not                            understand (Mark 4:11-12). Not among those sent by God, they have no                                              understanding of the true gospel, much less the authority to preach it (Rom. 10:14-                          15).

Answer:

There is no argument; the messengers of God were given the understanding of the mystery of the kingdom of God and if I may add, it includes those that were sealed.  Likewise, there is no argument concerning these ministers who stood up on the side of God’s righteousness.  They continue to manifest the wisdom and understanding that God has given them unlike the corrupt and wicked ministers who read verses from the bible but deliberately divert its application for the glory of EVM.

Bro. Cantor said further that the ministers are totally contradicting not just themselves but the biblical truths that the sugo and Ka Erdy taught.  Again, it will lend credence to his statement if only he was able to show at least one teaching that the ministers contradict.  Preaching the words of God written in the bible is a sworn duty of every minister.  It was God who appointed them as ministers and preaching the gospel is their covenant with Him.  Do not think for a minute Bro. Cantor that the INC of EVM has the monopoly of the right to preach the words of God. As mentioned in Psalm 50:16-24, God has already withdrawn your right to preach His words, ministers turned wicked when you opted to obey a man.

            4. Their being devoid of the Holy Spirit. Christ clearly stated that those who are of the                          world cannot receive or accept the Holy Spirit (John 14:17). Those who are separate                        from Christ (separated or expelled from the Church) are of the world (Eph. 2:12).

Answer:

Who between the expelled ministers and the ministers in the INC of EVM are devoid of the Holy Spirit?  Let us cite a specific example.  In the prayers of the wicked ministers this is what they are asking God to do:

            “Amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa puksain mo sila”

Where on earth can you find ministers presenting themselves as men of God but is actually ordering God to commit murder?   It was God Himself who commanded “Thou Shall Not Kill” yet these evil ministers are asking God to commit what He has forbidden.  What a way to blaspheme God ha!  Now tell us Bro. Cantor if these ministers are devoid of the Holy Spirit or not.  To me even their sanity had left them already.  That is what happens if you switch loyalty from God to man.

This last statement of Bro. Cantor will really make people laugh it bounced back straight to them.  He said:

“There used to be false prophets among God's people, just as you will have some FALSE TEACHERS in your group. They will secretly TEACH THINGS THAT ARE WRONG -- teachings that will CAUSE PEOPLE TO BE LOST. They will even refuse to accept the Master, Jesus, who bought their freedom. So they will bring quick ruin on themselves. … THOSE FALSE TEACHERS ONLY WANT YOUR MONEY, so THEY WILL USE YOU BY TELLING YOU LIES. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.” (II Peter 2:1, 3 NCV)

The bible is clear, Bro. Cantor that the false prophets are among God’s people.  They were the ones who took over from the Apostles in the First Century Church of Christ.  They were those who led the Church to Apostasy.  They are the wolves in sheep’s clothing.  In our time, they are the ministers who took over the helm from Ka Erdy.  The ministers who are asking God to kill, leaders who planted hate in the minds of the gullible brethren.   These are the ministers who instead of uniting have divided the friends and families in the Church, these are ministers who will never neglect to exact money and more money from the brethren with their never-ending special offerings.  They are those who teach that it is ok to disrespect parents. They continue to lie to the brethren about how they plunged the Church into indebtedness with billions of pesos that they owe to the banks.  They have the temerity to mortgage the properties of the Church that were already offered to God hence those are no longer the Church’s properties but God’s.  It is never their intention to glorify God but man as evidenced by those Guinness records.

What about the expelled ministers?  Did any one of them commit any of the despicable acts mentioned above?  No, not one.  Remember; in the verse you used the false teachers mentioned are “in your group”.  We, the true defenders are no longer in your group.  We obeyed the biblical exhortation written in Ephesians 5:11 and 2 Corinthians 6:17 that says:

            “And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose

             them.”

“And so the Lord says, “You must leave them and separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with what is unclean, and I will accept you.”

Bro. Cantor, you need not look elsewhere, just look inside your group for it is not hard to find out who among you are the false teachers.  Why?  Because you all teach the same lesson as per the teachings that your leaders have crafted and wanted you all to preach.  You and your group are the fulfillment of the new wolves in sheep’s clothing.  You are trying to complete the Apostasy of the INC but you will not succeed because God placed us here; the small remnant.

UNMASKING THE REAL LIFE FALLEN ANGELS.

UNMASKING THE REAL LIFE FALLEN ANGELS.

“Fallen angels” is a term that the Owe Church ascribe to the true members of the Church of Christ that were expelled from the synagogue for standing up for the truth, for refusing to subject ourselves to the fake leaders, for obeying faithfully the teachings of God, the Lord Jesus and the Apostles.  It is because of their inarguable ignorance of the Holy Scriptures and for lack of words to describe our actions that they simply called us the fallen angels.   What really is the meaning of fallen angels?

The term “fallen angels” is not written in the bible. Its origin could have been derived from when our Lord Jesus Christ in the book of Luke 10:18 said the following: 

             He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like [a flash of] lightning.

The bible has documented Satan’s fall from heaven in the following passages:  (Rev. 12:7-9)

“Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, ⁸ but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹ And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”  

It can be deduced from the verses above that the term fallen angels is referring to Satan and his angels that were defeated in a war in heaven lead by Michael the Archangel.  And finding no place any longer for them in heaven, Satan was thrown down to earth with his angels. 

How did the bible describe Satan?  He is the great dragon, the ancient serpent, deceiver of the whole world. 

What was Satan prior to his banishment?  This is documented in Ezekiel 28:11-15

“You were the model of perfection,
    full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
¹³ You were in Eden,
    the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone^[b]—
    red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
    blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,
    blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—
all beautifully crafted for you
    and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
    on the day you were created.
¹⁴ I ordained and anointed you
    as the mighty angelic guardian.^[c]
You had access to the holy mountain of God
    and walked among the stones of fire.

¹⁵ “You were blameless in all you did
    from the day you were created
    until the day evil was found in you.

Satan was blameless in all he did from the day he was created until evil was found in him.  What was the evil found in him?  He conceived an impossible thought, to place his throne higher than the clouds above the earth, that he might become equal in rank to the Lord's power (2^nd Book of Enoch, Chapter 29).  And in the book of the prophet Isaiah this is what is written in chapter 14:13-14

But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the remote parts of the north.
¹⁴ 
‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’

In other words, Satan wanted to be equal with God.  

We will now analyze if the term “fallen angels” can be equated with the children of God who remained loyal to Him.  Let us zero in on Satan, the leader of the “fallen angels”.  How was he described in the book of Revelation?  It says very clearly “the deceiver of the whole world”.  From what we have read and written so far in social media, and even in the numerous challenges we have issued against the apologists of the INC of EVM there has not been anything that aimed to deceive anyone.  We remain within the confines of our mandate to “take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness but rather EXPOSE THEM.”

Therefore, in order to be equated with the term “fallen angels” a person’s work has to have a premeditated and deliberate desire to deceive people. 

Again, in the interest of justice and fair play, we encourage anyone to let us know if we are stepping out of bounds and has fallen into the dubious distinction of deceiving people.  What are some acts that could be classified as “deception”?

1.        If the first 2 deposits of the brethren for the 2019 thanksgiving were not counted/recorded/accounted for and there is no reasonable explanation given, that is DECEPTION.

2.       If the focus of propagation and aid to humanity (lingap) is Africa while there are millions of Filipinos that are in dire need of economic aid, then there must be a hidden agenda somewhere and that is DECEPTION.

3.      When they forced the brethren and the public to believe that Sister Tenny wants to grab power even though there is that physical impossibility to do so on account of old age, that is plain and simple DECEPTION.

4.      When the reasons for Brother Angel’s incarceration were planted evidence, then that is DECEPTION.

5.      When there were documents uncovered evidencing heavy indebtedness to Metrobank and AUB yet they are in complete denial making the brethren believe otherwise, then that is DECEPTION.

6.      When you start mortgaging God’s properties (properties dedicated and offered to God becomes His) indiscriminately, that is DECEPTION.

7.      When your leader no longer gives importance to things of God by re-scheduling worship services to give way to admittedly less important things, engaged in unabated urge for more money offerings which is unprecedented in the Church history, twisting bible verses to suit one’s evil intentions, then it Is DECEPTION IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE.

Clearly, the works of the leaders and their minions in the INC of EVM falls easily into the category of deception.  But no, we will not call them “deceivers of the whole world” because such title belongs exclusively to Satan.  However, note that when he was plunged to earth face first, his angels (those that he was able to deceive in heaven) were altogether thrown out with him.  They are none other than the FALLEN ANGELS.   It is safe to say, therefore, that the deceivers in the Church today are those who toe the same line as Satan or Satan’s Angels who from the time of creation up to this very moment has never let up in their work of deceiving people.  The bible puts the number of those that were deceived as “as the sands of the seashore.”  

^14 [e]Blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) are those who wash their robes [in the blood of Christ by believing and trusting in Him—the righteous who do His commandments], so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. ¹⁵ Outside are the dogs [the godless, the impure, those of low moral character] and the sorcerers [with their intoxicating drugs, and magic arts], and the immoral persons [the perverted, the molesters, and the adulterers], and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying (deception, cheating).