NAMAMATAY BA ANG DIOS ?

Kung minsan kasi, may mga katanungan tayo na kahit tayo mismo na siyang nagtatanong, hindi alam kung tama  ba ang naging katanongan natin.

Tulad na lang halimbawa ng mga Iglesya ni Kristo ( Iyong 1914 na tinatag ni Manalo.) at ng iba pa nating mga kapatid na muslim...madalas nilang sabihing, " may Dios ba na namamatay?" O kaya, tatanungin nila ang mga Katoliko na kung tototong Dios si Kristo, bakit siya namatay ? May Dios ba na namamatay ? tapos susundan na ng kung anong mga verses na kahit si Kristo ay nanalangin sa Kanyang Ama bilang Dios, na siya mismo ay humihingi ng tulong doon sa Dios na kanyang Ama... Kaya papaano siya naging Dios ?

OK!.. bago ko sagutin iyan, magtatanong muna ako doon sa kanila kung may mababasa ba sila sa bibliya na ang Dios ay hindi pweding mamatay ?

Sa totoo lang po, wala kang mababasa na sinabi ng Dios na hindi siya pweding mamatay. At kahit kailan, wala siyang itinuturo, na siya ay hindi pweding mamatay..

Ganito ang mababasa natin sa SALMO 118 : 17---I shall not die.but live, and declare the works of God..
Ang tanong sino ba itong nag-sasabing hindi pa siya mamamatay, O sabihin na nating hindi Siya mamatay..?
Kung babalikan natin ng kaunti ang mga naunang verse bago ang 17- ganito po ang nakasaad sa verse 5 ng Psalm 118, I called upon the Lord in distress: The Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

Samakatuwid, sa unang sulyap, parang ang itinuturing nitong tao ay ang sumulat nito na si David, dahil ang Salmo naman po ay ang mga nakasulat na mga awitin ni david, tungkol sa ginagawa ng  Dios sa kanya at ang kanyang ginagawang panalangin at hiling sa Dios, sa darating pang mga gawain O pangyayari...

Sa ikalawang banda po, namatay na po si David, kaya ang mangyayari po ay hindi na siya kundi ibang tao na po ang naturingan nito, ang itinuturing na hindi muna mamatay dahil, gagawin pa nito ang mga ipinagawa ng Dios ( "declare the works of the Lord..")

ANG SALITA NG DIOS BILIA ( BILICA ) Salmo 118:17.. Hindi ako mamamatay,ako'y mabubuhay, at isasaysay ang ginagawa ng Panginoon..

Dapat tandaan, na ang nagsasabing hindi siya mamamatay ay may kinikilalang Panginoon na siya niyang isasaysay.. Kaya hindi rin ito repirado sa Dios O sa Panginoon.. Kaya maliwanag po na ang Salmo 118:17, ay hindi tungkol kung ang Dios ay hindi ba mamatay.. kung sino ito, iyan ang ating aalamin...

Ito po ay tungkol kay Kristo,  Sal. 118:22.. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. ( 1 Pet. 2:7-8 )..

Samakatuwid ang mga hulang ito ay patungkol kay Kristo..

Ngayon ilang beses na ba siyang ( Kristo ) pinagtangkaang patayin ? Maraming beses po, ito ang mga iilan, Likas 4:29, na gusto nilang ilaglag si Kristo sa bangin, ngunit hindi pa sila nagtagumpay dahil hindi pa niya oras para mamatay..John 8:40..sinasabi ko lang sa inyo ang mga katotohanan mula sa Dios, pero ninais niyo na akong patayin.. John 5:18.. pinagsisikapan siyang patayin ng mga Hudiyo.. pero dahil sa hindi pa niya oras kaya hindi nila nagagawang  Siya'y patayin sa mga pagkakataong iyon..

Iyan po ang maliwanag na katibayan doon sa sinasabi niyang hindi pa siya mamamatay ( Sal.118:17 ) At iyon naman pong karugtong na nagsasabing Siya'y mabubuhay para ipag-adya pa ang mga salita ng Dios.. ( Sal.118:17 ) Iyan ay nangyayari matapos niyang maganap ang mga ipinagagawa sa Kanya ng Ama.. John 2:19.. Gibain niyo ang templong ito at itatayo ko sa loob ng tatlong araw.. At maliwanag po niyang sinasabi na wala ni isa mang tao ang pweding pumatay sa kanya, magpapakatay siya sa kangyang sarili at bubuhayin rin niya itong muli iyan ang utos sa kanya ng kanyang Ama.. John 10:18.

Sa tanong na may mababasa ba na ang Dios ay hindi pweding mamatay ?Ang sagot ay wala pong mababasa, ngunit wala rin po tayong mababasa na ang Dios ay hindi pweding mamatay..

Ngayon kung ang Dios ba ay gustong mamatay at bubuhayin niya muli ang sarili, may magagawa ba tayo kung ito ang gustong gawin ng Dios ? wala po tayong magagawa. Dahil nagagawa po ng Dios ang ano mang gusto niyang gawin Luk. 1:37.

Ngayon, ang namatay ba na Kristo ay kamatayan ng Dios? ( Kristo bilang Dios ) ? Hindi po. Hindi po Dios ang namatay dahil ang Dios ay hindi mo nasasampal ,hindi mo naduduraan, hindi mo nahihipo, dahil ito ay Espiritu, John 4:24, kaya hindi ito mapapatay ng sino mang tao..

Ang namatay po ay ang katawang tao ni Kristo, na binuhay naman muli NIYA ( Kristo ), na siyang inutos ng Ama sa Kanya. Hindi ang pagiging Dios niya.

Ngunit iyong pagiging Dios niya kailan man ay hindi namamatay.

Ito ang maliwanag na halimbawa, man si composed of body and soul, at ang sinasabi ni Kristo ay ang napapatay ng tao ay iyong katawan lang natin na lupa, pero iyong kaluluwa ay hindi, Mat. 10:28. Kaya ng namatay si Lazaro at iyong Dato ay nagkakaroon parin sila ng mga pag-uusap kasama si Abraham na isa na ring patay, Luk. 16:22-29..

Kaya, pag-sinabi niyo na namatay si Kristo, at hindi dapat siyang mamatay dahil Dios siya, iyan ay isang kamangmangan at malaking katangahan..

GOD OR MAN?

Dear Franz,

[Good afternoon po.]

Good afternoon din sa iyo.

[Hihingi po sana ako ng tulong.]

Sure. Ano yon?

[A page named "The Ravenous Bird" posted a photo quoting Malachi 3:6.]

OK. Let me quote for you that passage from the Bible:

Mal 3:6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

[I believe the admin/s of the page is/are member/s of INC because he/she/they do not believe that Jesus Christ is God. They quoted Malachi to show that Jesus is not God who became flesh/man because according to Malachi 3:6, the Lord doesn't change.]

O yes. It is true that the admin of that FB page is a member of the Iglesia ni Manalo… in Filipino siya ay isang Manolistang Pulpol.

[Father Abe, pano po dapat sagutin ito?]

Well, it’s actually very very simple.

Mal 3:6 is not a refutation of the Divinity of Jesus instead a support for his Divinity. Why? Because Jesus is UNCHANGING AS GOD:

 Heb 13:8 [KJV] “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”

How come Jesus is THE SAME for all time? Because He is GOD. The Father Himself testifies to that:

Heb 1:8 [KJV] “But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O GOD, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.” [Ps 45:6-7]

Heb 1:10-12 [KJV] “And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but THOU REMAINEST; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but THOU ART THE SAME, and thy years shall not fail.” 

THE LORD JESUS IS EXEMPTED FROM CHANGES, CORRUPTION AND DECAY BECAUSE HE IS GOD. HE IS THE LORD WHO CREATED EVERYTHING.

The Throne or the Kingship of Jesus the Son is FOREVER AND EVER, meaning Eternal, Perpetual and Unchanging. Why it His Kingship is Eternal? Because JESUS IS GOD. This Truth of Faith concerning Jesus everlasting dominion is already well prophesied since the Old Testament:

Is 9:6-7 [KJV] “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be NO END, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even FOR EVER. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.”

Dan 7:13-14 [KJV] “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an EVERLASTING dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”

JESUS IS GOD. SINCE HE IS GOD HE IS EVERLASTING AND HIS KINGDOM IS WITHOUT END. JESUS IS NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS REGARDS HIS DIVINITY.

They might argue that Jesus’ everlasting means it has a beginning but it will not end. NO NO NO… Jesus is not only everlasting which means WITHOUT END. He is everlasting which means ETERNAL, that is, WITHOUT BEGINNING AND WITHOUT END. He is from of old and from the very beginning already God:

Mic 5:2 [KJV] “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been FROM OF OLD, FROM EVERLASTING.”

This prophecy is fulfilled in Jesus:

Mt 2:6 [KJV] “And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.”

Jesus’ eternal origin is supported and also declared by St. John:

Jn 1:1-3 [KJV] “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

THE LORD JESUS AS THE DIVINE LOGOS IS GOD WITH THE FATHER FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND EVERYTHING CAME INTO BEING BECAUSE OF HIM:

1 Cor 8:6 [KJV] “But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.”

The Creator God is Eternal and Unchanging. The Lord Jesus Himself testifies to His being Eternal and Unchanging:

 Jn 8:56-58 [KJV] “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”

Jn 17:5 [KJV] “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”

[Kung sasagutin nyo po to sa blog, wag nyo na lang po ilabas pangalan ko po. Hehe.]

Ha ha ha… Ok. I removed your Family name so that no one will ever think that its you particularly and I also replaced your profile pic with one used by thousands Catholics nowadays.