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Iglesia ni Cristo worships the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, not because Christ is God but because it is God's commandment in Philippians 2:10-11, that at the name of Jesus "every knee  should  bow, of those in heaven, and of those earth ... 
to the glory of the Father" 

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On worshiping Christ
(Philippians 2:10-11)


Letter to the Editor:
GOD'S MESSAGE, April 2008, p.4

MAY I ASK if Felix Y. Manalo had a teaching  that Christ should be worshiped? If he had,   what are the biblical basis of this teaching?

Allan Poe Bona Redona
rallanpoe@yahoo.com

    

Editor's reply:

Thanks for writing us.

Brother Felix Y. Manalo did not have his own teaching. As God's messenger, he strictly upheld   and   taught to the Church   the  pristine teachings of God written in the Holy Scriptures (II Tim. 3:15-17)

Among the teachings  of the Bible that he preached concerns the worship of Jesus Christ, not because Christ is God but because it is God's commandment that at the name of Jesus "every knee  should  bow, of those in heaven, and of those earth ...  to the glory of God the Father"   (Phil.   2:10-11,  New King James Version). 

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:10-11 NKJV)

Christ  has    been    placed    by     God far  above   all   principality, power,   might,   and   dominion, and all things have been put  under His feet  (Eph. 1 :21 -22).

far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.  And He put all [things] under His feet, and gave Him [to be] head over all [things] to the church, (Ephesians 1:21-22, NKJV)

That Christ is not God, although men are commanded to worship Him, is further proven by the biblical teaching that He will eventually subject  all  His  power and authority to the Father who is the only true God:

"For  the   scripture   says, 'God put all things under his feet'.   It  is  clear,   of  course, that the words   'all   things' do not include God himself, who  puts   all   things   under Christ.   But when   all  things have     been    placed    under Christ's rule, then he himself, the  Son,   will   place  himself under God,   who placed  all things  under  him:   and God will     rule   completely overall." (I Cor.  1 5:27-28, Today's English Version} 

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