October 25 Gospel Meeting at Illuru Church of Christ

The road may be rough and dangerous and bridge may be wiped out by previous flood that came yet still the brethren and other fellow brethren were very happy and excited to be together with our brethren at Illuru, Rizal once again. So we traveled the rough roads of Rizal, have our vehicle ride a small boat to pass over a river, with high hopes that we will be able to see and meet our brethren once more and share the gospel to visitors and friends. We arrived and were welcomed by warm smiles, hand shakes, and hugs from brethren. We are to study God's words under a "Sineguelas Tree" but the location is not that important for what matters most are the words of our Lord. Brother Gerald Ganela preached about "Humbling Ourselves Before God" and brother Rody Gumpad about "To Whom the Gospel is Preached". Both delivered wonderful lessons which encouraged and strengthened every listener. We left the brethren with wide smiles in their faces, they enjoyed very much the visit we had and were very thankful to God that He opened such opportunity. We all continue to pray that the Lord forever lights the way and leads us all in that road wherein we could all attain our salvation.

October 23 Bible Lectureship

We continue to praise the Lord and thank Him for every golden opportunities that come in our lives. October 23 was a very inspiring and encouraging day for every Christian here at Metro Tuguegarao. Preachers of the church of Christ together with brethren and some visitors gathered together at the church building here at Metro Tuguegarao to take part in the Bible lectureship. In this lectureship 16 preachers were asked to present different lessons which aims to strengthen more the bonds between fellow preachers and also to present the truth to our visitors. Following will be pictures of the different activities done in the said lectureship.

Brethren busy preparing the shade for the brethren and other visitors.

Brother Jay Gumpad, preacher at Minagbag church of Christ, leads some songs before we start the lectureship.

Brother Efren Respicio, preacher at Ilagan, Isabela, preached about "The Holy Bible". Presents the time line of the bible from creation to the close of the bible and then further explained the importance of the bible to our lives. Shared us the historical period of the bible.




Brother Joeben Jacobo, preacher of Tupang church of Christ, focused on "The Deity and Humanity of Christ". He explained that Christ is not man only as some would consider Him and proved that Christ is human and God.





Brother Edgar Corpuz, preacher at Padul church of Christ, presented a lesson about "The New Testament Church of Christ". He discussed the origin of the church, different names of the church, and the importance of the the new testament church.





Brother Rody "Jun" Gumpad, preacher of Maguirig church of Christ, preached about "The Worship of the Church". He enumerated the 5 acts of worship and explained them one by one.






Brother Dennis Yuson, precher at Piat church of Christ, explained about "The Organization of the Church". Taught of the need for elders and deacons and also enumerated the qualifications of the elders and deacons as found in the bible.





Brother Gerald Ganela, preacher of San Pedro church of Christ, preached about "The Origin, Work, and Destiny of Satan". He enumerated some of Satan's devices in tempting God's people.






Brother Robert Pader, preacher of Bangag church of Christ, taught about "The Gospel of Christ". He made mention on how we should treat the "good news" that was given to us and how the gospel of Christ considered as power of God unto salvation.





Brother Jonathan Tango, preacher at Kalinga, preached on "The Baptism of the Holy Spirit". Explained that apostles received the baptism of the Holy Spirit to fully equip them in proclaiming the truth. That Cornelius received such baptism to further prove that salvation was given to both the Jews and Gentiles.




Brother Eddie Laggui, preacher of Bantay church of Christ, preached about "The One Baptism in Ephesians 4:5". He concluded that we needed to be baptized today through water baptism for it is the baptism authorized by the bible in our time.





Brother Otey Pastor, preacher of Burgos church of Christ at Quirino, preached about "Why Division is Sinful". He explains the bad effects of division and emphasizes that as Christian, being considered as members of the body of Christ, we must learn to always act as one in perfect unity.




Brother Roel Arcalas, preacher at Quirino, preached about "The Hope of Heaven". He emphasized that if we remain faithful in serving our God we will be able to hold on to that hope which is in heaven.





Brother Peter Umalia, preacher at Isabela, also shared a lesson regarding "The Reality of Hell". Here he explained that if we fail to follow God's standard we will fall into hell and he further proved, with the help of the bible, the reality of hell.





Brother Jimmy Domingo, preacher of Lanna church of Christ, preached about "The Problem of Suffering". He named of the sufferings that might fall on each individual and enumerated some of the solutions, found in the bible, that each Christians must do.





Your humble servant was also requested to preach on the topic "The Second Coming of Christ". Explained in this lesson were 1) The Sureness of His Coming; 2) The Manner of His Coming; and 3) The Purpose of His Coming.





We were very blessed, encouraged, and strengthened by the powerful words of our Lord during this lectureship. We humbly thank Him for openning such opportunities to gather His children and to understand more His words. We believe that the road to salvation is really very difficult;

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13-14)

but difficult as it may seem, I would like to travel that road and eventually receive my salvation and be with God eternally.

Gospel Meeting @ San Luis Church of Christ

Today we are very thankful to God that He gave us the golden opportunity once again to serve Him in His vineyard. We were gathered with our brethren at San Luis church of Christ (brother David Malupeng faithfully serves here as their preacher) which is found at San Luis, Tuao, Cagayan for their gospel meeting. We left home at exactly 12:00 noon and after traveling a rough terrain we arrived at the venue at around 1:30 in the afternoon; there we met our brethren who gathered under a big tree (as shown in the picture) happily and excitedly waiting for us to join them in their gospel meeting. We have three speakers who taught the true gospel of Christ. Brother Rolando Agpoon preached a lesson entitled "It is Enough" which he took from 1 Peter 4:2-3; brother Geronimo Ganela then taught about "Salvation", and brother Rody Gumpad taught us about "The Church (Matthew 16:18/ Romans 16:16)". These three faithful brethren taught very good lessons which were understood very much by the listeners and later on resulted to 4 souls who went forward during the invitation song to confess Christ and are then baptized into Christ. After the confession of these new brethren I felt very blessed and very inspired to lead the closing prayer knowing that God is once again smiling at us because we had again followed His commandments and preached the word to the brethren and friends here at San Luis. We give praise to God once again and continually call on His name for thanksgiving on His unending blessings that He showers us all. God has given us a great salvation therefore let us be obedient to the gospel of Christ and neglect not that great salvation to be able to free ourselves from eternal destruction (Hebrews 2:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9).