The big breaking news last week of the scandal inside the Iglesia Ni Cristo got everyone quite excited. The trouble that the high ranking Ministers got into buzzed around the world literally within minutes. Church members reached out to each other trying to confirm if all of it were true.

Just like everyone else, I waited to hear if there would be announcements of expulsions. Sure there were stories of announcements in this place and that but the reality is, none of the 4 were read at all.

Were they kicked out of the Council? Yes. Most certainly. The stories that emerged are certainly true; the payoffs, and the discoveries; all true. But what we didn’t get is the reading of the names. Not in the Central Temple. Not in the Districts of Manila and Quezon City and nowhere in the Philippines.

What does that mean? Were they expelled? Most likely. But the Executive Minister’s decision to keep it quiet is a sly one. This way the Defenders do not get the satisfaction of hearing one of the high ranking officials get the boot and if the Administration decides to bring them back, there will be less eyebrows raised and people thinking; “weren’t they the ones who got expelled?”

Let’s delve into that subject of expulsion for a moment. Why should the 4 Ministers of the council, or as I prefer to call them, the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse, be announced? Because the sins committed were not only a transgression of the laws of God, but even the laws of man! They took BRIBES from politicians; they tried to deceive the other members of the Council and Administration whilst pretending to be holy men of God wailing away at every Webex Worship Services. Now you know why they were wailing – they could not bring down the Holy Spirit.

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:10

The Bible says it is the ROOT of all kinds of evil. They LOVE that money. And you don’t want to expel nor announce their names??

He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.” Mark 7:20-23

All these come from INSIDE and comes out. So no matter how the Leaders will deny there is no corruption, these will eventually come out. Expel them!

Now if you will notice the title, I did say it is fleeting. Why? Because if these men are s n e a k y and wily enough to do all these things, YOU KNOW what they will do next. Let’s break this down:

First, they will hide away somewhere; Comfortably, I might add. Trust me, they have enough cash to see them through these times.

And perhaps, in about 6 months or so, they will come pleading to the Beloved one himself and beg for mercy that they would be returned to the Church. They will pledge allegiance to the thumb and loyalty to the Beloved Leader, which will be “enough” for them to be returned to the fold.

Then in another 4-6 months, they will badger the leadership to reinstate them to the Ministry. Their so-called “loyalty” will be “tested”. They will be reinstated but sent to some distant province.

There they will use their beguiling tongues to convince the poor mindless sheep in the tiny provinces where they will find “success”.

The Administration will have “no choice” but to take notice of their “efforts and success” of bearing fruit, and bring them back near the inner kingdom.

The entire circle will repeat. Do I sound pessimistic? Possibly. But then, God may step in again.

May God still be merciful upon them when they try to deceive the flock again.

If a ruler pays attention to liars, all his advisers will be wicked. Proverbs 29:12