One God

The Bible proclaims plainly and clearly that there is one and only one
God. When the Bible says that God is one, the word one does not refer
to a "God Family," but to one God. Lets look at a few passages in the
Old Testament.
"You were shown these things so that you might know that the
Lord is God; besides him there is no other" (Deuteronomy 4:35).
"There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there
is no Rock like our God" (1 Samuel 2:2).
"How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you,
and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears"
(2 Samuel 7:22).
"So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God
and that there is no other" (1 Kings 8:60).
"I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me"
(Isaiah 45:5).
"For this is what the Lord says he who created the heavens, he is
God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did
not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited he says:
`I am the Lord, and there is no other " (Isaiah 45:18).
"Declare what is to be, present it let them take counsel together.
Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past?
Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me, a
righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and
be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no
other" (Isaiah 45:21-22).
"Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and
there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me" (Isaiah
46:9).\

As you can see, there is no question about the biblical fact that there is
one and only one God, not two or more "Gods." God says: "I am God,
and there is no other." He speaks in the singular, as "I," saying that he
is the only God, and there is no other being that is even like him.
Thats why God commands us, "You shall have no other gods before
me" (Exodus 20:3).
The idea of more than one being in a family or hierarchy of gods is
condemned throughout the Scriptures. That was precisely the concept
that the polytheistic nations surrounding Israel
taught. Polytheistic is a word that refers to a belief in more than one
god (poly = many; theos = god). The Bible teaches that there is only
one God, a belief calledmonotheism, from mono (one)
and theos (God).
A family is made up of more than one being. The pagan hierarchies of
gods were mostly made up of more than one "god being," and at the
top of the hierarchy were usually a father god, a mother god and one
or more son and daughter gods. The Bible condemns the concept of a
family of gods.

Two Testaments

The Bible was written in two parts, the Old Testament (39 books) and
the New Testament (27 books) because the Old Testament described
the history of the people that God chose to be the ones through whom
the Messiah would come. Therefore, it contains the history of God's
people (the Jews) and also includes prophecies of the coming
of Jesus the Messiah.

The New Testament was written as a demonstration of the fulfillment
of the Old Testament prophecies of Jesus as well as letters written to
various churches and individuals informing them of proper Christian
behavior.

The time between the last book of the Old Testament and the first book
of the New Testament is just over 400 years.

Since there is a natural 400-year gap between the last book of the Old
Testament and the first book of the New Testament, the Bible is
divided up into those two parts.

The Holy Trinity


Three Persons in One God. How in the world can anyone explain
that? The answer is that we in this world cannot. It is a mystery
beyond our comprehension. How can there be three separate persons-
The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost - but yet still all be the
same God? This is truly a question that we take on faith as
Catholics, because our limited human brains simply cannot
understand it. And while we cannot fathom this mystery, as
Catholics we know and love this fact of three persons in one God. And
by the way, the word "Trinity" does not appear in the Bible. Some of
our protestant (one who protests against the Catholic Church) brothers
and sisters use this strategy against Catholics concerning the word
"purgatory", another word which doesn't appear in the Bible, but yet,
the doctrine is. This doctrine of the Trinity was formulated over time,
which fulfills the words of Jesus in John 16:12-13:
"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them
now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the
truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he
hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to
come."

Submitted by:
Deborah jean T. Erojo


Submitted to:
Sir Michael Uyog

ROAR

I used to bite my tongue and hold my
breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a
mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking
point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for
everything
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready cause Ive had enough
I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter,
dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and youre
gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and youre
gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youre gonna hear me roar
Now Im floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready cause Ive had enough
I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter,
dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and youre
gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and youre
gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youre gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youre gonna hear me roar
Ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar, ro-oar
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter,
dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and youre
gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
Cause I am a champion and youre
gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youre gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youll hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Youre gonna hear me roar