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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. Let’s look at a few ages 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).  " 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. That’s 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 personsThe 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."

The Three Basic Elements Of Faith

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ROAR

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