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What are the attributes of God? What is God like?

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The Bible, which is the Word of God, tells us what God is like and what He is not like. Without the authority of the Bible, any explanation of God's attributes will be no better than a mere idea of God, which is itself flawed (Job 42:7). It is important to say that this is a very low level sentence in an effort to understand what God is like! Failure to do this will cause us to create, follow, and worship other false gods that are contrary to God's will (Exodus 20:3-5). Only what God has chosen to reveal about Himself can be known. One of God's attributes or qualities is "light," which means that He reveals information about Himself (Isaiah 60:19; James 1:17). The fact is that God himself has given information about himself that should not be ignored (Hebrews 4:1). The creation, the Bible, and the Word (Jesus Christ) who became flesh will help us know what God is like. We begin by understanding that God is our Creator and that we are a part of His crea