Scripture teaches that God is transcendent, and yet immanent. He is far above above creation, yet intimately involved in it, Acts 17:25,28; Eph 4:6; Col 1:17; Heb 1:3.

False views include:

• materialism, which denies the existence of God altogether;
• pantheism, which teaches that the whole universe is God, or an emanation from God;
• dualism, which holds that God and the material universe have existed eternally side by side, locked in eternal conflict, with no guarantee that good will triumph;
• deism, according to which God created the universe and then left it to run on its own.