Some pose this dilemma: "Is what God commands good because He commands it? Or does God command it because it is good?"

• If we answer that it is good simply because God says so, then the good seems arbitrary.
• If we answer that God commands what is already good in itself, then there seems to exist a good superior to God.

This is a false dilemma.

In the traditional monotheistic view, the good is neither arbitrary nor external to God.

It flows from His very nature, just, wise, perfect.