Worldview: Creation

What can we learn from the creational worldview?

GOD
We learn about the Creator God who is eternal (which means he is not a created being, as Karl Marx taught), personal (which means the world does not come to be through random chance or evolution, as secular scientists and evolutionists argue), and sovereign (which means he does not leave the world run by itself, as Deism claims). He is the Creator God who created the universe out of nothing (which means he is not part of the created world, as Pantheism claims) in an orderly manner (which means that the creation order is knowable, which is the basis of human epistemology, unlike the secular humanists' view) through his word (which means he is an almighty God who perfect will gets done on earth, despite what atheists believe), as a general revelation of himself (which means human beings have no excuse to be ignorant of God, as Paul wrote to Romans) for all spheres of creation, believers and non-believers, human and non-human (which demonstrates his sovereign rule over all created beings who one day will hold human beings accountable as stewards of his created world).

The Apostolic Confession of Faith summarizes it succintly: I believe in God, the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

MAN
There are six things we can learn about man, among others:
(1) Men and women were created by a personal God in his image, which means as a reflection of God we have personality, intelligence, morality, social capacity, creativity, and self-transcendence, unlike the rest of creation.
(2) Men and women were 'fearfully and wonderfully made', which means we were not mass produced for God knit each of us uniquely in our mother's womb (hence, our respective DNAs), and that we were not results of some random particles slowly evolved for several million years.
(3) The dignity of human beings, regardless their social status, appearance, IQ, etc., is derived from God as reflections of his glory, which should be the basis for everyone fighting for human rights everywhere across the globe.
(4) Men and women as created beings were, are, and will always be below God, the Creator, which means human beings are not the measure of all things (unlike what Protagoras'
teaching of homo mensura), and should always respond to God in obedient gratitude.
(5) Men and women are created to be stewards of the rest of God's creation, a mandate given by God before the Fall, which means the works that we do in all spheres of life should be an
extension God's creative and good works (no excuse for a grumpy face on Monday morning!) and that one day we all be held accountable for this.
(6) The history of mankind is the history of God's work shown directly (through the natural laws and God-ordained institutions such as government and family) and indirectly (through human involvement in politics, art, law, business, education, etc.)
(7) The purpose and meaning of life is found in and only in God alone (the best person to know what a pencil is for is the inventor of pencils; we should use it for writing not tickling our ears).