THE GLORY OF GOD IN "CREATION"

Why do Christians make such a big deal of God as Creator? Apart from the obvious fact that the Bible unequivocally describes God as Creator of all things, God clearly makes Himself known to everyone through what we call "general revelation." That means that everyone everywhere can look at the heavens, look at creation, examine their own consciences, and contemplate providence in their lives, and know that someone much greater than themselves set all of those things in place to draw people to Himself. See Ps. 19:1-6, Acts 14:15-17, 17:24-27, Rom. 1:18-23, 2:14-16.

A big way for Satan to undermine God's revelation of Himself in general revelation is to convince people that God really didn't or couldn't have created or done these things. God must have needed help or perhaps God has nothing to do with it. Random chance over a long enough time must have done these things - despite our knowledge that chance and time tend to confuse and destroy everything (i.e., things in order tend toward disorder, not increasing order and complexity - part of the Second Law of Thermodynamics).

Often, God's work in hearts through general revelation precedes the receptivity of those hearts to God's special revelation of Jesus Christ and the Gospel. If Satan can remove a sense of general revelation in the hearts and minds of people - e.g., educate our natural sense of awe and wonder right out of us - then perhaps he can keep people from Christ. This is one of the reasons that the battle over creation is so important. People who are receptive to a Creator tend to be receptive to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As Christians, we cannot compromise these principles.