Believing that God created all things out of nothing is a matter of faith. It is also fundamental to being a Christian. At the heart of every heresy and evil sin is a rebellion against God’s sovereignty that is demonstrated most fully through the creation.

 The early church developed what is known as the Apostles’ Creed. It remains today a fundamental statement of Christian orthodoxy. The first line of the creed reads: “I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.”

 In AD 325, the result of the Council of Nicaea produced the Nicene Creed. While the Apostles Creed predated it, this was the first creed to be officially recognized, and it provided theological clarity in opposition to the heresies of its day. It too began with an affirmation of God the creator: “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.” 

This fundamental truth that “God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible” forms how Christians understand God and His creation. God is the creator of all things. God is sovereign over all things. And it is good.