But there are significant reasons why we should adhere to the plain teaching of scripture. In this set of lessons, we’ll be reminded that our view of creation—whatever it is—cannot be explained by natural law and must be taken as an article of faith.

Man represents the culmination of God’s creative work. We read that God made man “in his image” which indicates that man possesses something unique regarding God’s communicable attributes. While God cannot create another god, he can create something “in his image” that has infinite value and dignity because of his unique attributes. Man is like nothing else in the created order.

The world is obviously quite confused about the meaning and value of human life. While scripture ascribes value to man that exceeds all worldly riches (Ps 49:7; Mark 8:36), fallen man grasps for some value that can be measured in economic terms. The result is a Utilitarian belief that a man is only worth what he can produce. Such a low view of man leads to the inevitable genocide of infants, sick, disabled, and elderly—all for “the greater good.” Along the way, we redefine “compassion” to mean death—often at the hands of physicians whose calling is to protect and preserve life.

But that is not all. When we abandon scripture (and the God of scripture), man finds himself plunged into an incurable identity crisis that is created by his willful anarchy. In his insatiable desire to control his own destiny by throwing off the law of God, man loses his entire identity. He forgets who he is as man made in the image of God and attempts to grasp a new way to assign value and meaning to his life. All such efforts are futile.

Regarding angels and demons Westminster says suprisingly little, but we can deduce much from what it does say in WLC Q/A #16 and the tidbits found elsewhere in the Standards.