Land and Sea, 4. Sun, moon and stars, 5. Fishes and birds, 6. Beasts and
man. [Gen 1:3-31]

God's Chief Creatures are the angels in heaven and men on earth. All His
creatures, as they came from His hands, were very good. [Gen. 3:31] But
some of the angels sinned, and became bad angels or devils. [II Pet.
2:4] And man also, though created in the image of God, fell into sin,
and lost his original righteousness and holiness. [Gen. 3, Gen. 8:21,
Eph. 4:24]

Luther's explanation of this Article in the catechism tells us:

I. What God has done and still does for me,

II. Why God does all this for me,

III. What I owe to God in return.

I. WHAT GOD HAS DONE AND STILL DOES FOR ME.

I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS

1. CREATED ME [Job. 33:4+] AND ALL THAT EXISTS; [Neh. 9:6, Col. 1:16+]
THAT HE HAS GIVEN TO ME

MY BODY,--WITH ALL MY LIMBS AND SENSES. Though my body, like that of the
beasts, is made of the dust of the ground, [Gen. 2:7+] it is vastly
superior to their bodies, and is a marvelous piece of divine
workmanship, [Ps. 139:14] exquisitely adapted to be the earthly
tabernacle of the soul which inhabits it.