How does the information found in the scripture references listed below either support or challenge your beliefs about man? Provide additional scripture or document additional sources that you use to support your response.

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. God created both male and female as the crowning work of His creation. In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice. By his free choice man sinned against God a brought sin into the human race. Only the grace of God can bring man into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God.