Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 129.
“A third distinctive factor in man’s creation is his special dominion. None of the lower animals had power or dominion delegated to it.” (Page 238)
“Moral evil originates in a wrong exercise of freedom on the part of a moral being—morality implies freedom.” (Page 113)
“Chereso: ‘This is because man can never achieve equality or identity of nature with God. Only the Son is so perfect an image of His Father as to be equal to, and identical in nature with, Him. Hence it is that the Word is called the image of God, while man is said to be created to that image.’” (Page 244)
“In spite of the fall man did not become a beast or a demon, but retained his humanity. He did lose, however, his communion with God, his righteousness, his conformity to the will of God. And he became mortal.” (Page 245)
“Sin in its essence, then, is the act of preferring one’s own self, or some other being, to God. It is to place the ego of man himself ahead of love and worship for the creator.” (Page 114)