When God created [[Adam]], He made him according to His image and likeness.
We understand by this that the image is man's spirit - the soul - which is endowed with intelligence, with thought, wisdom and prudence, so as to be able to discern good from evil.
It is man's sovereign state - and [[Free Will]] to choose his own destination: to choose knowing God and having communion with Him, or to separate himself from God.
To be in the likeness of God is the ability to acquire the [[Grace]] of God: to be [[deified]] by the [[Holy Spirit]] and become a god.
In other words, to be united to God through our own [[Free Will]] by accepting God's will and making it ours.
We acquire the likeness through God's help and by our own efforts. If we make proper use of our [[Free Will]], we can reach the ultimate aim for which man was created, to be a god by [[Grace]].
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