The Bible tells us that the living God is the Creator of the universe; He created everything freely and distinguished man from creation by creating him in his image and likeness. “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; he created them male and female” (Genesis 1:27 NIV)]. Man as a creature is composed of body and soul and is created in the image and likeness of God. This resemblance to God is mainly found in the soul: sooner or later the body will die or return to the earth, but the soul is like God because it is a spirit with understanding and free will, and it is destined to live forever. The first three chapters of the Old Testament show that there was some sort of transition of Adam and Eve from the state of innocence and obedience to the state of disobedience and sin. In fact, God tested the obedience of Adam and Eve by commanding them to eat of every tree in the Garden, except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; but unfortunately, they disobeyed God, committing the sin of pride, and as a result sin and death entered the world. However, God did not leave humanity in its shame and fame: in the Garden, God spoke, promised, provided, cursed, and finally gave grace. This grace is found in the work of salvation of his only Son Jesus Christ: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the only begotten Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14 NIV). The Apostle Paul said, “Just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all have sinned. (for until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Yet death has reigned since Ad...... middle of paper.. .... what is evil as good, and what is good appears as evil. Therefore, for Man to “be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect”, he needs the grace of God which operates in. him, allowing his mind to see things according to the light of God Only then can he be more careful and do good deeds, to act as a son of God. precedes, it follows that grace is a favor which God grants to man in order to help him in his journey towards the Heavenly Jerusalem. The grace of God affects both the interior and the exterior of. the human person. to justify, to sanctify, to strengthen the will, to enlighten our minds and to impel us to do good deeds - which we cannot do on our own because of our fallen nature - all for our salvation. The Holy Spirit allows us, through his gifts, to actively participate in this work of our salvation..