CHRIST JESUS' Sermon on the Mount is a brilliant pattern for human conduct. He knew that the nature of mankind must be regenerated before the spiritual sense of existence can be comprehended and the kingdom of heaven gained. He therefore laid out the plan for individual evangelization, which when spiritually interpreted and put into practice enables men to find purity and integrity to be qualities of divine Principle, God, forever established in their real spiritual nature.
Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5: 8). This beatitude closely parallels the Psalmist's song (Ps. 15: 1, 2): "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart."
Good morals and consistent Christian behavior are of prime importance to every student of Christian Science if spiritual progress is to be made. However, these do not in and of themselves assure divine blessings. Evangelization, or spiritualization, of the human self must accompany these virtues if men are to reach that state of divine awareness in which the misconception of man and the universe is exchanged for the Christ-idea.
