Article January 28, 1961 Issue

"Blessed are the pure in heart"

[Of Special Interest to Young People]

JACK L. EYERLY

Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God" (Matt. 5:8). This might he paraphrased, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see themselves as the image and likeness of God."

According to the Bible (Gen. 1:27), "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." It is for this reason that we must know God in order to understand what we really are. And Mrs. Eddy gives us this enlightening and important statement: "God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, Life, Truth, Love" (Science and Health, p. 465).

Man, then, in his real being is the idea of divine Mind, the image of infinite Spirit. He is the likeness of Soul, the reflection of divine Love. Since he is the image of Spirit, he is spiritual and lives in Mind, not in matter. He is governed by Principle and is therefore always pure.

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