Anyone can be just what he chooses to be. Character is not obtained by receiving an education. Character is not obtained by amassingwealth or gaining worldly honor.
It must be sought worked for fought for. It requires a purpose, a will, a determination.
There must be real knowledge, a genuine experience in the principles of the truth, as it is in Jesus.
The Holy Spirit must work within bringing these principles into the strong light of distinct consciousness that we may know their power and make them a living reality.
We must believe the words of God. Just as he has spoken him, we must take Christ at his word. Believe that he came to represent the Father and that the Father, as is represented in Christ, is our friend. He desires that we should not perish..
Now, the temptor has come for the last fearful struggle. For this, he had been preparing during the 3 years of Christ's ministry. Everything was at stake with him. If he failed here, his hope of mastery was lost. The Kingdom of the world would finally become Christ's, and he himself would be overthrown and cast out.