BEATITUDES OF CHRIST

Spiritual Mountain Climbing, Eight upward
Steps in the Divine Life

Initial Step, Humility (Conscious Need)
Mt 5:3

2nd Step, Penitence (Mourning for Sin)
Mt 5:4

3rd-- Meekness (Marking the birth of a New Spirit)
Mt 5:5

4th-- Spiritual Appetite (Signifying Growth)
Mt 5:6

5th-- Mercifulness (an Attribute of God, indicating further Advance)
Mt 5:7

6th-- Heart Purity (marking the attainment of Higher Altitudes,
where comes the vision of God)
Mt 5:8

7th-- Peacemaking (a Christlike Influence, calming the Storms of Life)
Mt 5:9

8th-- The Summit, Suffering for Christ (standing beside the
Prophets and Martyrs)
Mt 5:10,11,12

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