He who decides to become a true Christian, to become a truly spiritual man, a true child of God, absolutely must consider that, first of all, he must become a true man. Being a true man is not different from being a Christian. Every man who is outside this true man is not a just and whole person. This is the first thing. The second is that he must consider that becoming a true Christian will not be accomplished by what man does with himself, but by what God does with him. One can be a civilized, educated man; he may be accustomed to good manners, to good behavior, to courtesy, which, in any case, civilization offers to people. He may have become familiar with, learned, and acquired many other things, but none of these things make him a true man; they do not make him a spiritual man, a true Christian, a true child of God.