The sick and the sinful are asking, "What must I do to be saved?" Christian Science replies in the language of Scripture, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Believe and be saved. How simple the statement, and yet who can measure the length and breadth and height and depth of its meaning? Herein is revealed not merely a possibility or even a probability; the statement is positive that a specific result will follow. The believer will be saved.
This sweet promise comes as a ray of light dispelling the darkness. It inspires hope and quickens honest endeavor. In the awakened consciousness numerous questions arise, demanding satisfying and scientific answers. Most important among them are, What does it mean to be saved? How much can a man reasonably hope to be saved from? When may he expect to be saved? Can he know salvation as a present reality, or is it something for him to look forward to with joyous anticipation? What is it to believe? Can a man know that he believes? if so, how can he know? what is the proof that he knows?
The way in which a man answers these questions, if he answers them at all, shows whether the teachings of the Bible have for him any practical application to the affairs of to-day or whether they relate merely to the doing of that which must be done now if one would be saved in the future.
