THE great need of humanity is salvation from error, whether manifested in sin, disease, ignorance,fear, grief, poverty, or other discords. Whether one knows it or not, he needs to be saved from a wrong concept of existence, mistaken views of individuality and substance. Those rich in material things need to be saved from the false trust of leaning on material wealth, and from looking to personality instead of relying on the one true God, who is Spirit. Those who are poor in material things need to be saved from their false beliefs about substance and supply, from the belief they are likely to acquire that poverty is real or any part of God's plan for His children, and from the futile conviction that money and material things will bring them happiness. On page 261 of Science and our Leader bids us look away from the mortal concept "into Truth and Love, the Principle of all happiness, harmony, and immortality."
Those who are diseased in body need salvation not only from their ills, but probably from the belief that a mere change in physical conditions would produce health and happiness. Those who are troubled in mind need to be saved from their wrong thinking and worries, and also from the belief that a change of conditions in accordance with any outlined program of the human will would bring enduring happiness. The persons who are suffering most are often the ones who are nearest to a correct solution of their problems, even as Jesus declared when he said that the publicans and sinners would go into the kingdom of heaven before the self-righteous religionists who had lulled themselves into a false sense of ease by a willing submission to conventional mesmeric belief.
All human beings need salvation from the belief that harmony can be obtained in any degree from mortal mind. All need to know that there is no permanent salvation without obedience to God's command as found in Isaiah,"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth," and that there is no Saviour but the spiritual idea of God as manifested by Christ Jesus. Spirit, God, and man in His image and likeness, must be understood and demonstrated according to the plain teachings of the Master.
