THE goal of all Christian religious organizations presumably being universal salvation, it is unfortunate that they do not agree upon the correct method of procedure in this laudable purpose. The variance is, of course, due to the many creeds and dogmas, as well as to the different beliefs regarding what constitutes salvation.
Why is there so much divergence concerning the way of salvation, since the master Christian plainly stated, "I am the way . . . : no man cometh unto the Father, but by me"? Is it not primarily because, throughout the centuries, Christendom has persisted in doing the very thing the Master averred should not be done, namely, looked to the personal Jesus as "the way" instead of to the impersonal Christ, Truth, to which he referred, and which he so fully manifested? "Thou art an offence unto me," was his strong rebuke to Peter when that disciple gave evidence of too much thought for his Master's human personality. But on the occasion when Peter rose to the height of spiritual discernment and declared, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," Jesus said to him, "Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona."
The religion which teaches the understanding of God's true nature, and proves its claims by demonstration of the impersonal Christ, Truth, is the one upon which must devolve the task of bringing to the world a full salvation — salvation from sin, sickness, and death.
