The Apostle Paul exhorts us, "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil. 2:12) In view of this demand, some may think that they must not seek help from others but, instead, should do their own healing work. Often the suggestion comes that one does not progress Spiritward unless he alone wrestles with his problem.
The joy in experiencing the fruitage of one's own work is of course great. However, the student need feel no self-condemnation if he finds it necessary to turn to another for help. Paul declares in the same message, "It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." We see, then, that healing is not accomplished through persons but rather through the impersonal, omniscient nature of divine Love and Truth.
The word "salvation" is not restrictive, nor is it limited to any particular individual or healing. It acknowledges the allness of God and man's obedience to divine Principle, which motivates universal salvation. Mary Baker Eddy thus defines "salvation" in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 593): "Life, Truth, and Love understood and demonstrated as supreme over all; sin, sickness, and death destroyed."
