Salvation

AUG. 22, 1980, 6:37 AM
W. WILLOW, STUDY

You come with faith, o son, for you do not know whether I purpose this title and this teaching, or whether you just selected it hastily. You should know by now that it really makes little difference. I am willing to teach you about almost anything, and salvation certainly is a theme worthy of much instruction. So… salvation it is.

Salvation and “being saved” are two terms for the same experience, though the latter sounds somewhat more active. “Why?” is a legitimate question, so let’s explore that first. Why do you need to be saved. Two simple answers: because I set up the world with salvation as a desirable possibility and… yet… it is not a necessity. It should be obvious that some people… many people.. lead long and fruitful lives without experiencing salvation. It is not a necessity, but it is a good. It is one of My best gifts.

Salvation from what? You can be saved from doubt and anxiety about ultimate questions. You can be saved from a state of being that is lower than each deserves. Just as higher education can save a person from a life of menial labor or other work which is beneath his capacity, so salvation raises the soul from association only with itself and others who are “doing it themselves.”

This leads, naturally, to the really important question – salvation to what? Your education made it possible for you to have the position in life that you have… with all of the challenges and satisfactions that you experience, almost daily. Salvation leads you to interaction with Me and into spiritual interactions with other humans whose spirits intertwine with Mine.

It does lead to an interdependence in life style that some do not find appealing. As long as they are “making it” in life on their own why should they surrender certain controls and certain direction? This is frustrating to some who are saved and feel that all others should be. They don’t see it as “fair” that some who are unsaved should apparently be doing well in life… even having some advantages. But that does happen.