Fountain of Christianity — Page 33
33 Epilogue: What is True Salvation? Before concluding this book, I feel that I should write something about the nature of true salvation, because sal- vation is the ultimate objective which followers of every religion hope to attain. But, unfortunately, most people remain unaware and unmindful of the true meaning of salvation. To the Christians, salvation means deliverance from the accountability of sin, but this cannot be its true meaning, for it is quite possible that a person may not be guilty of committing fornication, nor of theft, nor of bear- ing false witness, nor of murder, nor of committing any other sin which he knows of, and yet he might be de- prived of the benefits of salvation. Salvation, in fact, is the abiding peace and happiness which man, by his very na- ture, hungers and thirsts for, and which is achieved through personal love and recognition of God, and through a perfect relationship with Him—a relationship in which the fire of love is ablaze on both sides. But people very often try to attain this happiness through other means which only serve to increase their pain and misery in the long run. Most people tend to seek eternal happiness in the carnal pleasures of the world. They in- dulge day and night in drinking and fulfilling their sensual desires, and end up suffering from all kinds of fatal dis- eases. They succumb to trauma, paralysis, Parkinson’s