Salvation is my only function here. My function here is to forgive the world for all the errors I have made. For thus am I released from them with all the world. - [CE W-115.1]
“Salvation is no more than a reminder this world is not your home; its laws are not imposed on you, its values are not yours, and nothing that you think you see in it is really there at all. And this is seen and understood as each one takes his part in its undoing, as he did in making it.” - ACIM Textbook: 26:VI
What Is Salvation? Salvation is a promise, made by God, that you would find your way to Him at last. ²It cannot but be kept. ³It guarantees that time will have an end, and all the thoughts that have been born in time will end as well. ⁴God’s Word is given every mind which thinks that it has separate thoughts, and will replace these thoughts of conflict with the thought of peace. The thought of peace was given to God’s Son the instant that his mind had thought of war. ²There was no need for such a thought before, for peace was given without opposite, and merely was. ³But when the mind is split there is a need of healing. ⁴So the thought that has the power to heal the split became a part of every fragment of the mind which still was one, but failed to recognize its oneness. ⁵Now it did not know itself, and thought its own identity was lost. Salvation is undoing in the sense that it does nothing, failing to support the world of dreams and malice. ²Thus it lets illusions go. ³By not supporting them, it merely lets them quietly go down to dust. ⁴And what they hid is now revealed: an altar to the holy Name of God whereon His Word is written, with the gifts of your forgiveness laid before it and the memory of God not far behind. Let us come daily to this holy place and spend a while together. ²Here we share our final dream. ³It is a dream in which there is no sorrow, for it holds a hint of all the glory given us by God. ⁴The grass is pushing through the soil, the trees are budding now, and birds have come to live within their branches. ⁵Earth is being born again in new perception. ⁶Night has gone, and we have come together in the light. From here we give salvation to the world, for it is here salvation was received. ²The song of our rejoicing is the call to all the world that freedom is returned, that time is almost over, and God’s Son has but an instant more to wait until his Father is remembered, dreams are done, eternity has shined away the world, and only Heaven now exists at all.
My salvation comes from me. All temptation is nothing more than some form of the basic temptation not to believe the idea for today. ²Salvation seems to come from anywhere except from you. ³So too does the source of guilt. ⁴You see neither guilt nor salvation as in your own mind and nowhere else. ⁵When you have realized that all guilt is solely an invention of your mind, you will also realize that guilt and salvation must be together in the same place. ⁶In understanding this you are saved. - [CE [W-70:1]-[W-70.1]]
Soteriology: Salvation
Ancient Greek: σωτηρία sōtēría "salvation" from σωτήρ sōtḗr "savior, preserver" and λόγος lógos "study" or "word”
Salvation from the state of sin, death, separation….
Christianity as a religion and theology fundamentally misunderstands the nature of salvation and atonement, misunderstands what Jesus taught and what his crucifixion represented.
The idea that one needs to believe in Jesus as a god and that his crucifixion was a sacrifice to atone for us - not correct.
We as a human being do exist in a “fallen” state and salvation is needed….
In Abrahamic religions and theology, salvation is the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences.[2] It may also be called deliverance or redemption from sin and its effects.[4] Depending on the religion or even denomination, salvation is considered to be caused either only by the grace of God (i.e. unmerited and unearned), or by faith, good deeds (works), or a combination thereof. Religions often emphasize that man is a sinner by nature and that the penalty of sin is death (physical death, spiritual death: spiritual separation from God and eternal punishment in hell).
In contemporary Judaism, redemption (Hebrew: גְּאוּלָּה ge'ulah), refers to God redeeming the people of Israel from their various exiles.[5] This includes the final redemption from the present exile.
My holiness is my salvation. Since my holiness saves me from all guilt, to recognize my holiness is to recognize my salvation. ³It is also to recognize the salvation of the world. ⁴Once I have accepted my holiness, nothing can make me afraid. ⁵And because I am unafraid, everyone must share in my strength and understanding, which are the gift of God to me and to the world. [CE W-58.4]
8 Your Self retains Its thoughts, and they remain within your mind and in the Mind of God. ²The Holy Spirit holds salvation in your mind, and offers it the way to peace. ³Salvation is a thought you share with God, because His Voice accepted it for you and answered in your name that it was done. ⁴Thus is salvation kept among the thoughts your Self holds dear and cherishes for you. [CE W-96.8]
God’s plan for salvation works simply because, by following His direction, you seek for salvation where it is. ²But if you are to succeed, as God promises you will, you must be willing to seek there only. ³Otherwise your purpose is divided, and you will attempt to follow two plans for salvation which are diametrically opposed in all ways. ⁴The result can only bring confusion, misery, and a deep sense of failure and despair. How can you escape all this? ²Very simply. ³The idea for today is the answer. ⁴Only God’s plan for salvation will work. ⁵There can be no real conflict about this, because there is no possible alternative to God’s plan that will save you. ⁶His is the only plan that is certain in its outcome. ⁷His is the only plan that must succeed. Let us practice recognizing this certainty today. ²And let us rejoice that there is an answer to what seemed to be a conflict with no resolution possible. ³All things are possible to God. ⁴Salvation must be yours because of His plan, which cannot fail.
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In Islam, salvation refers to the eventual entrance to Paradise. Islam teaches that people who die disbelieving in Islam do not receive salvation. Those who die believing in the one God and His message (Islam) receive salvation.[25]
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism share certain key concepts, which are interpreted differently by different groups and individuals.[33] In these religions one is not liberated from sin and its consequences, but from the saṃsāra (cycle of rebirth) perpetuated by passions and delusions and its resulting karma.[34] They differ however on the exact nature of this liberation.
While early Taoism had no understanding of the concept of salvation, later in Taoist history, salvation became a major part of beliefs about it.[42] Things one could do to be saved was to pray, offer sacrifices, and/or become a xian (Chinese: 仙; pinyin: Xiān) immortal.[42]
Library of Light Edition 1.0 — Last revised: May 2026