Back to Basics December 22, 2025 Issue

The Savior we need— and have

Ethel A. Baker

In the night Christ Jesu s was born, shepherds saw in the Middle Eastern sky a brilliant light that was suddenly everywhere around them and heard these immortal angelic words: “Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:10, 11). That promise has echoed through the centuries, right down to today, assuring us that we are safe and saved through God’s Son, Jesus.

Our deepest yearnings for peace and goodness, justice and freedom, for stability, fulfillment, health, and love, tell us that we require vastly more than helpful advisors, better organizations, more trustworthy leaders, and universal health-care plans. Whether facing chaos and catastrophe or illness and mortality, we each and all need a Savior. And we need to know that we are saved and safe now, and on a divine and enduring basis. In our heart of hearts, we long to know God, to feel His presence today, and to discover what we truly are.

Salvation, in Christian Science, is spelled out in deeply spiritual terms—as “Life, Truth, and Love understood and demonstrated as supreme over all; sin, sickness, and death destroyed” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 593).