Bahai 5
The Baha’i Faith is essentially rationalistic. “We must not accept traditional dogmas that are contrary to reason, nor pretend to believe doctrines which we cannot understand. To do so is superstitious and not true religion.” Because of this inclination to reject any doctrine that does not seem reasonable to them, Baha’is interpret allegorically, rather than literally, the biblical doctrines of the Holy Trinity, the bodily Resurrection of Christ, the existence of angels and evil spirits, and the doctrines of heaven and hell. Yet, despite this insistence that EVERYTHING must be understood in order to be believed, they hold that God Himself is impersonal and UNKNOWABLE. He can only be perceived indirectly through the reflection of his Manifestations – Jesus being ONLY ONE of these NINE, in no manner superior to the other eight.
Baha’is deny that man fell through Adam from his original spiritual and moral state. They affirm that no one is “essentially” bad or evil, but merely imperfect. Sins are characteristics of the lower, baser plane of nature, and education brings deliverance from them. Baha’u’llah taught that men ought not to confess their sins to one another, for this would lead to humiliation and abasement, which he taught, are contrary to God’s will.
Concerning salvation, Baha’u’llah said, “Whoso keepeth the commandments of God shall attain everlasting felicity.” And Abdul Baha stated that there is no sin-atoning value in Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross. So inadequate was his concept of redemption that Baha’u’llah was able to say of himself: “Fix your gaze upon Him who is the Temple of God amongst men. He, in truth, hath offered up his life as a ransom for the redemption of the world.”
The Central conflict between Baha’u’llah’s concept of salvation and the biblical revelation on the subject is best shown in BAHA’I WORLD FAITH where Baha’u’llah stated: “Every age has its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require.” In CONTRAST to this, the BIBLE teaches that the one universal problem of man throughout the ages is sin, his state of moral guilt and consequent alienation from God. Thus the one remedy – the only POSSIBLE remedy for mankind’s dilemma – is the death of Jesus Christ for our sins, a sacrifice sufficient to save all who turn to Him for all time as God tells us in Hebrews 10:10 to 18.
Because they fail to recognize that man fell from his original position with God, Baha’is also fail to understand what the prophet Jeremiah witnessed concerning the nature of man: “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is incurably sick; who can understand it?” As a result they believe that man is capable of keeping the commandments of God, whereas the BIBLE emphatically declares that he cannot in Romans 3:20 to 28 and 8:7. Not realizing that man’s problems stem from his heart, instead of the intellect, they think that education is the ULTIMATE answer. HAVING MADE A FAULTY DIAGNOSIS OF MAN’S SICKNESS, they have prescribed a faulty, ineffective cure.
It is somewhat ironic that the most fitting description of Baha’u’llah’s attempt to establish himself as savior and mediator between man and God can be found in words framed by none other than Baha’u’llah himself. Certainly, he had ANYONE BUT himself in mind when he penned these words; yet with sobering propriety Baha’u’llah’s indictment CAN BE APPLIED TO HIMSELF: “We can perceive how the whole human race is encompassed with great, with incalculable afflictions. We see it languishing on its bed of sickness, sore tired and disillusioned. They that are intoxicated by self conceit have interposed themselves between it and the divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. THEY CAN NEITHER DISCOVER THE CAUSE OF THE DISEASE, NOR HAVE THEY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE REMEDY.”
Jesus Claimed to BE GOD and lived his life in a manner that reflected truth. Jesus said that HE WAS TRUTH. Jesus rose “into the clouds” where, we are told by the BIBLE that he “will return just as we witnessed Him leaving” and not REINCARNATED into another person. It is appointed unto MAN to die BUT ONCE – Then the JUDGEMENT. Jesus was God as proven by his life. JESUS is SAVIOR as proven by His Death AND RESURRECTION. The bodies of Baha’u’llah, the Bab, Abdul Baha and other false prophets rot in their graves. The body of Christ is not on Earth, but he lives! He will return with the NEW NAME of JUDGE and LORD – Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is LORD. When he comes in HIS BODY, he will take up to him those who He lives THROUGH at this present time. No one has ever found deceit in the lives of Jesus or his Apostles. Jesus stands IN HISTORY as a PERFECT human – the ONLY MAN IN HISTORY so RECORDED. He came the first time EXACTLY when God WROTE that he would – He didn’t have to change God’s word!
No, there is NO HARMONY between Baha’i and Christ or Christianity. The blasphemy being exhorted by Baha’i World Faith and its adherents will be dealt with at the BEMA JUDGEMENT SEAT. Until that time, we followers of the LIVING CHRIST, must show our love for the souls in Baha’i that have remained in the bondage that Christ offered His life to end. Christ did die for them, and we must always be ready to “give a reason for the hope that lies within us” to “everyman who ask of you.” May eyes be opened to the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, and closed to the bind of Satan. Amen.
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