TWO WEAKNESS

One weakness of the Baha’i Faith is its inability to produce an experience of relationship between the individual and a personal God. The God of the Baha’i Faith is strictly an unknowable, unreachable, wholly unfamiliar God who does not relate directly, or personally, to individuals. This concept of God is also found in Islam and the Babi religion, which is the parent religion of Baha’i. If Baha’is fully conform to Baha’i teachings on the nature of God, they can know nothing of the kind of intimacy and personal relationship that can be experienced with the God of Christianity. If they do claim to have a personal relationship with God, it may be because they have unwittingly ignored the teachings of Baha’u’llah on this point and imported a concept of God from Judaism or Christianity. Ask your Baha’i friends if they conceive of God and attempt to relate to God as if he were personal and knowable. Some will agree that they do. Then ask why they remain in a religious system that fundamentally rejects this concept of God. Suggest to them that genuine Christianity alone offers this kind of personal intimate relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Then, explain the nature of your own personal intimate relationship with God.

Another weakness of the Baha’i Faith is its inability to offer any assurances or security about life after death. Like Muslims, Baha’is cannot be certain that they will be delivered from judgment and enter the Paradise of God. One’s entrance into the Paradise of God is based purely on the merit of the individual. If one submits to the teachings of Baha’u’llah to an acceptable, though undisclosed, degree, one may enter Paradise. In contrast, Christians may be certain that they will be in the presence of God after their death and forever. This certainty is very comforting. Ask your Baha’i friends if they would like to know with certainty that they will experience the presence of God and immeasurable blessings in eternity after death. Be prepared to hear a rebuttal to the Christian concept of salvation by grace alone through faith alone, but stay on point and emphasize that Christianity offers security and peace of mind about one’s station after death where the Baha’i Faith cannot.

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