Is salvation an issue?

[Popeyesays]

THought I would start this board with a topic.

Is salvation an issue? Does God intend for us to be condemned.
God is the source of all justice, I agree. But He is also the source of all mercy.
The Qur'an says our good and bad deeds are weighed in judgement to the "weight of a grain of mustard", and the Gospels tell us Jesus has come for our salvation.

Both are quite correct, in my estimate. The Baha`i Faith has more concern with the salvation of mankind than with the salvation of each individual.

God saves. His justice saves. His mercy saves.
"WORSHIP thou God in such wise that if thy worship lead thee to the fire, no alteration in thine adoration would be produced, and so likewise if thy recompense should be paradise. Thus and thus alone should be the worship which befitteth the one True God. Shouldst thou worship Him because of fear, this would be unseemly in the sanctified Court of His presence, and could not be regarded as an act by thee dedicated to the Oneness of His Being. Or if thy 78 gaze should be on paradise, and thou shouldst worship Him while cherishing such a hope, thou wouldst make God's creation a partner with Him, notwithstanding the fact that paradise is desired by men.

Fire and paradise both bow down and prostrate themselves before God. That which is worthy of His Essence is to worship Him for His sake, without fear of fire, or hope of paradise.

Although when true worship is offered, the worshipper is delivered from the fire, and entereth the paradise of God's good-pleasure, yet such should not be the motive of his act. However, God's favour and grace ever flow in accordance with the exigencies of His inscrutable wisdom."

(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 77)

[arthra]

Popeyesays... wrote:

"The Baha`i Faith has more concern with the salvation of mankind than with the salvation of each individual."

Hello my friend!

Hope we have a good time here ...

I have described the issue that while personal salvation is the uppermost issue for many...being a Baha'i means having social salvation as a value as well..

that is saving the planet as well as personal salvation.

- Art