Appendix 7
The Way

6.    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7.    If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
    (St. John, Chapter 14)

More Examples from Other Faiths: The Only Way

    BAHA'I, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p.169
1.    He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. Turn ye away from all that is on earth and seek none else but Me.

    BUDDHISM, Dhammapada, 20:274
2.    This is the path. There is no other that leads to vision.

    CHRISTIANITY, John 14:6
3.    I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

    HINDUISM, Bhagavad Gita, 18:66
4.    Abandoning all duties, come to Me alone for shelter.

    ISLAM, Imam'Ali, Hadith
5.    Whoso seeks guidence elsewhere, God will lead him astray.

    ZOROASTRIANISM, The Teachings of the Magi, p.22
6.    There is only one religious way. This one way is that of good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, the way of heaven, of light and of purity, of the infinite Creator.


Having Authority

28.    And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
29.    For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as the scribes.
    (St. Matthew, Chapter 7)

Other Sheep

16.    And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
    (St. John, Chapter 10)

Return with a New Name, Quietly and Unexpectedly

12.    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.
    (The Revelation of St. John, Chapter 3)

42.    Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43.    But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44.    Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
    (St. Matthew, Chapter 24)

Standards: How do we tell? (John 14, 6)

    Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.  Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
    (St. Matthew, 7, 15-20)

    Say:  O leaders of religion!  Weigh not the Book of God with such standards and sciences as are current amongst you, for the Book itself is the unerring Balance established amongst men.  In this most perfect Balance whatsoever the peoples and kindreds of the earth possess must be weighed, while the measure of its weight should be tested according to its own standard, did ye but know it.
    (Baha'u'llah:  The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 56)

    These are the ordinances of God that have been set down in the Books and Tablets by His Most Exalted Pen.  Hold ye fast unto His statutes and commandments, and be not of those who, following their idle fancies and vain imaginings, have clung to the standards fixed by their own selves, and cast behind their backs the standards laid down by God.
    (Baha'u'llah:  The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 25)

Other Prophets

    However, the substance and essence of the subject is this, that there can be no doubt that from everlasting God hath been invested with the independent sovereignty of His exalted Being, and unto everlasting He will remain inaccessible in the transcendent majesty of His holy Essence. No creature hath ever recognized Him as befitteth His recognition, nor hath any created being ever praised Him as is worthy of His praise.  He is exalted above every name, and is sanctified from every comparison.  Through Him all things are made known, while too lofty is His reality to be known through anyone but Him.  The process of His creation hath had no beginning and can have no end, otherwise it would necessitate the cessation of His celestial grace.  God hath raised up Prophets and revealed Books as numerous as the creatures of the world, and will continue to do so to everlasting.
    (The Bab:  Selections from the Bab, p. 125)

    God leaves not His children comfortless, but, when the darkness of winter overshadows them, then again He sends His Messengers, the Prophets, with a renewal of the blessed spring.  The Sun of Truth appears again on the horizon of the world shining into the eyes of those who sleep, awaking them to behold the glory of a new dawn.  
    (`Abdu'l-Baha:  Paris Talks, p. 32)

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