Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 23
28 CERTAINTY IN FAITH. Seekers after truth! Open your ears and listen to the words which I speak that there is no wealth in the world equal to certain- ty in faith. It is certainty which breaks the shackles of sin. It is certainty that gives you the power of doing deeds of virtue- It is certainty and certainty alone which makes a man a true and sincere lover of God. Can you keep from sin without cer- tainty ? Have you the power to overcome the passions of flesh without witnessing a manifestation of certainty ? Do you tliink that your lives can be transformed to purity unaided by the light of certainty ? Is it possible for you to attain to true happiness without certainty ? Does there exist under heaven any redemp- tion or atonement which can take away your sins ? Has the son of Mary the power to release you from the bondage of sin with his supposed blood? Speak not a lie at" which the earth might cleave asunder for Jesus himself stood in need of certainty for his own salvation. To whom it was granted and therefore he was saved. Woe to the Christians who deceive the world by saying that they have been purified of their sins by the blood of Jesus; whereas they are soaked in sin from head to foot. They do not know who their God is. They are drunk with wine but the pure intoxication which descends from heaven is not known to them. They do not lead their lives in the service of the Master, and are, therefore, devoid of the spiritual blessings granted to the pure in life. Remember that except by the light of certainty you cannot come out of a life of darkness nor can the holy spirit descend upon you. Blessed are they who have found the wealth of certainty for they shall see God. Blessed are they whose doubts are set at rest for they shall be delivered from sin. Blessed are you when the wealth of certainty is given