Lecture Sialkot — Page 51
L ECTURE S IALKOT 51 people suffering from diseases and other tribulations have been delivered of their misery through my inter- cession and they were given the good news beforehand. It is simply absurd to believe that Jesus as took upon himself the burden of people's sins and was crucified for their salvation. This belief is miles away from reason. It is also against the Divine attributes of equity and justice to say that one man should commit the sin while punishment should be awarded to an- other. This doctrine is nothing less than a bundle of errors! It does not behove rational men to abandon the One God, Who has no partner, and start worshipping His creatures. To believe that there are three inde- pendent and perfect persons in the Trinity who are equal in power and glory, and then to combine them into one perfect God, is the kind of logic which is pe- culiar only to the Christians. It is all the more lamentable that the purpose for which this novel plan was made, i. e. , redemption from sin and deliverance from a life of filth, was never realized. To the con- trary, before the doctrine of Atonement, the disciples were pure-hearted, had nothing to do with this world and its riches, were not defiled by the evils of this life, nor strive after worldly gains. Alas! where did such pure and devout hearts disappear after the Atonement! It is even more so in this age. The more stress is laid on the doctrine of Atonement and the blood of Jesus,