In continuation to last Friday’s sermon, the condition
of the world itself demands the advent of a prophet. For, where can be find
today the light and the faith of which we read in connection with the prophets?
Who can show the signs and miracles which men were wont to witness at the hands
of the prophets and their companions? We find a great deal written in the books
of each religion, but where can be find the practical proof of it? Where is the
gift of prophecy which the companions of Moses possessed? Where are the signs
which the disciples of Jesus were wont to show? The books of every religion
talk of a living God, but is that living God living today also? Does He still
maintain with His servants the relation which Jehovah was wont to maintain with
the followers of Moses or the Heavenly Father with the disciples of Jesus, or
Allah with the Muslims?
If not, what reason can be assigned for this change?
And, has this change occurred in God, or in man? We find that, in order to
avoid having to face this question and to admit that this change has occurred,
the contents of the revealed books of different religions are sought to be
explained away, and meanings are assigned to passages which the words are
incapable of bearing.
It may be permissible to us to say that God spoke to
His servants in this or that manner, or spoke to His servants in this or that
way, or that His relations with His servants were of this or that kind, but it
is not open to us to assert that God has never talked to man in a manner which
should exclude all possibility of doubt or misgiving nor is it open to us to
say that God never showed any miracles to demonstrate conclusively the truth of
a particular religion or of a particular prophet. We may be permitted to assert
that the relationship which existed between God and His servants in the past
was of a nature different from that ordinarily understood or accepted, but
after a perusal of the scriptures of different religions we cannot honestly
assert that God has never dealt with His servants in manner from which the
world could judge that a Living God exists who displays his Might and Mercy for
those He loves.