Exhortation
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Men at all times stand in need of one to exhort them (so Messengers were sent)[edit]
"Men at all times and under all conditions stand in need of one to exhort them, guide them and to instruct and teach them. Therefore He hath sent forth His Messengers, His Prophets and chosen ones that they might acquaint the people with the divine purpose underlying the revelation of Books and the raising up of Messengers, and that everyone may become aware of the trust of God which is latent in the reality of every soul."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 161)
Need to exhort servants of God so they may abstain from what is forbidden in the Mother Book[edit]
"Exhort thou the servants of God unto that whereunto We have exhorted thee that they may abstain from whatsoever is forbidden them in the Mother Book."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Siyyid-i-Mihdíy-i-Dahají, p. 197)
Need for believers to exhort the people to that which is meet and seemly[edit]
"The people of Bahá must under all circumstances observe that which is meet and seemly and exhort the people accordingly."
- (Bahá'u'lláh, Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Tarazát, p. 35)
