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From what has been said it will be clear that the Law is not an "obstacle, blocking the way to God," as Friedrich Gogarten puts it. The Law, as Hermann Cohen states, is "the necessary form for the carrying out of the correlation between God and Man." The laws of God are "the breaths of life unto all created things." "the lamps of My mercy for My creatures," "the highest means for the maintenance of order in the world and the security of its peoples. He that turneth away from them, is accounted among the abject and foolish." Through them truth is "separated from falsehood," they embody "the essence of justice and the source thereof" and "the highest, the infallible standard of justice." Their purpose is "the education of the human race" and "the happiness of all human beings." Whoso keepeth the commandments of God shall attain everlasting felicity." (Baha'u'llah & 'Abdul-Baha)
(97:1)
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