Spiritual Assembly members are called upon by Baha’u’llah to:
- “regard themselves as the guardians appointed of God for all
that dwell on earth”,
- “take counsel together”,
- “have regard for the interests of the servants of God,
for His sake, even as they regard their own interests”, and
- “choose that which is meet and seemly.”
"The Lord hath ordained that in every city a House of Justice
be established wherein shall gather counsellors to the number of Bahá, and
should it exceed this number it does not matter. It behooveth them to be the
trusted ones of the Merciful among men and to regard themselves as the
guardians appointed of God for all that dwell on earth. It is incumbent upon
them to take counsel together and to have regard for the interests of the
servants of God, for His sake, even as they regard their own interests, and to
choose that which is meet and seemly. Thus hath the Lord your God commanded
you. Beware lest ye put away that which is clearly revealed in His Tablet. Fear
God, O ye that perceive.”
(Baha’u’llah, ‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
