Do you have a legal case against me? Job did and he pleaded his case with as much articulate passion as any attorney in a courtroom. You may not have done this in so explicit a manner, but have you ever held a legal claim against me in your heart? Perhaps you think you were treated unfairly in the circumstances of your life and have no one else to blame. When you examine yourself at the time of communion you need not limit it to a review of the sins you have committed. If you have adopted thoughts and attitudes that interfere with your relationship with me you should let them go. I didn’t defend myself against Job’s accusations, but I did ask him some questions that put our roles in perspective. If you understand this you can release your claims of justice against me. 

You are familiar with the Golden Rule stated as ‘do unto others as you would have them to do unto you’. It isn’t limited to Christianity; nearly every faith tradition in the world makes the same affirmation. Do you know the reason for following the Golden Rule? Do you assume that in doing this for others you build up an account of favor and goodwill that you can draw on when needed? Yet you have no guarantee that others will do unto you as you would have them do. You don’t need the assurance that others will follow the Golden Rule if you do. You can do it because you are the children of your Father in heaven. 

What does the word ‘enlightenment’ mean to you? It refers to a period in history and the same term is used by many faith traditions to refer to an increase in spiritual understanding. But the period of history called the enlightenment was based on a rejection of spiritual authority in favor of human reason. Which is more important to you, the things you can figure out on your own, or the things revealed to you? It seems like a stretch to consider the products of your own reasoning as enlightenment. I am the light of the world. Let me enlighten you that you may be able to let your light shine before men. 

Have you been taught that my holiness make me completely different; unlike anything else? Does that leave you with the impression that I am distant and detached, aloof and unknowable? This would be a wrong conclusion. Animists see everything as spiritual, and you reject this. Can you see the distinction that everything you see is made by me, and bears my fingerprints and testifies of me even though it is not me? The heavens declare my glory, as does all of my creation. Do you understand that I am transcendent? Do you also see my immanence? I am near and involved and you can know me.