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Thank you, Leah. The thing I overlooked for awhile was the all-human side of Jesus, which sort of took the form of me and Christ against the world. The message, not the people, was the only important thing. Funny to recall such a time. 

He wept, he was tempted, he got angry, he was scared. His friends were very dear to him in an earthy way. The Father did the works. Very, very human...and this is divine. The divine became the maturation of the human heart and in Jesus this was fully developed. He had the real capacity to love friend and foe alike. This is to be as perfect as the Father in heaven is perfect. To follow is not to tag along but to go where Jesus went in his heart. To be as Christ was in the world is have this love.

For me, the Bible is just a guide, a set of directions, on how to realize this love. The real authority is in the direct relationship, through grace and the Holy Spirit, with Christ. This is where the power is, for the word is Christ. Doctrine is the form, not the substance, of the word. 

Love is the substance of the word and for that we must be hidden in Christ, completely abandoned to divine providence as the only support to our faith. It is my experience that far, far too many Christians find such radical abandon a danger to faith. 

In that abandon we become just a means without ends. The moment alone is lit by the lamp unto our feet, past and future lost in darkness, relying solely on the illumination of Spirit for direction. This total trust demands relinguishing any sense of control or safety, any need for certainty or comfort. Expectations are zero.