Understanding Jesus and His Teachings

Many of the teachings of Jesus Christ are grossly misunderstood. Typically, the teachings are misunderstood, because Jesus taught in parables, and perhaps to some extent, in what can be referred to as statements that have characterization as riddles.

Why did Jesus do this?

Well, because the Jews had been judged by His Father, there was demand, from His Father, for presentation of the truth in a manner that could annoy those who already had chosen evil attitudes towards God and their fellow men.

Judgment of The Father had come in form of the people’s response to ministry of John the Baptist. While the people had flocked to John the Baptist to be baptized (Matthew 21:26), they would not change their ways, continued to live in hatred of one another, and hatred for the Romans (Luke 3:7–14; John 8:44).

But with the Romans respecting all Jewish traditions, including funding of building of synagogues (Luke 7:1–5), and allowance of all Jewish feasts, there was not any imposition from Rome, merely presence of Roman forces for protection of Rome’s dominance of the world.

If people are able to live their lives as they deem fit, particularly in context of religious and financial freedoms, and if positions of…