What do you think the true teachings of Jesus Christ was?

Question

Everyone talks about the parables and such that Jesus spoke with and the fact that some things were shared with some deciples that weren't shared with the others. What do you think the secrets were all about and how did you come to these conclusions?

Take your time answering this. I will be adding some of these responses to the book I have been working on for two years. You will remain anonymous and yahoo will not be referenced in the book.

Best answer will not be chosen according to my beleifs. It will be chosen based on your explanation as to why you believe yours.

Some of you will feel compelled to say that there weren't any secrets. Everyone knows that most people believe there weren't but this is not the question here. If you believe that there weren't any secrets then dont answer this post. You will not be chosen as best answer and your short answers will not be altering anyone else's beliefs.

Answer 1

Now obviously I was not there so I can only speak from my understanding of the Bible. Jesus spoke in a number of parables so that those who heard would not hear and those who saw would be blinded. For it is not through mans knowledge that the word of god be made known but through the power of god and the holy spirit in which Gods words are made known unto man! For it is written But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.

One paticular reason he choose not to reveal to much was that his enemy was in the midst as with Peter(rebuked) and Judas(betrayer). There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his glory. Now what does that mean? It means that satan is a very real entity.

Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. 38It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. 39But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Answer 2

I just finished my first book.
I plan on reading another one.


The fact is this, I have never concerned myself with 'secret parables'. The implication would be that somehow, God in his Almighty attempt to provide the information that leads to life had been thwarted. The fact is, that without any secret parables, the truth was concealed in darkness, in plain sight for centuries. How so? Because, (as Jesus foretold) the evil one over-sowed the good seed with the bad. What is this to mean? That not long after Jesus and his disciples were gone, darkness in the form of apostasy took root and overshadowed the pure teaching with the traditions and doctrines of man.
These included the obvious in-grafting of the pagan practices trace-able to Babylon. (The Two Babylons-Rev. Alexander Hislop).
The influx of false practices (paid clergy with titles, Easter, Christmas, use of candles in worship etc.) did indeed drown out the simple and clear reasoning of the Bible. Men, who determined to lord over others the scripture put others to death for reading, questioning, or even being accused of questioning the church.
The age of the church/state prostitution arrangement had begun.
Yet over the centuries, small groups sprang forth from time to time and set before them the scripture. Desirous of stripping away practices that could not be supported from scripture, they would try and spread what they had found. Time and again, the catholic church, the church of England, and others would squash such ones with a level of violence and depravity that reeked of Satan himself.
Yet, despite all of this, amazingly, manuscripts of the original texts have survived to today.
THe point is this, if the Bible is really the word of God, and we need this knowledge to have life, would a God of love, allow that information to be hidden wher we could not find it? Would it be worded so as the understanding was beyond us?
The true Jesus, can best be examined, not by seeking to find alleged secret parables.
I once read a book called "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived"
This book drove home the point of the personality and character of the man called Jesus. The explanations of traditions of Judaic Law, were very helpful in understanding the attitudes and traditions in Palestine at the time the man Jesus walked the earth.
I suggest you find a copy of this book.

Answer 3

I do believe there were secrets that Jesus shared with different disciples. However, these secrets have not been wholly made known to us, particularly if we rely solely on the Bible.

It has come to light, over the years, that many of the disciples wrote their own gospels. I believe many of the secrets are revealed in these gospels. But there is no concerted effort to combine these gospels, nor even compare the writings. I do not foresee the "Church" backing down on anything it has already sanctioned. What an interesting topic for a book.

Answer 4

Some things were left to the Holy Spirit to reveal. They were not secrets sort of speak but hidden truths. Hidden Manna is talked about in Scripture. The Holy Spirit knows who loves God the most and who will in the future love him (present time) he has revealed these things to some and they are hidden in the Gospel of John. This Gospel is deeper richer more poetic. These things are hidden in plain sight though. They are there in black and white but, people do not want to see them. For instance when Jesus and Peter were walking away down the beach after his Ressurection and he is telling Peter to feed his sheep, Peter notices John is following them. Now, Peter thinks he is privy to special information so he asks Jesus about John following them and Jesus tells Peter that if he wants John to remain forever, whats it to him. Why would the Lord want something like that put into the Scriptures? We all know that John died just like everybody else does so why? The thing is, John would turn out to be the Catholic Faith who truly consumes the body and blood of Jesus in Holy Communion. He would never die although his flesh dies he does not. St. Paul even hints at this because he tells people standing there listening to him that "Behold, I tell you a great mystery, not all of us standing here will fall asleep (die) some of us will be changed in the twinkling of an eye". The rest will be judged at his second coming and then be rewarded or punished as their faith is revealed.

Answer 5

I think the true teachings of jesus will never be known as they were, since various peoples, countries and associations have misconstrued so many things to make it more appealing and fit their way of life.

Personally, I would like to think Jesus' teachings were about humanism....treating all people as real people. I have no doubts he was a great thinker and articulate rioter (see temple escapade and one of the reasons he was arrested), but I do have to say, I do not feel he was a son of any god....he was just painted that way by people in power and the power of word of mouth.

Perhaps his real teachings were something as simple as do as you want as long as it harms no one. Maybe he was really trying to say something closer akin to Buddhism and inner peace and harmony. And then again, he could have been a real Jim Jones, sounding all pretty and delightful only to find paranoia in his head and decide to try and kill everyone under his sway.

I can't say I will ever know what Jesus' true teachings were, I wasn't there.

Answer 6

I do indeed believe Jesus shared secrets with his disciples. I believe these secrets were actually more of a graphic explanation of what was to happen to him in the Crucifixion, his fight for the keys to death and hell, and his resurrection. For obvious reasons, he probably kept such explicit details out of his normal sermons to the public. I believe Jesus may have even shared secrets of the disciple's futures with them. This would be done to maybe steer them from the mistakes we all can make as believers. Jesus for-seeing his own destiny, surely saw theirs, and would may be try to guide the disciples away from events that would prove detrimental to them following his death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven.

Answer 7

Jesus was sent to the Jews to be their "messiah" or "chosen one". It wasn't until the Jews rejected him and his teachings because it wasn't what they wanted to hear, that his salvation was made available to the gentiles. He taught in parables in a way consistent to his people at the time. It was a method they understood, and allowed free give and take without getting personal about it or bucking the authority of their religion based government. Rather than confront someone openly, teaching by parable told a story - often one easily recognisable as similar to their own situation, and left an open standing question for the listeners to figure out while drawing their attention to their teachings to find the answer. In my opinion, the mistakes in misreading parables came when people asked questions hoping to get vindication for their own skew on a particular belief. When the crowd asked whose husband a wife belonged to after death if the widow remarried his brother (a common practice at the time) it wasn't as much looking for enlightenment as looking for an earthly judgement to settle a family dispute. I think Jesus saw through this and posed the riddle back to get them thinking back on scripture and not on legal policy. His parable of the good Samaritan not only got people thinking about doing what was right for even the least of their brothers but also took a jab at their own heirarchy that wouldn't help their own lower class without coming right out and accusing them. His prodigal son parable story was probably very familiar to the Jews' view of God as their father figure, but went against their collective view by showing mercy to a wayward son at the percieved "expense" of the obedient son. If told outright I don't think his message would have gotten through and might have even been viewed by the crowd as heresy. Overall his message to the Jews was one of repentance and to draw them to God through him. The parables were meant to try to get them to THINK and not just follow the "current wisdom" that had them once again under foreign rule. The kingdom they were hoping for was not going to be a power to overthrow the Romans and they didn't want to hear any part of that!

Answer 8

I believe the the Prophet Jesus Peace Be Upon Him,

taught people to believe in God alone and to pray to God (that is the first commandment), I also believe that he was a loyal servant of God and that he was not God in person, or part of trinity, or the Son of God.

If I ask a Christian who was Jesus I will get all of those answers, the worst is when someone says Jesus was God, and then they say Jesus was born, and that Jesus died, (we as Muslims believe that Jesus ascended to heaven when the Jews came to kill him and that a different person was made to look like him and that person was crucified [it makes alot of sense from the Biblical account of the person on the cross screaming "O God why have you forsaken me *" why would God in person say this or the Son of God).

In essence some Christians believe God was born, and that God died.... Obviously contradicting that God is Ever-Living! I believe this is Catholic Dogma, such blasphemy as "Hail Mary mother of God...."

Peace Be With You
I also believe that Jesus Son of Mary will descend, and he will defeat the anti-christ who will fool many into believing he is God from his amazing things he will do.

Answer 9

Jesus’ teachings touched on a vast array of subjects. The valuable lessons they convey can affect every aspect of your life. Let' s focus on what Jesus taught about setting priorities in life, cultivating friendship with God, establishing good relationships with others, solving problems, and refraining from acts of violence. Jesus taught by example, he lived according to what he preached. But what particular truths was Jesus sent to earth to make known? First,truths about his heavenly Father.He taught his followers to pray that his Father's name be "hallowed." or held holy.(Matthew6:9) And in prayer to his Father he said:"I have made your name manifest to the men you you gave me(John17:6) Also he he said:I must declare the good news of the kingdom of God, because for this I have been sent(Luke4:43).
Jesus showed how important this work of making known his Father's name and kingdom when he said to his disciples:"My food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish hiswork."(John4:34) Why did Jesus consider God's Work to be as important as food? It was because the Kingdom is the means by which god will fulfill his wonderful purposes for humankind. It is this kingdom that will destroy all wickedness and will clear Jehovah's name of the reproach that has been brought upon it.(Daniel2:44 ; Revelation21:3,4)SoJesus never held back from making known God's name and kingdom.(Matthew4:17 ;Luke8:1 ; John17:26 ; Hebrews2:12) He always spoke the truth, wether it was popular or not. He thus provided an example that we should follow if we want to please God.(1Peter2:21)

Answer 10

There is no way to know what they were and besides we have heard all ideas and can take them for what they're worth without
religion
Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
Albert Einstein
Although he was probably referring to himself it applies perfectly to the rabbi Jesus.