Whats The Most Hated Teaching Of Jesus?

[Jason14331]

In all your years of being a christian what teaching of Jesus do you think has caused the most controversy around the world in recent years?  

 

[Neighbor]

 I and the Father are one.

John 10:22-42 English Standard Version (ESV)

I and the Father Are One

 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,  and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”  Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,  but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.  I and the Father are one.”

 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”  The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”  Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’?  If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—  do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?  If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;  but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”  Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.  And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”  And many believed in him there.

 

 

[johnthebaptist]

26 minutes ago, Jason14331 said:

In all your years of being a christian what teaching of Jesus do you think has caused the most controversy around the world in recent years?  

 

A lot of people don't seem to like, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Matt 4:17)

[Of the Kingdom]

Jesus is the only way to God.

 

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. (WE B)
 

PS. This is also one of the great "I am" statements of Jesus.

Edited April 3, 2020 by Of the Kingdom

[ReneeIW]

23 minutes ago, Of the Kingdom said:

Jesus is the only way to God.

 

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. (WE B)
 

PS. This is also one of the great "I am" statements of Jesus.

I agree

[ReneeIW]

People have already mentioned the most “hated” being that Christ is the only way to God.

I would say the most confusing is His teaching about “what you bind on earth will be bound in heaven.” 
 

The most abused and taken out of context is turning the other cheek and not judging.

[Behold]

1 hour ago, Jason14331 said:

In all your years of being a christian what teaching of Jesus do you think has caused the most controversy around the world in recent years?  

 

Its the teaching of "justification by Faith" Alone.  Its the Teaching that Jesus as God, died to save you for FREE, using His shed blood on a Cross, and its a FREE GIFT of Salvation.

This is the most hated Truth, that "Grace" is a God Given Righteousness, that is FREE, and you dont earn it, or work to keep it. 

This is the Grace of God, and its actually first presented in Genesis when God told the Brothers what to do to approach him, and Able brought Blood and was accepted and Cain brought harvested crops he'd worked to produce and God rejected Cain's WORKS and him, and accepted Able on behalf of another's BLOOD. (in that case it was not human blood).   CAIN was so envious, so filled with hatred because of this, that he murdered his brother.   

Since that time, you have the "error of Cain", which is the Theology of Legalism, or "save yourself and keep yourself saved by self effort" that tries to kill the real Gospel of the GRACE of God, by denying and arguing against "justification by Faith" "the Gift of Righteousness".   You find this happening all over Christianity......Forums, TV, Pulpits.....etc.

So, this "redeemed by the blood" as Salvation......... instead of earning and keeping salvation by works, is the most hated and despised Bible Truth ever created, other then Jesus IS THE Messiah.

In Paul's day He and Jude both preached "justification by faith" alone, then  fought constantaly against the refusal by religious people to accept "the free GIFT of Salvation". as even then, you had Grace Rejectors (Legalism) out ranting and howling that you keep commandments and live holy To earn your salvation... and you  keep YOURSELF saved, by   your SELF EFFORT.

So, that is the most hated "controversy".. those 2.

The Catholic Church was built to RESIST "justification by Faith".  Their entire doctrine of salvation pretends to trust in Christ while proclaiming that water regenerates the soul and you have to do penance and die in a state of grace and keep the commandments.....to be saved. = works, works, works, works, works........

WE have hundreds of denominations in the world, and the reason is, most resist "the gift of Salvation" and "justification by Faith" alone...... and so, most denominations are built on rejecting the Grace of God as a "free Gift of Salvation"

Edited April 3, 2020 by Behold

[Neighbor]

 ^..."Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.  Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.  Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.  If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.  Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”  To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

 

 

[R. Hartono]

People Will hate Jesus because their eyes is covered with lust n greed.

[Logostician]

Satan hated all of the teachings of Jesus.  So do the children of Satan to this day.  It is not worth the effort to pick a verse they hate the most.  But here's one that should bother them a bit, especially because it reveals exactly who they are in no uncertain terms.

Jno 8:41-47 If God were you're father, ye would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God, neither came I of myself, but he sent me.  Why do you not understand my speech?  Even because you cannot hear my word.  Ye are of your father, the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do.  He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.  When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for he is a liar, and the father of it.  And because I tell you the truth, ye beleiveth me not.  Which of you convinceth me of sin?  And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me?  He that is of God heareth God's words.  Ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.