Comments on: The Hard Sayings of Jesus http://jesus.christ.org/101/the-hard-sayings-of-jesus Savior and Redeemer Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: karenrose http://jesus.christ.org/101/the-hard-sayings-of-jesus#comment-84250 karenrose Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:54:45 +0000 http://www.christ.org/?p=101#comment-84250 Michele, thanks for visiting our lay site, and for your candid comment. It's true that many times truth is spun around in ways that leave you wondering. I suggest you listen to a wonderful talk by T. Callister at the recent LDS Conference--Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ. I'll email you the link to that talk. Additionally, I think parables in particular are meant to have layers and levels of meaning for us. In some cases, they continue to expand depending on where we are in our spiritual journey. So if we pray to have open to us the revelations 'we' need from those parables, it may help us see what the Lord intends us to see and apply what he intends us to apply. If what we are gleaning from the parables moves us closer to Christ, we are on the right track and He will open more to our eyes. That said, there are also just difficult passages of scripture that require the same prayerful process. There are some erroneous interpretations of passages even, that are significant. That may be where you find yourself frustrated and where the above talk may assist in giving you two points of reference--the Bible 'and' The Book of Mormon. Let us know if you've further questions. Keep checking back for more posts on Jesus Christ as our Advocate, Savior, and Friend. God bless you. Michele, thanks for visiting our lay site, and for your candid comment. It’s true that many times truth is spun around in ways that leave you wondering. I suggest you listen to a wonderful talk by T. Callister at the recent LDS Conference–Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ. I’ll email you the link to that talk.

Additionally, I think parables in particular are meant to have layers and levels of meaning for us. In some cases, they continue to expand depending on where we are in our spiritual journey. So if we pray to have open to us the revelations ‘we’ need from those parables, it may help us see what the Lord intends us to see and apply what he intends us to apply. If what we are gleaning from the parables moves us closer to Christ, we are on the right track and He will open more to our eyes. That said, there are also just difficult passages of scripture that require the same prayerful process. There are some erroneous interpretations of passages even, that are significant. That may be where you find yourself frustrated and where the above talk may assist in giving you two points of reference–the Bible ‘and’ The Book of Mormon.

Let us know if you’ve further questions. Keep checking back for more posts on Jesus Christ as our Advocate, Savior, and Friend. God bless you.

]]> By: michele Tomasetti http://jesus.christ.org/101/the-hard-sayings-of-jesus#comment-58132 michele Tomasetti Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:54:18 +0000 http://www.christ.org/?p=101#comment-58132 Yes Jesus's spoke in a manner that is hard to discern. Because He used parables and hyperbole it is often difficult to understand what exactly he meant. Then there is comparing scripture to scripture which makes it even more difficult. It almost seems that Jesus meant it to be difficult for some and yet for others easier. There is so much division in the world right now over scripture that people are fighting with one another. I can see two sides to a scripture reading. Sometimes they both sound understandable to me and that is frustrating. Yes Jesus’s spoke in a manner that is hard to discern. Because He used parables and hyperbole it is often difficult to understand what exactly he meant. Then there is comparing scripture to scripture which makes it even more difficult. It almost seems that Jesus meant it to be difficult for some and yet for others easier. There is so much division in the world right now over scripture that people are fighting with one another. I can see two sides to a scripture reading. Sometimes they both sound understandable to me and that is frustrating.

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