In John 10 of the Bible, we discover that there were some Jews who wanted Jesus to come out and say something extremely direct to convince them of who He was.

John 10:25  Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me. 26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

The problem with the works Jesus did is that they often offended the religious leaders based on how they were done and to whom they were done.

Have you ever loved someone a bit odd?  Every found yourself hanging with a person that others struggled with?  The ones thought of as being respectable, and leaders had problems with?

That is what it was like for Jesus’ disciples.  They followed Jesus because they were His sheep and could hear His voice.  In other words, the parables Jesus spoke made sense to them and, if not, were explained by Jesus.  They got Jesus while others did not.

John 6:61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”  66   From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

Jesus had just spoken something that could only be understood correctly according to the Spirit.  Because it could only be understood correctly according to the Spirit, the ones who were not truly His were offended by His saying.

You see, they could not see what Jesus was saying because they were limited only to their own analytical way of thinking.  So when Jesus said my flesh is food, and my blood is drink, they took Him literally in a natural sense.  This greatly offended them because, in their mind, that was cultish and cannibalistic.  Still today, many things are taken wrongly because of people not thinking according to the Spirit as opposed to in the natural.

When you encounter Jesus as He is presented in Scripture with the notion that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, are you offended?  This is why the need for the Holy Spirit is so important.

1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Jesus is still doing things that can be difficult to explain to a naturally-minded person.  If your goal is to make sense, you might also be offended.  I encourage you not to be offended by Jesus in any way and to avoid letting your goal be to make sense to everyone, no matter who they are.  Love Jesus and never be ashamed of how controversial He can be to those who lack understanding.