Jesus gimmick was story telling and feeding people.
This is what he told us to do about false teachers.
Matthew 13:25-30
... The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which
sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his
enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his
way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth
fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of
the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not
thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath
it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The
servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and
gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather
up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let
both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of
harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together
first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:
but gather the wheat into my barn...
You said -- "This is what he told us to do about false teachers."
Well, the Apostle Paul did a lot more than ignore them. He would name them and say a lot more than that. And, unless you have others who can report these things, analyze them, put them down for other to read and be warned of it -- it leads to many others being misled.
What he was saying was not to go and cut off their heads (like the Muslims do). He wasn't saying to allow them to continuing teaching without being reproved. And *definitely* we are to warn others to not fall for the deception.
You see, when they gather up the tares at the end of the age, they are burned (that means "dead"). We're not burning them. We comply with that. But, we are reproving false teaching.
Regards,
Star Traveler
First off, Jesus is God. The stories were deep truths that helped unpackage many OT points, or to expose hypocrisy among the religious elite of the time.
The "feeding people" was not a "gimmick" but miracles that validated His claim to be God.
Great point.