From the gospels we see Jesus as a many-sided personality. He cannot be contained within one type of character or on one school of spirituality. He was strong and uncompromising in his stand against injustice and the abuse of power by religious leaders. He could be devastatingly ironical and sarcastic in his critique of evil, especially of hypocrisy and exploitation. He called Herod a “fox”, and the Pharisees “a brood of vipers”. Jesus lived in a particular social setting. He reached out to address certain social classes, especially those of the oppressed and the rejected. An approach such as this should provide the perfect model for the church and Christians today. For Jesus the kingdom of God is a situation in which sin, selfishness, untruth and injustice are overcome and love, mercy, truth, justice and peace will triumph and rule.