The trouble is the scriptures are not understood.
Not all scriptures. And for many of the parables Jesus teaches what they mean.
The people complained to Jesus and asked why he spoke in parables and he said it was not given to them to understand.
Jesus said he spoke in parables to them to hide the truth from those who had hardened hearts.
Matthew 13:10-16
The Purpose of the Parables
10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
13This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and with their ears they can barely hear,
and their eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart
and turn, and I would heal them.’
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
17For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.the only way to get an accurate interpretation is to compare scripture with other scriptures...that method goes all the way back to Jesus Christ...he used a number of scriptures to clarify the true meaning of a text...
The literal is the only thing that most Christians can comprehend……it points to an absence of the Spirit
One can not be a saved Christian if they lack the Holy Spirit.