No. 11 by Eric Stockton Photo by Graeme Storey , Shetland. Many great men are, if not actually bad, greatly overestimated.
History is littered with the remains of defunct 'cults of personality'.
The Christian 'eye of faith' is, by definition, unwilling to contemplate this but those without that eye might wish to do so. In particular the ethical teachings biblically attributed to Jesus are often thought, even by religious sceptics, to be wholly and especially valuable. So we ought to read the gospels as we would read anything else - critically. This error diminishes both the reader and that which is being read. To conceal one's good works is to diminish their practical value - the value of good example.