text: Jesus did NOT conform to the status quo of his culture - ON IMPORTANT ISSUES. 
  Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well AND asked her for a drink. That was taboo! 
  Jesus - a spiritual authority - dined with tax collectors and prostitutes. Again - taboo in his Jewish culture.
  Jesus' disciples didn't follow the proper cleansing ritual before eating. Taboo too.
   . . . . . . On down the line.
  
  Jesus wore sandals - cause that's all he had -there were no Gucci slippers available.
  
  Jesus DID NOT have to pick only men for his apostles - but He did. Whenever there was an important issue to deal with - Jesus always SET the standard - regardless of what others would think!