Boy Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52) - 1/15/23

INTRO

• A few pictures of the life of Christ

  • His early years

  • The fully man and fully God dynamic

  • Submission to the authority in His life

  • God’s divine timetable

The trip to Jerusalem – vv. 41-42

• Joseph and family

• Celebrating the Passover Exodus 23:14-17

• They were faithful to the things of God

Jesus stays behind – vv. 43-47

• Big group (Caravan) would have traveled to Jerusalem

• A possibility… men walking together. 12 yr old could have been with either mother or father.

• Was in the temple (listening and learning)

Mary’s question and Jesus’ response – vv. 48-50

• Why from both.

• I must (be in my Father’s House)

• Diving compulsion

  • Must preach – Luke 4:43

  • Must suffer, die, and raise – Luke 9:22; 17:25; 24:7-9

  • Must complete His ministry – Luke 13:33

  • Scripture must be fulfilled – Luke 22:37

• My Father

  • Unique title. PersonalHis Deity

  • John 6:38; John 8:29 – Doing the will of His Father

Jesus’ obedience and maturity – vv. 51-52

• He honored His Father – God the Father

• He honored His father – Joseph the father

• He was fully man (He was 12)

  • Hungry

  • Tired

  • Suffered pain

• He was fully God

• He needed to mature

• From adolescence to adult

  • Perfect maturity

  • Never sinned

• We can trust God’s timetable

  • 30 years later