Parts in the Plan

Introduction

Peace from a Plan

Proof of a Plan

Posture in the Plan

Parts in the plan

PART=OBEDIENCE

Part of the Parents (vv. 21-24, 40)

Teach

Deuteronomy 6:4–7 NASB95

4 “Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! 5 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 “You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.

Leviticus 12:1-8.

Train

Luke 2:40 NASB95

40 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Part of the People (vv. 25-38)

Posture

v. 25 - Simeon

v. 37 - Anna

Praise

vv. 28-32 - Simeon

v. 38 - Anna

Proclamation

vv. 34-35 - Simeon

v. 38 - Anna

Conclusion

Luke 2:39–40 (NASB95)

39 When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth. 40 The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Some parents have almost put themselves in an early grave because they have a wayward child. Someone has taken this proverb and beaten them over the head with it.

Friend, this verse is a proverb. If you read the book of Proverbs and try to turn proverbs into promises, you’ll lose your faith. A proverb is a proverb. A promise is a promise. A precept is a precept. A parable is a parable. A prophecy is a prophecy. You have to be careful.

Some proverbs tell you the way to be wealthy. Does that mean everyone who follows one of these proverbs is automatically going to be wealthy? A proverb is a general principle that when generally applied will bring a general result.

Instead of grabbing Proverbs as promises, ask God for discernment. He desires us to “rightly divide the word of truth,” not use it as a club to beat up fellow believers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).

- Adrian Rogers