Sermon Tone Analysis

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 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

43 And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.

His parents did not know it, 44 but supposing him to be in the group they went a day’s journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, 45 and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him.

46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

48 And when his parents saw him, they were astonished.

And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so?

Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”

49 And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me?

Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

50 And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.

51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them.

And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

The Journey

Pray....

Introduction

When I was young my Grandma and Grandpa used to travel 6 to 8 months of the year in their 5th Wheel and Chevy Silverado pick up truck.

For many years they spent the winter months in a place called Kino Bay Mexico.

Now Kino Bay is a pretty good little haul from Denver Colorado, but for a large part of my childhood we traveled to Kino Bay to celebrate Christmas every year.

I remember packing up the trailer and the truck and heading out after I got out for school for Christmas break.

In 1982 Dever had a blizzard where 4 to 6 foot of snow fell and we could not get our until we dug our way out; which we did.

My Mom, Dad, Sister and her husband dug a path from our street to the main road which was cleared by these big snow plows attached to dump trucks.

I also remember trying to find out where my Mom his all of my Christmas presents…I’m not real good at waiting around for those types of things and soon became a master of knowing what I was getting for Christmas.

But year after year we would make these trips to Kino Bay.

One year I got my first RC Car in Kino Bay.

Went fishing on my own for the first time in Kino Bay.

Climbed this really high mountain where the local people had put up a huge cross.

One time I got to hold a baby seal who got separated from it’s mother.

It was really neat until it bit me; which I still have the faint remnants of a scare on my shoulder.

I had a lot of firsts in Kino Bay Mexico.

Why am I telling you this story?

Because every year just as my family went to Kino Bay; Jesus family traveled a long way to attend a very signifigant event in the Jewish faith; they travel to the Feast of the Passover.

Their are some similarities in our pilgrimages.

We both traveled for a significant day on the calendar.

They traveled to celebrate the God that passed over their houses and spared their firstborn sons from death and we traveled to celebrate the firstborn Son of God who frees us bondage and Sin.

I was excited to get presents and everything I could get, but they traveled to Jerusalem to give back to the Lord what was rightfully His.

You see we traveled to get away from life, to take a break, and fill ourselves with everything we thought we rightly deserved, but they traveled to give God the Glory that is due Him.

You see there is great significance in why Mary and Joseph traveled to celebrate this and little did they know that a glimmer of what was to come would be on display before them.

In this passage we see Mary and Joseph searching for their 12 year boy and when they found Him; He was right were He belonged....

If we seek Jesus we will find Him.

The 1st thing we see is the feast...

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The Feast

As we begin to look at today’s passage we find Mary, Joseph, and Jesus traveling to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover.

For many years they spent the winter months in a place called Kino Bay Mexico.

Now Kino Bay is a pretty good little haul from Denver Colorado, but for a large part of my childhood we traveled to Kino Bay to celebrate Christmas every year.

I remember packing up the trailer and the truck and heading out after I got out for school for Christmas break.

In 1982 Dever had a blizzard where 4 to 6 foot of snow fell and we could not get our until we dug our way out; which we did.

My Mom, Dad, Sister and her husband dug a path from our street to the main road which was cleared by these big snow plows attached to dump trucks.

I also remember trying to find out where my Mom his all of my Christmas presents…I’m not real good at waiting around for those types of things and soon became a master of knowing what I was getting for Christmas.

But year after year we would make these trips to Kino Bay.

One year I got my first RC Car in Kino Bay.

Went fishing on my own for the first time in Kino Bay.

Climbed this really high mountain where the local people had put up a huge cross.

One time I got to hold a baby seal who got separated from it’s mother.

It was really neat until it bit me; which I still have the faint remnants of a scare on my shoulder.

I had a lot of firsts in Kino Bay Mexico.

Why am I telling you this story?

Because every year just as my family went to Kino Bay; Jesus family traveled a long way to attend a very signifigant event in the Jewish faith; they travel to the Feast of the Passover.

Their are some similarities in our pilgrimages.

We both traveled for a significant day on the calendar.

They traveled to celebrate the God that passed over their houses and spared their firstborn sons from death and we traveled to celebrate the firstborn Son of God who frees us bondage and Sin.

I was excited to get presents and everything I could get, but they traveled to Jerusalem to give back to the Lord what was rightfully His.

You see we traveled to get away from life, to take a break, and fill ourselves with everything we thought we rightly deserved, but they traveled to give God the Glory that is due Him.

You see there is great significance in why Mary and Joseph traveled to celebrate this and little did they know that a glimmer of what was to come would be on display before them.

In this passage we see Mary and Joseph searching for their 12 year boy and when they found Him; He was right were He belonged....

If we seek Jesus we will find Him

Jesus parents travel to the feast of the Passover; which is one of 3 signifigant events on the Jewish calander.

Notice God also institutes a 7 day period of no leaven.

Ultimately God institutes a requirement of 3 significant time during the year that the Jewish people are to to present themselves with offerings to the Lord.

Passover

Feat of Unleavened Bread

Feast of Harvest.

Now most people would not be able to attend all three, but most would come to the the Passover and such was the case with Mary and Joseph.

Also it was only a requirement of the males to attend, but Mary thought it to be of great importance to go.