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“Humble Beginnings”
Funny one liner here....
If you have your Bible, whether that’s a physical copy or digital version, I want to invite you to join me in Luke 2. I also encourage you to take notes.
I don’t always say this, but an open Bible and open notebook helps us have an open posture before the Lord as we receive His Word.
Tonight’s text is Luke 2:51-52.
Please stand with me as we read God’s Holy Word.
I heard this story about a Sunday school teacher, who taught a young teenage boys class.
He meant well but had a hard time connecting with them.
He was endeavoring to impress upon a class of boys the importance of living the Christian life.
“Why do people call me a Christian?” the man asked.
After a moment’s pause, one youngster said, “Maybe it’s because they don’t know you.”
While that may be true about the man in the story, Luke made it his personal goal to help Theophilus and us KNOW JESUS.
As a matter of fact, Luke told his audience at the beginning of his gospel account that he wanted the reader to know with certainty WHO Jesus is.
Luke explained the announcement of both John the Baptist’s and Jesus’ miraculous births, and how they would both serve a purpose in the redemption of man.
Luke highlighted Mary’s reaction to the news and how “nothing would be impossible with God”
Luke shared of Jesus’ birth and how shortly after the shepherds came and worshipped Him.
They took Him to the temple 8 days later and when Jesus was presented, a man named Simeon came and testified about who Jesus was - the salvation of God!
Luke had a lot to document about Jesus’ life.
The verses we read are a description of Jesus’ life from 12 until He was 30 years old.
Two verses on 18 years.
These verses, though short, tell us about Jesus’ posture, His person, and His preparation.
Every word in the Bible has worth.
Jesus’ entire earthly life matters in the redemption story of humanity and our worship of His person.
Think about that question that Sunday school teacher asked, “why do people call me a Christian?”
While people may not know you, I hope that your answer would be because “you know Jesus”
Knowing the humble way of Jesus’ early life leads to honorable worship of Jesus’ eternal life.
What can we learn about Jesus’ early life that led to the redemption story?
1. Heavenly Humiliation
“Undercover Boss.”
Each episode depicts a person who has an upper-management position at a major business, deciding to go undercover as an entry-level employee to discover the faults in the company.
The idea was for these bosses to come down to a lower level
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program
It won an Emmy for the plot and purpose of the show as something that is heartwarming.
Some see their bosses as a humble figure and went over as heartwarming… but now imagine Jesus.
more than a boss.
More than a CEO.
The Creator humbled Himself to the point where He was born into human flesh.
He didn’t come to the earth to spy out what was going on… HE ALREADY KNEW!
And He didn’t come undercover.
It was announced and proclaimed worldwide, yet many didn’t realize it was Him.
a.
The Place Jesus was Raised
Nazareth.
“went down with them...” - Jerusalem was south of Nazareth.
Jerusalem was a place always mentioned as a place of ascension.
It’s interesting
A place of decent
a place of defining
Do you know what Nazareth means?
The Branch.
What does the Branch refer to?
it’s a symbol God used in the Old Testament to prophesy about one of Jesus’ names:
The Branch refers to the Messiah… a branch out of the root of the stem of Jesse
I love seeing the hometown of some of my favorite athlehtes and things.
It’s the place tha tmade them, them.
Nazareth was the place that prepared Jesus for what was to come.
b.
The Posture Jesus Reveals
“was subject unto them...”
the word “subject” means to be submissive.
time out: the Son of God was submissive??? What was He submissive in?
To His earthly parents
To His Heavenly Father.
Mine hour is not yet come...
You know where else this word shows up?
We have a problem with submission now-a-days, don’t we?
A problem with authority speaks more about your posture toward Jesus than your personality number.
Students, if you show no respect toward your parents… you aren’t walking in true submission.
Wives, most people don’t like to hear Ephesians 5:22 - that’s chovanistic and super old school.
3. Husbands.
2. Messages for Meditation
In our day and age, testimony about folks (whether it be on social media or news outlets) can sway our perception of them.
There have been critics through the years that have said that Jesus was just a man and at the age of thirty He began to realize the fever pitch of messianic expectation.
He could see that the pressure was on to...to lead a new movement in an apostate kind of religion under a beleaguered people who had been trampled on by Greeks and Romans for literally centuries.
And He was pressed into acting the role of a Messiah for the sake of what turned about to be an ill-conceived attempt at revolution.
There are others who say that Jesus was simply a human being but around the age of thirty the Spirit of God came upon Him and transformed Him into the living logos, the Living Word.
All of these, of course, are a misrepresentation of the fact.
The fact is that from His conception on He was God in human flesh.
We have to get our thinking about Jesus right!
Mary was no exception.
The Bible said that Mary spent some time meditating and thinking on the testimony about her Son.
What did Mary Meditate on?
a.
His Perfection
b.
His Power
Elizabeth is so excited and lost her mind for a minute or two and said this:
“My Lord is in you!”
Mary was able to meditiate on the fact that her son was Lord and Sovereign.
c.
His Person
Humanity and Divinity in one verse!
d.
His Provision
Simeon said He was the salvation.
She reflected on that.
e.
His Perception
His own testimony here:
his own business and His own Father.
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