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Intro:
Point #1: Passover Was a Mandatory Celebration for the Jews in Which God Commanded the To Always Remember What God Had Done for Them!
God called Moses to lead the Jews out of Egypt...
God accomplished 10 miracles that led Pharoah to two let Egypt go...
God instructs the Israelites before the plague of the first born for the Israelites to put lambs blood over the doorposts so the Angel passing over wouldn’t kill any of the of the firstborn of the Israelites.
The Israelites eat fast food
God leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the Red Sea and to Mt. Sinai...
God commands their descendants to remember and celebrate this event from generation to generation!
Point #2: It Was Time to Go Home, Everyone Was in the Car, Jesus Was No Where to Be Found!
Jesus’ family celebrated the Passover for 7 days worshiping at the Temple.
When it was time to return home, all Jesus’ family and friends begin begin to caravan home...
BUT JESUS WAS NOT WITH THE TRAVELING PARTY...
They traveled for a day before they start missing Jesus...
They look for him among their friends and family and he is not there...
Mary and Joseph return to Jerusalem to find Jesus!
CONTINUING IN Luke 2:46
Point #3: Imagine if You Were in Jesus’ Place…Would You Have Been in Trouble?
Mary and Joseph travel back to Jerusalem for a day....
When they get to Jerusalem it takes them two more days to find Jesus!
Jesus is at the Temple...
He is listening to the teachers, asking them questions...
All those who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers...
48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished…
and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this?
Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”
Point #4: Did Jesus Know He Was God When He Was Twelve Years Old?
I believe he did!
We see it in his response...
49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked them.
“Didn’t you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house?”
50 But they did not understand what he said to them.
Point #5: Jesus Gives Us Some Direction about What Our Lives Should Be Like
Jesus honored his parents…he was obedient to them.
Jesus’ mother (Mary) kept all these things in her heart...
What was Jesus focused on as a twelve year old boy...
Increasing in wisdom...
Increasing in stature...
Increasing in favor with God...
Increasing in favor with people...
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