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Lesson 7 – Luke 2:40–52

Lesson 7 – Luke 2:40–52. Increase. How old was Jesus when He was baptized? Luke 3:23 This was the start of His ministry. How long, then, did he live? If the ministry of Jesus was only 3 years, what happened in the 30 before that? 12 Verses – Luke 2:40-52. Luke 2:40-52.

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Lesson 7 – Luke 2:40–52

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  1. Lesson 7 – Luke 2:40–52 Increase

  2. How old was Jesus when He was baptized? • Luke 3:23 • This was the start of His ministry. How long, then, did he live? • If the ministry of Jesus was only 3 years, what happened in the 30 before that? • 12 Verses – Luke 2:40-52

  3. Luke 2:40-52 • 1 Story bookended by two important verses. • Let’s start with the story. • The circumstances are not necessarily surprising • Groups from the same are would often travel in large caravans for protection, so being lost in the shuffle would be understandable • Part of the educational training of youth involved being questioned by priests, scribes, or rabbis • What was unusual about this boy? • v47 – they “were astonished at his understanding and answers” • v49 – “wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”

  4. “My Father’s business” • Why did Jesus say this to His mother? Was He angry with her? • What did He recognize, already at such a young age, in this answer? • Christ was not only teaching the scribes and rabbis, but also His parents

  5. James E. Talmage “Let us not say that there was unkind rebuke or unfilial reproof in the answer of this most dutiful of sons to His mother. His reply was to Mary a reminder of what she seems to have forgotten for the moment—the facts in the matter of her Son's paternity. She had used the words "thy father and I;" and her Son's response had brought anew to her mind the truth that Joseph was not the Boy's father. She appears to have been astonished that One so young should so thoroughly understand His position with respect to herself. He had made plain to her the inadvertent inaccuracy of her words; His Father had not been seeking Him; for was He not even at that moment in His Father's house, and particularly engaged in His Father's business, the very work to which His Father had appointed Him?”

  6. So, how did He get there? • How was Christ’s childhood different from any of ours? • Did He have the veil of forgetfulness? Did He understand everything all at once? • v40 – “the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom” “In such simplicity is the normal, natural development of the Boy Jesus made clear. He came among men to experience all the natural conditions of mortality; He was born as truly a dependent, helpless babe as is any other child; His infancy was in all common features as the infancy of others; His boyhood was actual boyhood, His development was as necessary and as real as that of all children. Over His mind had fallen the veil of forgetfulness common to all who are born to earth, by which the remembrance of primeval existence is shut off. The Child grew, and with growth there came to Him expansion of mind, development of faculties, and progression in power and understanding.” - James E. Talmage

  7. What was different? • What, then, was different about Christ? How is He different then us? • He is perfect. • What does perfect mean? • Two definitions, here we talk about the first. • Without sin. “His advancement was from one grace to another, not from gracelessness to grace; from good to greater good, not from evil to good; from favor with God to greater favor, not from estrangement because of sin to reconciliation through repentance and propitiation.”

  8. v52 • “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” • Let’s break this sentence down. Christ grew in 4 ways. • Wisdom (mental) - learned the scriptures, the traditions of the Jews, the prophecies of the Old Testament. Helped Him recognize His calling and teach the Jews. • Stature (physical) – learned carpentry and hard work. Helped Him in physical struggles and temptations.

  9. v52 • “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” • Let’s break this sentence down. Christ grew in 4 ways. • Favor with God (spiritual) – Understanding His relationship with His Father, helping Him act by His power and Spirit. • Favor with man (social) – Learning the ways of man in order to more effectively teach and lead.

  10. D&C 93:12-14 • “but continued from grace to grace” “His advancement was from one grace to another, not from gracelessness to grace; from good to greater good, not from evil to good; from favor with God to greater favor, not from estrangement because of sin to reconciliation through repentance and propitiation.” • Think of those in the gospel who have the least sin in their lives. • What were they able to do because of their progress? • What does this mean for our progress, and our striving for perfection? • The only thing holding us back is sin. Think of your potential without it.

  11. Notebook Ideas • What do you feel is your greatest potential and what is holding you back? • How can you more literally be like Jesus, now knowing how He grew to a “fullness”? • How will Christ help you along this path?

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