Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.And he went down with them and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto them: and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
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… parents, and there was never a bigger gap between the perfection of the child and the imperfection of the parents. Luke 2, 51, 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. You remember at Christmas perhaps singing this hymn, and through all his wondrous childhood he would honor and obey, love and watch the lowly maiden in whose gently arms he lay. Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as he. I admit I get a little twitch when I sing it. It's just a little bit schmaltzy, a little bit saccharine, but it's not wrong. It's not wrong that Christian children ought to look at the Lord Jesus as an example. It's not wrong in what that hymn says. It's just by itself very incomplete. Because more important than His example of obedience is what He accomplished by His obedience, that the Son was the perfect fifth commandment, obeying, honoring Son to His Father for our sakes. …
Now you done got in the temple, done got big, done got too big for your britches. Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart, confused, but still taking note of what he said. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men. Spirit of the living God, bring us into the awareness of your presence. Awaken us to what is in this room, in this text, in this moment that is for us. God, whether someone is listening to it right now or this message finds them years from now, God, may it be a fresh word. May we increase in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and men as a result of the table that you will spread for us in this moment. God, I pray that you would still my nerves, that you would steady my heart, that you would fill me with your spirit. …
But they did not understand what he was saying to them. but then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them good life lesson for all the kids here but his mother treasured all these things in her heart. Jesus was saying, didn't you know? Because I'm starting to figure it out, and I knew, and I know. What do I know? I know that I'm Joseph's son, but I also have figured out I'm not Joseph's seed. I'm Mary's seed, and that's important because in Genesis 3, it was spoken about the serpent. The Lord said to the serpent, because you've done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field. On your belly will you go and dust will you eat all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed. Her seed, he will crush your head and you will strike his heel. So it was important that Jesus be fully God and fully man. It was important that he be the seed of Mary, but he wasn't conceived by Joseph. And he understood that. …