The%20Child%20Jesus%20Enters%20the%20Temple

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The Child Jesus Enters the Temple
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Honor Thy Mother and Father

• How many times do we answer our parents rudely?
• When they ask us to do something, do we listen
  right away? Or do we wait and wait until they
  start yelling at us?
• Where in the Old Testament does it say to honor
  your mother and father?
• Even though Jesus was God, He set a great example
  for us by obeying His parents.

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Passover in Jerusalem

• Every year, Jesus and His family would go to
  Jerusalem to attend the feast of the Passover.
• One year, when Jesus was 12, after the feast St.
  Mary and St. Joseph returned to their home but
  Jesus stayed behind.
• They didnt notice that Jesus wasnt with them
  till much later.

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Wheres Jesus?

• St. Mary and St. Joseph went back to Jerusalem
  and asked among their relatives and friends where
  Jesus was.
• 3 days later they found Jesus in the Temple
  sitting among teachers listening and asking
  questions.

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Jesus obedience

• When St. Mary and St. Joseph saw this, they were
  amazed but St. Mary asked Jesus, Why did you do
  this? We have been looking everywhere for you?
• Jesus responded by saying, Why do you seek me?
  Dont you know that I must be about my Fathers
  business?

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• Jesus knew that St. Mary and St. Joseph did not
  understand what Jesus said and why he said it.
• However, He listened to them and went home with
  them obediently.
• Jesus answered very politely. He told them that
  He was doing Gods will for Him on Earth.
• He could have argued and asked to stay longer,
  but Jesus obeyed His parents and got up
  immediately and returned home with them.

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Questions

• How old was Jesus at that time?
• Where was the child Jesus?
• Why was He in Jerusalem?
• Who was looking for Him?
• What did St. Mary say to Him when she found Him?
• How did Jesus answer her?
• Where did they go after that?

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Conclusion

• Christ says that we must strive to be like Him.
  This story tells us how we must be obedient to
  our parents.
• Jesus was God!!! But He still had respect for His
  parents and obeyed them immediately.
• Sometimes we dont want to listen right away, or
  we are impatient with our parents and we answer
  rudely.
• Jesus reminds us every day that we must obey and
  respect our parents to the fullest!!

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Conclusion

• Also, we notice that Jesus was really curious
  about the word of God. He is showing us the
  importance of asking questions and increasing our
  knowledge of the Word.
• We all know that Jesus knows all the answers, but
  by asking these questions, He shows us the need
  to ask questions about the Bible and our church.

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Memory Verse

• He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and
  was subject (obedient) to them
• -Luke 251