God's Role Model as Student

ROLE MODEL

God's Role Model as Student
Steven Hoover 

SERIES SCRIPTURE:

Ephesians 5: 1-2 "Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children.  Live your life with love, following the example of Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us."

SERMON PASSAGE:

Luke 2:41-52 "Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day’s journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, 'Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.' And he said to them, 'Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?' And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. And 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."

I. JESUS MODELS THE HUMILITY OF A STUDENT
Luke 2:46 “After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.”

II. JESUS MODELS THE RELATIONSHIP OF A STUDENT
Luke 2:49 “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
 

III. JESUS MODELS THE TRANSFORMATION OF A STUDENT
Luke 2:52 "And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man."