Sermon Sketch for Sunday, August 3

The Son of the Father
He came to do his Father’s will.



Text: Luke 2:41-52
49 "Why were you searching for me?" he asked. "Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house?"



Jesus Understood His Purpose
Luke 2:49 "...I had to be in my Father's house”

Jesus’ first words in the Gospel of Luke demonstrate his understanding of his purpose, he relationship with God, and his relationship with humanity. He understood that he was and is the one ordained to fulfill God’s plan of salvation.
John 6:44-47
46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. 47 I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.

Jesus Understood His Deity
Luke 2:49 ”…I had to be in my Father's house”

Jesus counters Mary’s “your father” with the words “my father.” Jesus is making it clear that he understands that his life and calling will take him beyond familial bonds. Jesus’ use of “My Father” for God is striking. Though he encourages his followers to address God as their Father, he clearly understands his own relationship with God to be unique. He understood that he was the divine, son of God, the one who gives eternal life and saves from condemnation.

John 5:22-24
22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. 24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

Jesus Understood His Humanity
Luke 2:51-52
51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
Mary may well have been one of Luke’s eyewitnesses. Jesus grew. Jesus was truly a boy becoming a man. This has great meaning for us as we consider Christ’s humanity. He understood his place within humanity and his calling to humanity.

Hebrews 2:9-11 / Hebrews 2:14-15 / Hebrews 2:17-18

It’s Time for Us to Grow Up
1 Cor. 13:11-12
11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

In Jesus, we find our purpose and destiny.
In Jesus, we find our relationship with God.
In Jesus, we find our humanity renewed and a redemptive relationship with humankind.