Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Knowing God - When Jesus was Scolded



Luke 2:48-50
 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

Jesus never sinned.  Jesus did all things well, and yet we see that His choices made His parents worried and sorrowful.  This shows us that when others are worried or upset about our choices it doesn’t deem our choices wrong.  The responses of others to our choices are never to be used as the only criteria for whether our actions are sinful or not.  Jesus chose to discourse with the teachers of the law in the temple and his parents were put in a place of worry and frenzied search. We can learn from this about our own choices and the choices of others. It is very important that we remember that when others’ choices upset us, it doesn’t mean they have sinned against us.  Jesus’ actions affected His parents but He did not sin against them.  This should help us in our relationships and instruct us in being able to allow others to be upset with choices we have made even though we have not sinned against them.  Sin is determined by God and not by whether the actions upset us or not.  We need truth in our lives and not allow human responses to determine whether something is wrong or right in God’s eyes.

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