Title: The Miracle That Matters Most
Author: Byron McWilliams
Last saved by: Julian Mancha
Company: HP

First Baptist Church – Odessa
Pastor Byron McWilliams
Date:  ______________

“The Childhood Years of the King”
“King of Kings – The Authority of the King” – Pt. 3
Luke 2:39-52 and Selected

I.	The Silent Years of the King’s __________________
“And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon Him.”    Vs. 40

II.	The ________________ Experience of the King
“Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.”    Vs. 41

“Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.”    Exodus 23:17

The Passover Experience…
•	Reveals the ________________________ that Jesus received.
“And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.”    Vs. 42

What Should Spiritual Training of Our Children Entail?
1.	________________ must be a priority.
2.	________________ must be continual.
3.	________________ must be reality.
4.	________________ must be a necessity.

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Reveals the ________________ of Jesus explained.
“And He said to them, ‘Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’”    Vs. 49

In the first spoken words of Jesus recorded in Scripture, He clearly declares Himself to be the ____________________.

“But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father is working until now, and I am working.’ This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.”    John 5:17-18

“Pilate said to them, ‘Take Him yourself and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him.’ The Jews answered him, ‘We have a law, and according to that law He ought to die because He has made Himself the Son of God.’ When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid.”    John 19:6b-8

“When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!’”
Matthew 27:54

•	Reveals the ___________________ that Jesus displayed.
“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.”    Vs. 51

“Honor your father and your mother.”    Exodus 20:12a

III.	The Silent Years of the King’s __________________
“And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.”    Vs. 52