Thoughts From the Bible

Luke 2: 51-52-  “(51) Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them, but His mother kept all these things in her heart. (52) And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”   These two verses cover a large amount of time. My first lesson is that Jesus was subject to His parents. That is a lesson that is a difficult lesson for many people to learn. It is one thing to be subject to our parents and respect one’s parents and another thing to allow parents to be oppressive. This can become a difficult topic to discuss and a lengthy subject with many “what if” situations grounded in it. We need to understand Jesus’ intent and how He followed up on this intent. That is our example regardless of how old we may be and how old our parents may be. There is an expectation of respect Jesus is demonstrating that should be done and He even did that while on the cross.  The second lesson for me is that verse 52 says Jesus grew in wis...

M atthew 21: 12- 13-   ‘And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and He overturned the tables of the money-changes and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to the, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ b ut you make it a den of robbers.”’  People were making money on the  whole process  of sacrificing animals for the sins of the people but  there may be another lesson to be learned from Jesus acts in this passage. Our society is getting  more and more  informal and relaxed. Some people do not have any filters on what they say, where they say it and how loud t hey say things.   We need to be aware of where we  are,  and we need to continue to be respectful of places built and designed to worship God.  Distractions of various kinds can easily cause people to not focus on  God,  and we need to be disciplined and respectful of these places. Yes, there can...