ASTONISHED

Date: 5.17.09 Speaker: Kristian Martens Texts: Luke 2:21-52 Title: ASTONISHED: ABOUT THE FATHER'S BUSINESS Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. Simeon (Luke 2:34b, 35) How does Jesus affect you? When he was only 40 days old, he brought praise to the lips of an oddly passionate, tambourine shaking, devoted old widow named Anna. Who, at 84, became the first evangelist declaring the Messiah's arrival. The same day, Holy Spirit-filled Simeon believed, after seeing Jesus, that he could die in peace. At 12, Jesus bewildered the religious leaders when he stayed at the temple with them for three days, both listening and asking questions. When his mother and Joseph came looking for him, anxious for his safety and exhausted, he simply responded: Did you not know I had to be about my Fathers business? (Luke 2:49). His parents were amazed. In Luke 2 we're given this example from Jesus' young life. That we are to be about the Father's business. And what IS the Father's business? The following passages can get us started in the right direction: Colossians 1:15-20 | Luke 4:17-20,43 | Luke 19:10 | John 3:16-17; 10:10; 18:37 | 1 John 3:8 | Mark 2:17 | Colossians 3:23