Who do you want to be with the most?

Jesus lost in the Temple

• 41 events in the Gospels where people are described as being amazed or astonished when they met Jesus• Probably not expanding the

understanding of the educated men in the temple.• Jesus was maybe learning things in the

scriptures about himself.

What have you

ever lost?

Jesus lost in the Temple

• They were “amazed”• Such a range of feelings for Mary and

Joseph: anger, joy, relief, frustration, confusion.

Who did Jesus want to be with?

• Jesus reminds his parents that He was, first and foremost, the Son of God, in obedience to Him, and called to carry out His “Father’s business.”

• Jesus for the first time introduces us to the concept of God as a father who is present, someone that you can call “Abba” which means father or daddy.

• I also want us to notice that the word “must” was often used by the Lord, even aged just twelve he was moved by a compulsion to do God, the Father’s will.

How do we feel?

• How far would you have traveled before you realised that you had misplaced Jesus?

• Are you sure Jesus is still with you in your travels?