The Reign of God: Children and the Kingdom of God (2nd Sunday After Epiphany)
Date: January 19, 2025
Sub Theme: Concept of Child – (3)
Topic: Biblical Concept of a Child (2) An Infant
Text: Luke 2:40-51
Aims
- To study the characteristics of a child pertaining to their needs.
- To pay more attention to things that can aid their growth.
Introduction
An infant is a child from birth till adolescent age. The earthly parents of Jesus provided all the amenities necessary for his physical growth, such as good food, shelter, and clothing. Moreover, they never failed to provide for his spiritual well-being by taking him to Jerusalem for spiritual rites. This made Jesus grow and become strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. As Christians and parents, we need not allow the present-day challenges to shift our focus from our heavenly mandate of making provision for our children’s physical and spiritual needs. Our study today will beam more light on how to achieve these.
Study Guide
- Mention some physical signs that differentiate the infant from the adolescent stage of a child.
- 1 Corinthians 13:11; 1 Peter 2:2
- What lessons can we derive from the incident in Luke 2:43-46?
- As believers, pinpoint those things that can jeopardize our growth both physically and spiritually and how best to avoid them.
- Luke 2:40; James 3:14-16
- What is the importance of teaching Christ to our young ones?
- Proverbs 22:6
Conclusion
As Christians, let us ask ourselves how often we visit our children in their schools. We may face numerous challenges that make it difficult or impossible to meet our children’s needs. However, our prayers, perseverance, and steadfastness in faith shall definitely enable us.
Food for Thought
Build a child today; he will build the nation tomorrow.
Memory Verse
Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
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