Schooling…

 Schooling….

The Christian school movement was really getting started when my children were little.  They all went to those schools, We had some school at home, some finished in public schools., some finished in Christian schools…some had Christian teachers, some had non Christian teachers…they had some bad teachers and they had some good teachers in both places…some needed some more skill based education rather than total academics…some thrived and some didn’t…

One of my favorite pictures of Hobby Lobby’s is depicting a toddler, Jesus, playing at Joseph’s feet in the carpentry “shop”…

As a carpenter, Joseph would have probably taught Jesus to build…as well as he would have  nurtured him in scriptures as they built things…this would  have probably gone on for years as Jesus grew…

Funny, the carpenter teaching this young man, the Creator of all things, how to work with his hands to build…when all He has to do was speak all things into existence……how Jesus had to balance that obedience of coming to earth and being part of the Godhead is amazing…

Schooling begins so early…in all cultures…training up a child in the way he should go…we clean up, we fold clothes, we cook, we hunt, we garden, we read, we impart knowledge of all kinds as we teach and grow…and we can learn something new everyday of our lives…

Reading through some references about education in Jesus’ day…sounds similar to what we do today…starting school about 6 or 7 at their local synagogue, Learning to read, memorizing scriptures… Jesus probably went there as well…was educated along with the other children…the Author of Scripture learning scripture in a school setting….no wonder he astounded the teachers…but His obedience is well noted…His growth is wisdom is well noted as well…

 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 

And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. 

And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. 

His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. 

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 

And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. 

And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” 

And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?” 

And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. 

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. 

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

Luke.2.41-52

Thinking of that…our goal is to increase in wisdom as well, leaning on the Word…at any age…

Thank YOU…

 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Rom.12.2

 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Jas.1.5,Jas.1.6,25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMhshpf0Y4

https://www.caspari.com/2011/09/20/where-did-jesus-go-to-school/