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Day 2794– A Sacrifice, A Savior, a Sword – Luke

Welcome to Day 2794 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me.This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom. Day 2794 – The Day the Pupil Stumped the Professors – Luke 2:21-38Putnam Church Message – 01/04/2026 Luke’s Account of the Good News - “The Day the Pupil Stumped the Professors.”   Last week was the final Sunday of 2025, and we continued our year-long study of Luke’s Narrative of the Good News in a message titled: “A Sacrifice, A Savior, a Sword.” Today, in the first week of 2026, we will explore the third and final story of Jesus’s childhood. We will explore “The Day the Pupil Stumped the Professors.”  Our Core verses for this week are Luke 2:39-52, found on page 1592of your Pew Bibles.  39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and thegrace of God was on him.The Boy Jesus at the Temple41 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. 42 When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. 43 After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. 44 Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”49 “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”[f ] 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them.51 Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.Opening PrayerGracious Father, As we step into a new year, we come again to Your Word—not simply to gain information, but to be shaped by truth. Open our eyes to see Jesus clearly. Open our hearts to receive what You are forming within us. And may Your Spirit teach us, just as Heonce taught in the temple courts long ago. We ask this in the name of Jesus, Amen.Introduction — The Childhood Stories We Never GetIf you are curious about the childhoods of the significant figures of Scripture, you would think that you would find detailed accounts—stories of early faith, formative moments, maybe even mistakes that shaped future obedience. But what you would find in most instances is silence. There are a few stories, like Joseph, Moses, and Samuel, but not much in the way of details. Cain and Abel appear fully formed, and tragedy strikes almost immediately. Noah enters the narrative already walking with God. Abraham is old enough to be a grandfather when we meet him. Joseph is seventeen. Moses emerges from obscurity as an adult. David appears as a shepherd already anointed. Even the prophets burst onto the scene mid-mission. In the New Testament, the silence continues. John the Baptist grows up in the wilderness—no details. Paul’s childhood is completely absent. Timothy’s upbringing is reduced to a single line about his mother and grandmother. Barnabas? Silas? Nothing. And then there is Jesus. Astonishingly, we know more about Jesus's childhood than nearly anyone else in the Bible—not because the Gospels tell us everything, but because Luke tells us exactly what we need. Luke gives us three childhood scenes: • Jesus at birth • Jesus presented at the temple. • Jesus at twelve years old, sitting among Israel’s most outstanding teachers. That’s it. Luke skips the Magi. He skips Egypt. He skips Herod’s rage. He skips decades of carpentry in Nazareth. Instead, he slows the narrative for one ordinary-sounding moment—the day a twelve-year-old boy remained in the temple and stunned the professors. This is not a story about a gifted child showing off. It is a story about identity awakening, obedience deepening, and calling clarifying. Main Point One — God Forms His Servants Through Ordinary Faithfulness (Luke 2:39–40)Luke transitions with almost disarming simplicity: When Jesus’ parents had fulfilled all the requirements of the law of the Lord, they returned home to Nazareth in Galilee.(Luke 2:39)No fanfare. No miracles.  No applause. Just obedience. Joseph, Mary, and Jesus’s return to Nazareth—a town so insignificant it would later become the punchline of religious sarcasm: “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”(John 1:46). And yet Luke tells us: There the child grew up healthy and strong. He