{"id":1166,"date":"2024-12-29T14:42:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:45:32","slug":"jesus-in-the-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/12\/29\/jesus-in-the-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus In The Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today\u2019s sermon was given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 1st Sunday of Christmas, December 29th 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/291224\" width=\"500\" height=\"60\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Right click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/291224\/291224.mp3\"><strong>HERE!<\/strong><\/a> to download<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sermon starts at 2:02<\/p>\n\n\n\n<font color=\"red\">Luke 2 v 41-52\n<br><br>\nThe Boy Jesus at the Temple<\/font>\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>41<\/b><\/font> Every year Jesus\u2019 parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>42<\/b><\/font> When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>43<\/b><\/font> After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>44<\/b><\/font> Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>45<\/b><\/font> When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>46<\/b><\/font> After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>47<\/b><\/font> Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>48<\/b><\/font> When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, \u201cSon, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>49<\/b><\/font> \u201cWhy were you searching for me?\u201d he asked. \u201cDidn\u2019t you know I had to be in my Father\u2019s house?\u201d\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>50<\/b><\/font> But they did not understand what he was saying to them.\n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>51<\/b><\/font> Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. \n<br><br>\n<font color=\"blue\"><b>52<\/b><\/font> And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.\n<br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s sermon was given by our reader Julie Taylor on the 1st Sunday of Christmas, December 29th 2024. Right click\u00a0HERE! to download Sermon starts at 2:02 Luke 2 v 41-52 The Boy Jesus at the Temple 41 Every year Jesus\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/2024\/12\/29\/jesus-in-the-temple\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1168,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions\/1168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/slipend.co.uk\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}