Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

We don't know a lot about Jesus' childhood. From Scripture, all we have is the story we heard today -- of twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple. Our curiosity would like to know more, what the child Jesus was like, what it was like in Joseph and Mary's household, what it's like raising a perfect child -- but more we are not told. But what we have here, what we heard today, does tell us something of Jesus. He is eager to learn. We need to think a little deeper. For there's one more thing we heard today -- that last line, which should not be overlooked. And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.