{"id":1400,"date":"2014-03-10T07:11:49","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T13:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2014-03-17T08:26:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:26:51","slug":"young-jesus-teaches-in-the-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"Young Jesus Teaches in the Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<a title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a>. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<a title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a>). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJJo0Fksivk?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>And the child grew, and\u00a0waxed\u00a0strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the\u00a0grace\u00a0of God was upon him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the\u00a0feast of the passover.\u00a0And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not\u00a0of it.\u00a0But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day\u2019s journey; and they sought him among\u00a0their\u00a0kinsfolk and acquaintance.\u00a0And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the\u00a0temple, sitting in the midst of the\u00a0doctors,\u00a0both\u00a0hearing them, and\u00a0asking\u00a0them questions.\u00a0And all that heard him were astonished at his\u00a0understanding and answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me?\u00a0wist\u00a0ye not that I must be about my Father\u2019s\u00a0business?\u00a0And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject\u00a0unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And Jesus\u00a0increased\u00a0in\u00a0wisdom\u00a0and stature, and in\u00a0favor with God and man.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/luke\/2.40-52\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 2:40-52<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>How can you honor your Father in Heaven and your earthly parents more fully?<\/li>\n<li>What things are you doing to be about your Father&#8217;s business? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What are you doing to increase your mind?\u00a0Why?<\/li>\n<li>What are you doing to strengthen your body?\u00a0Why?<\/li>\n<li>What are you doing to strengthen your spirit?\u00a0Why?<\/li>\n<li>What are you doing to strengthen your relationship with God?\u00a0Why?<\/li>\n<li>What are you doing to strengthen your relationship with your family members?\u00a0Why?<\/li>\n<li>What are you doing to strengthen your relationship with others?\u00a0Why?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1400\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,18,11,16,25,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-family","category-jesus-christ","category-mission","category-new-testament","category-obedience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}