There has never been a life like the life of the Lord Jesus.

Here’s the amazing thing –

• when you study the gospels,

• when you read about the life

• and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament,

what you find is that there is more about His life that we don’t know than what we do know. You see, He only lived for about 33 years here on this planet.

And yet, when you add up all of the years of His life that the gospels record for us it only covers about 3 years. Really, the only insight that we have into His life as a boy comes when He was 12 years old.

Now, let me just make this statement before we read this amazing story. This is important.

When the gospel writers are quiet for so long, (for 12 years,) and then all of a sudden this one event in the childhood of Jesus is pulled out and put into Luke’s gospel and then the veil of mystery and secrecy falls once again across His life for 18 more years, THIS IS IMPORTANT.