Why have you made us like this?
Luke 2: 41-52

In this study we will study the different types of families that exist in today's society as well as the old one.
God is so loving that he placed his son Jesus in a family, Jesus could have appeared out of nowhere, but God shows his love and mercy for the family that his son is proof of it.

The birth of Jesus is in a nuclear family.

Nuclear: It is the family formed by the members of a single family nucleus, the group is formed by parents and children.

Traumas, losses and crises can affect us today, more than ever, the lives of families, communities, towns and individuals.

Crisis: (invariable in plural: ¨las crisis; from Latin crisis, in turn from Greek kpiok) is a
conjuncture of changes in any aspect of an organized but unstable reality.
Serious and decisive situation that endangers the development of a matter or a process

I want to start this study with a young 12-year-old boy named Jesus as related by the writer of the book of Luke 2: 41-52

Here we meet a son who has separated from his parents and they take it for granted.
lost (misplaced) a very typical situation in adolescence the stage of curiosity
for some of them.

An experience where his mother's adrenaline shot up when she realized that her son was not coming home with them, can you imagine this suffocating feeling of not finding your son how much pain and suffering those who a son or loved one has disappeared and never appeared; this was not the case with Jesus.

We meet a humble and godly family who practice their faith. Despite being
A poor family strives to participate in this annual activity of their faith. Luke 2:41

The child is lost among that great crowd in the city of Jerusalem. How do you react when a child is not lost? There are moments of anguish, we are scared of what may happen to our little one. But it is in these moments that you must remain calm and think with a fresh mind, and ask us some questions and not look for guilty, Where was the last time I saw you? Return to that place, inform
immediately to the authorities and family to explore the area.

Maria and Jose searched for Jesus for a day among their family group and acquaintances, but they did not find him and it so happened that three days later they found him in the temple. Luke 2: 42-46

You know what it means to look for a child for four days and finding it is a reason to
hubbub that's what Maria and Jose felt, they lived a moment of anguish but
they knew where to look.

This situation when the first thing to look for is guilty or condemning someone, these expressions are heard ¨it is your fault ¨, ¨ you are always confused (a) ¨ ¨ ¨ if it does not appear you will see ¨ that a child or young person gets lost happens in any family, either out of curiosity of the child or due to the carelessness of the parents, the important thing is to remain calm and not make a marital and family crisis out of it, the Bible tells that Maria and Jose looked for it, the children are the responsibility of both, not only who experienced the situation.

Luke 2: 47-48 Why have you made us like this? When they found him, they did not punish him physically or emotionally. They asked him a very popular question, why have you done us this way? In reality Jesus was not lost, he was in a place of reference in the temple, his parents considered him lost.

When someone goes astray, remember the child may be in place of reference,
toy store, candy store, electronic game store, a relative, a neighbor etc ...

Jesus was not a rebellious child even at his age he was a child subject to his parents. Luke 2:51

But it can happen in any family that a child is lost due to his young age, no family is exempt from experiencing something like this, accusing each other, or looking to blame is not the solution.

A baby son is not the same as an adolescent son, with an adolescent son you will have to make changes so that the line of fire is not crossed, the approach, good relationship and communication are very important in the integral development of the young person, the The worst mistake of a father is to resist the hormonal and bodily changes of the son at that stage of development, some children are not geographically lost as Jesus could be interpreted, some children are lost in vices and negative friendships, because they seek love and understanding in their parents and they feel that they cannot find it, the approach to the child at this stage is of vital importance for their emotional development. Verse 42 tells us that << Jesus, was 12 years old and they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast >> until today the Jews celebrate the Bar-Mitzva, a ritual by which children are incorporated at twelve years to the adult community to discuss the law.

Adolescence is a cultural phenomenon. The more the culture is complicated, the more adolescence tends to be prolonged since adult life carries more responsibilities and more requirements.

Our role in the development of our children is very important, inducing them to a society that is so liberating or permissive is our responsibility so that they do not get lost in the daily offers.

The teaching and instruction of the Bible is a very effective weapon in favor of parents
for the formation of children in childhood and adolescence.

¨Instruct the child on his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it ¨
Proverbs 22: 6

The safest counseling manual is the Bible, use it for the advice of your children.

In this study we are going to analyze the rivalry of two siblings (sons) due to parental preference, a problem of yesterday that is experienced today in the 21st century.

The children inherit the tricks of deception, one of the sons was named Jacob who is the protagonist of this story through deception.

Jacob his birth name is translated as ¨ supplanter ¨ or ¨ the one who takes by the heel ¨
This young man at a crucial moment in his life must face the past, fight with God and leave affected and transformed at the same time, he receives a new name. Its original name has been replaced by Israel ¨ the one that fights with God and with the men and conquers ¨ (Gen. 32:28)

As it can start a rivalry between siblings, the story tells that Rebecca had two twin children, the first to be born was named Esau and the second Jacob, Esau for being the first became the darling of his father Isaac, and Jacob became the
pampered of Rebeca her mother.

They grew up with that certain preference of one for Mommy and the other for Daddy, as that history repeats itself in our days causing crisis in the family.

In ancient times, the male and first-born child was worthy of the inheritance and he distributed the inheritance to his brothers if the father died.

Esau was the firstborn but did not value his eldest son privilege, and Jacob with
intelligence and help from his mother snatched the words of blessing from his father Isaac.
Genesis 27: 9-14

The preference of parents with some children produces rivalry, jealousy and lawsuits between the children, in this story it says that Esau wanted to kill Jacob for what he did to him.

Genesis 27: 18-23, 27: 26-29, Esau thinks about killing Jacob Genesis 27:41

What kind of children are we raising?
What relationship between siblings are we forming as parents?
What will the relationship between our children be like the day we are not parents?

If something damages the relationship between siblings, it is the marked preference of the father or mother with a certain child. And we do not realize the damage we are committing and inheriting to our children, since they will do the same with their children and it will become a repetitive circle.

The Bible teaches that the spoiled child produces shame.
¨ The rod and correction give wisdom;
But the spoiled boy will embarrass his mother. ¨ Prov. 29:15

Children all long to be treated in the same way, favoritism is a silent and dangerous enemy within families that damages the relationship between children. Genesis 27:42

Esau did not find comfort, and did not have good thoughts against his brother, we must be careful with our attitudes and actions as parents, the Bible demands us to be responsible with the education of our children in a correct way before God.

¨ Instruct the child on his way,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it. ¨ Prov. 22: 6
Instruction is different from tolerance and consent, instruction from the Bible will produce healthy families and very healthy child relationships.

Every crisis has a solution and in this story we find a happy reunion between these two brothers. Jacob decides to repair the damage he did to his older brother in the past, and seeks reconciliation to heal the wounds he had caused in his brother.

Genesis 32: 1-11 Jacob was afraid to meet his brother for a moment because Esau was coming with four hundred men.

Genesis 33: 1-8 how powerful it is that one of them is always willing to take the step of reconciliation and glorify God and his parents, something that this Biblical story teaches us is how powerful it is to bring someone presents when you have offended him and be able to show wanting to repair your mistake by giving him a gift.

Reconciliation is something that Jesus inherited and taught us to know how to forgive our offender, no matter how great the offense, peace, harmony and love in families should never be lost.

And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, because they don't know what they're doing. And they distributed their dresses among themselves, casting lots.¨ Luc. 23:34

21. Then Peter came to him and said: Lord, how many times will I forgive my
brother who sins against me? Up to seven?
22. Jesus said to him: I do not tell you up to seven, but even up to seventy times seven.
Mat 18: 21-22

This story had a happy ending and it is our prayer that your family situation among your children has a happy ending, you only need to involve Jesus of Nazarets in your life and deliver all those burdens on him, which for you is impossible you will never achieve, But God is a specialist in the impossible, the possible is up to you and Ami, and it is to look for Jesus and He will do the impossible.

Behold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh; Is there something that is difficult for me? Jeremiah 32:27

The Sin of Tolerance
1. Samuel 2: 12-17

In this study we are going to analyze the tolerance of a father who caused him very serious problems in his life as a priest and son of God.

What is Tolerance:
Tolerance refers to the action and effect of tolerating. As such, tolerance is based on respect for the other or what is different from one's own, and can manifest as an act of indulgence in the face of something that is not wanted or cannot be prevented, or as the fact of enduring or enduring someone or something.

The word comes from the Latin tolerantĭa, which means quality of one who can endure, endure or accept.

Eli was old and that made him tolerate sin in his children, tolerance is a permissive will that can be harmful to the people it is given to them.

Some parents, due to having children in advanced age, find themselves in these situations where the children do not obey the voice of their parents and it is where the parents, due to lack of strength, no longer correct their children as in mature age.

The result of their dishonesty was that many turned away from God. The Israelites saw what Eli's sons were doing in the tabernacle, and instead of drawing closer to the Lord, they grew farther and farther away. We should bear in mind that today many people have been turned away from Christian circles because of the bad examples they have observed, and others are not drawn to Christianity for the same reasons. All of this should lead us to reflect, to rectify, to discard all hypocrisy and to live so close to God, so that those around us can perceive His presence in our conduct, that is, in our way of acting and expressing ourselves.

Our mission as parents is to hinder our children in their behavior, many families are in crisis today because many times we are applauding what God does not approve, sin is not approved by God, and you and I must love what God loves, and hate what God hates.

Loving our children is not accepting everything they do, loving our children is rewarding what is good and correcting what is wrong.

The judgment of the sons of Eli
"Eli was very old, but (when) he learned what his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who were watching at the door of the Tabernacle of Meeting"

The result of their dishonesty was that many turned away from God. The Israelites saw what Eli's sons were doing in the tabernacle, and instead of drawing closer to the Lord, they grew farther and farther away. We should bear in mind that today many people have been turned away from Christian circles because of the bad examples they have observed, and others are not drawn to Christianity for the same reasons. All of this should lead us to reflect, to rectify, to discard all hypocrisy and to live so close to God, so that those around us can perceive His presence in our conduct, that is, in our way of acting and expressing ourselves.

Our mission as parents is to hinder our children in their behavior, many families are in crisis today because many times we are applauding what God does not approve, sin is not approved by God, and you and I must love what God loves, and hate what God hates.

Loving our children is not accepting everything they do, loving our children is rewarding what is good and correcting what is wrong.

The judgment of the sons of Eli
"Eli was very old, but (when) he learned what his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who were watching at the door of the Tabernacle of Meeting"

Where are you son
Luke 15: 11-32

In this study we are going to analyze the most important parable that Jesus used to illustrate a message, some theologians have called this parable of the prodigal son as the most important.

I want to start this segment by explaining the key points of this lesson:
1. Rebellion of the youngest son.
2. Attitude of Repentance.
3. Restitution of the Father.
4. The attitude of the older brother.

In this study, questions such as Where is the mother of this prodigal son? Since the story does not mention the mother but only the father, some believe that she was no longer there, so we find a single parent family, this is a family where only the father or mother lives, there is an absence of one of them.

In some single-parent families this type of crisis usually occurs, such as that of
this son.

Let's look at the first problem, the younger son asks for the part of his inheritance, in Eastern culture the inheritance was not given to the younger son nor was it given in the father's lifetime.

Second problem, a family with bone polarization, two children at each end, one obedient and the other disobedient.

Third problem, due to the absence of the mother we see the rebellious attitude of the youngest son who is believed to be between 13-15 years old.

It seems that this family the father dedicated himself to giving discipline and the mother affection, to
Such a case that the older son does not cause problems while the younger feels the absence of affection. They both fulfilled their roles.
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The blows of life often lead to a change in the attitude of our children. Some are not prepared for an abrupt change in the family from one day to the next (the absence of a parent produces that abrupt change).

1. The Crisis envelops you. Luke 15: 14-16
Start living the reality of life, the fantasy goes away.

First: << Putting it all together >>, he released his impulsive emotions spending all his
means. He did not leave anything to turn around, he did not intend to return.
Second: << he went away, to a province >> the further away I am from that
old (old) freer I am.

He made a very remarkable geographical distance of territory to get away and not be hindered, so many think that the distance is better.

What I don't know about him is that the umbilical cord is elastic, they are always tied to the house, that's why they return. They can go to China, they come back if they happened without purpose.

Third: << there he wasted his goods living in a lost mind >> he chose a wild and disorderly lifestyle. With that rather what he did was tempt against himself. He hurt himself.

Fourth: << he got hungry >> he realized that the party was over, and he began to experience the results of his bad decision. To face a reality that he did not want to hear at home.

What a shame a young man with so many opportunities is now huddled and humiliated, with hunger without recourse, without a roof, without affection, without anything, alone in a world where he entered of his own free will.

He was being exploited as an employee, he did not earn enough, he fell to the lowest level that a young Jew of his time could fall, he earned so badly that he wanted the food of the pigs.

In verse 16, he says: << but nobody gave >> outside is not the same as being at home. This reflects his character was used to everything being given to him at home.

2. The Crisis makes him come back to himself. Luke 15:17
Life took action by teaching him that his attitude and decision were not correct.
<< coming to himself >> means that this young man was beside himself, and now he recovers
your senses.

What produced the miracle? Was it hunger in a teenager?
Loneliness? How uncomfortable did you feel? Loneliness?

Perhaps this and more, what we do know that what he was experiencing made him come back to himself. He began to face the reality of life, he is looking for fun and now he is depressed, he is looking for freedom and now he is a prisoner of his bad decisions emotionally, the crisis makes him choose the path of opportunity. To return to
House.

The conversion. Luke 15:17

The conversion shows us three steps.

First step:
Day laborers in my father's house; They have plenty of bread:

Second Step: verses 18-19

Are you willing to assume your responsibility

Third Step: V. 20-21

Get up and act, that is a decisive step in the life of a person to get up and act, not remain regretting or blaming their past.

This attitude led him to meet his identity.

The Encounter. Only the father who represents God in this parable could recognize his son from afar, because of the way he came, it was not so easy to recognize him.

Party. V. 22-24 command to kill the fatted calf, the one that was for religious festivals, the one that had died has revived, the one that had been lost has been found, it was cause to be rejoiced. What happens to one family member affects everyone. It seems that the favorite son returned but in reality it was that his family would be united again.

3. What do I hear. V25-32
Since when there was no music at home that the eldest son was so surprised that he got angry and did not want to go in, the one who had wasted everything, had gone to eat the world, now he returns and daddy receives him with a party. Many today are like the older son, they do not celebrate the return of their younger brother and have not learned to enjoy what they have at home. And they do not enjoy the father or what is at home.

Let's rejoice with the return of our brother who was lost. The absence of a parent and of Christ in a family can experience this type of crisis that this family experienced, a son thirsty for attention and love seems to be and the other son did not enjoy what he had at home.

Father or mother have you ever wondered where you are son? Better let's ask ourselves what I have done so that my son is acting that way, the Bible speaks of Noe exasperating our children, some believe that leaving home is the solution, others leave because they believe that at home there is not what they want, the The emptiness of a child is not filled by money or material goods, but by the love of the parents and especially the presence of Jesus Christ in their life. We pray that this lesson has been a blessing to your life and family.

Wrong decisions
Judges 13: 2-4

In this last lesson we are going to study the decisions of a son that led him to failure.

Many people today are living in bitterness the bad decisions they made yesterday (past).

In God, the principle is good, everything begins with blessing, you and I decide if our walk is for better or for worse, so we do not blame God when we have been the ones who went out of purpose and our assignment.

When a son is born, his birth brings joy and that happened with Samson brought joy, the angel of Jehovah appeared to him and gave him some assignments that he should take to raise the child. These are in Judges 13: 12-14

Let's describe those assignments:
1. Your mother would not take anything that comes from Life.
2. I would not eat unclean things.
3. And he will keep everything that the angel commands him.

What led this son to live in the crisis that made him lose God's Purpose?
Judges 14: 1-3 in this chapter we see that Samson has given free rein to his desires and putting aside his God-given assignment, Samson descended geographically and spiritually started the path to his failure because of a personal desire motivated by his desires and passions.

Every problem, crisis or anguish, has an origin many times or almost always we only focus on the problem.

What did Sanson have going for him?
1. He had been set apart for God (Nazarene)
2. God's presence was with Him
3. He was judge of Israel assigned by God to free his people from the Philistines.

What does Sanson's life teach us?

Samson's life is a contradictory life. First, he had to be "a Nazarite to God from birth" (Judges 13: 5), although he continually broke his promise. The Spirit of God came upon him many times, giving him great strength to fight against the Philistines, the oppressors of the Israelites. At the same time, however, Samson was a womanizer and a vengeful man, full of sin. The life of Samson illustrates that giving in to temptation leads to sin, do not neglect your devotional life and your time of communion with your family and leaders of your church, flee from temptation and you will be able to overcome that affinity that is persecuting you today.

Judges 16: 4-6 when a man (woman) identifies with sin, he begins to lose Divine assignment and the enemy takes authority over him. Give the enemy an inch and he'll take you a mile. When we stop thinking as children of God and begin to think as men, the matter becomes complicated.

Judges 16:21, 25
When the problem takes force only God can help us, Sanson ended up blind, lost his eyes, imprisoned and made me laugh at the Philistines.
But he did not lose the Mercy of God when Sanson cried out to God, God responds to him and fulfills his mission.

How many children of Christian leaders are going through crisis with a son / daughter who is starting an incorrect relationship and is losing assignment and purpose, the enemy will always send Delilah to our sons and daughters, to remove them from God's assignment. Parents do not give up the battle do not get tired of crying out to the Almighty God, in his mercy he will reach your son.

In the temptation the consecration is revealed, if your son today is being prosecuted at a time of temptation it is not the time to judge him it is the time to make use of God's grace and approach him with love not with judgment, good dialogue and friendship will cause a change in attitude.

Las batallas se pelean de rodillas y esa crisis que estas pasando es una causa perdida para ti pero para Dios no.

Así como el hijo prodigo regreso a casa al volver en si, así tu hijo volverá en sí, por causa de tu oracion. porque nada hay imposible para Dios. Lucas 1:37

Tus generaciones están en manos de Dios y el hara que se cumpla ese llamado
Aférrate a Dios y el té de volverá a tu hijo(a) esta crisis pasara, vas a vencer si sigues de rodillas.

Jehová cumplirá su propósito en mí;
Tu misericordia, oh Jehová, es para siempre;
No desampares la obra de tus manos. Salmos 13:8