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Was Jesus Ever A Bad Kid?
By: Wanda L. Ball
Jesus was born as a baby to Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. Mary was a virgin and had not yet
married Joseph. The angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph in a dream and told him that they would
have a baby conceived of the Holy Spirit. Joseph wasn’t happy at first, because he was afraid of
what people would think of him and Mary, but he did what the angel told him and married her
anyway. Matthew 1:20-21 says, “But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the
Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife;
because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit. And she will give birth to a son; and you will give
him the name Jesus; for he will give his people salvation from their sins.”
As Jesus grew up he had to learn how to walk and talk just as we all do. And he went to school to
learn his lessons as we do today. Luke 2:40-52 tells us that when he became 12 years old, his
family traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. When the Passover feast was over, they left
to go back home to Galilee. A day went by and they discovered that Jesus was not with them. So
they went back to Jerusalem to find him. After approximately 3 days they found him in the temple,
which is the church today. His parents were worried and angry and asked him why he stayed
there. Jesus told his parents that they shouldn't have worried, because they should have known
where he was. He told them he was in his Father’s house, which was pretty strange to his
parents, because Joseph was his father. But in Jesus’ case, he was referring to his spiritual Father
as God. Because Jesus was still a boy, he obeyed his earthly parents and went home with them.
This scripture shows us that even at 12 years old, Jesus knew that he should be in the temple (or
the church), studying and applying God’s word in his life.
As Jesus grew up he never did anything wrong. He became wiser and God’s grace increased in his
life. He never sinned or did bad things. He never stole anything, said bad words, lied or
disobeyed his parents. Even though Jesus was human, he was also God. And because he was
God, he was perfect and unable to do wrong. Jesus became God’s Son so he could be a perfect
sacrifice for our sins and take away the bad things we have done. If he wasn’t perfect, he couldn’t
have accomplished this great sacrifice. God also wants us to do as Jesus did, so we can be as
perfect as possible in order to please him. For 1 Peter 2:21-24 says, “This is God’s purpose for you:
because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in
his footsteps: Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: To sharp words he gave no sharp
answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the
hands of the judge of righteousness: He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the
tree, so that we, dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been
made well.”
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