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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've honestly questioned this throughout my life.

Where was Jesus from age 12 to 30?

How could it be that 18 years of his life is just glossed over?

I know many theologians claim scriptures don't mention it because those years just weren't "important" to his ministry but I still find it difficult to understand.

What are your thoughts? [/quote]

Great question OP.

I always assumed he was preparing for ministry through prayer, fasting and living an exemplary life. But he became human - what does that mean when he was a teenager? Did he have any teen crushes? Was he rebellious in any subtle ways? We know he was extremely subversive in his ministry so wonder how he turned his teen and early adult conventions on its head.

I imagined that he appreciated nature, fine carpentry, and observing ancient Jewish traditions in deeply spiritual ways.

But what is he mainly observed humanity and our foolish ways as expressed in his fmaily and community? Did he feel great empathy for his family and peers or amusement or disgust?

This is a great question OP! [/quote]

The Bible clearly says, that Jesus did not sin (2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 2:22).

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Peter 2:22 (ESV)
22 He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

Although Jesus is fully human, He was not born with the sinful nature that we are born with. He certainly was tempted in the same way we are, in that temptations were put before Him by Satan, yet He remained sinless because God is incapable of sinning. It is against His very nature

Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted, but He does not know what it is like to sin.

Three sins common to man are “the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 John 2:16 NKJV).

Jesus was tempted in every way and in every area that we are, but remained perfectly holy. [/quote]

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