A number of years ago, I taught a series of Sunday school classes for teens that focused on Luke 2:39-52. Based on what we learned about Jesus from that passage, I challenged each teen to evaluate himself with the following questions to assess the degree to which he was a Christlike young person.
Does God think that you are a young person who . . .
1. has a very strong interest in learning more about the things of God?
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2. really likes to be around spiritually minded people who know more about
the Bible than you do?
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3. listens attentively and eagerly when talking with those people?
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4. asks those people questions that show that you want to know more about
God and the Bible?
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5. knows his Bible well for a young person?
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6. has to be about the things of your Heavenly Father?
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7. has to be in your Heavenly Father’s house?
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8. openly values your relationship with your Heavenly Father?
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9. is continually in subjection to your parents?
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10. subjects yourself to your parents even when you are right, they don’t
understand, and they are wrong?
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11. treats your mother with respect, even when she confronts you publicly?
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12. keeps His sayings in your heart?
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13. is openly increasing in wisdom?
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14. is openly increasing in favor with God and man?
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15. really wants to be like Jesus was when He was young?
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