I Must Be About My Father’s Business

General Idea of the Lecture

The lecture revolves around the first recorded statement of Christ in the Gospel: “I must be about My Father’s business,” which represents an early declaration of His divine identity and the foundation of His life and ministry during the Incarnation.

Theological Dimension

This statement reveals Christ’s proclamation of His heavenly Father, distinguishing between divine fatherhood and adoptive fatherhood. It affirms His divinity and His unity with the Father in essence and will.

Spiritual and Educational Dimension

The phrase presents a complete way of life. Christ lived entirely according to the Father’s will—in teaching, love, service, proclaiming the Kingdom of God, redemption, and glorifying the Father on earth.

The Kingdom of God

Christ’s mission focused on restoring the Kingdom to the Father, spreading God’s Kingdom in human hearts, calling people to repentance, faith, and reconciliation with God so that God may reign over all humanity.

Practical Application for Believers

Every believer is called to dedicate their life to God, placing Him above family, wealth, glory, or self, and striving to spread God’s Kingdom and glorify His Name through word and deed.

Glorifying God

Christ teaches that glorifying God is achieved through obedience, repentance, thanksgiving, praise, purity of conduct, attributing all power and goodness to God alone, and rejecting self-glorification.

Concluding Message

“I must be about My Father’s business” is not merely a phrase, but a continuous call for every person to live for God, submit to His will, and make their life a testimony to God’s glory in the world.

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