By Elimu Assistant Team 
Lessons Christians learn from the incident when Jesus was dedicated
- Christians should be righteous before God to experience Him in their lives.
- Christians should thank God for blessing them.
- Christians should trust/have faith in God.
- Christians should reach out to all people/ preaching salvation to people.
- Christians should show compassion to the needy in the society.
- Christians should be devoted to their worship of God regardless of the challenges they face.
- Christians should dedicate their children to God / fulfill the church’s obligations.
Describe events that took place on the day Jesus was dedicated
- The offering of prayers of thanksgiving and blessing the child.
- The parents offered two young pigeons.
- Simon gave prophecies about Jesus’ ministry.
- Prophetess Anna gave thanks for the coming of the Messiah.
- Anna prophesied about the redemption that the Messiah would bring.
- Jesus was named.
- He was circumcised.
- He was dedicated to the Lord according to Jewish laws
