Luke 2:51 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Chapter two of the gospel of Luke takes us from before the birth of Christ, thru the Christmas story told every year, into childhood and ends in young manhood. That is a long period of time spoken of in just one chapter. It has its lessons along the way. There is much to be learned here. There is also opportunity to overlook a minor point. Or is it so minor? I will allow you to judge that for yourselves. It has to do this last verse as it stands in comparison with an earlier verse which said almost the same thing, almost.

V40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

The thing missing in the ending verse is an increase in grace. We see growth in wisdom, stature and favor, we see no growth in grace. Why is that?

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Because He was the only begotten of the Father, our Father God, He was born grace and truth. He is grace and truth, neither of which are growth issues. Grace and truth are binary conditions, they either exist or they do not. We cannot make them more that what they are in existence.

Growth in wisdom, stature and favor is a result of grace and truth being released. Grace and truth exist in a binary state but released by us only by free will. Being gracious and being truthful is a choice we must make.

I do not call that a minor point.