Welcome to Hopewell!: Learning What to Obey and How [Westminster Shorter Catechism 39

Monday, July 01, 2024

Learning What to Obey and How [Westminster Shorter Catechism 39—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Westminster Shorter Catechism question 39—especially explaining how our duty includes not only obedience to God’s law but attendance upon Him in the means of His grace in order to keep His law.

Q39. What is the duty which God requireth of man? The duty which God requireth of man is obedience to His revealed will.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, October 2. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a sermon from Proverbs 3:19–35 then PRAY until around 8:15 p.m.

▫Children’s Catechism for October 6. Q113 What do we pray for in the second petition? That the gospel may be preached in all the world, and believed and obeyed by us and all men [CC 113 Simply Explained: “How the Kingdom Comes”]

▫Shorter Catechism for October 6. Q52 What are the reasons annexed to the second commandment? The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God’s sovereignty over us, His propriety in us, and the zeal He hath to His own worship. [WSC 52 Simply Explained: “Loving God—His Way” and “The Reasons Annexed to the Second Commandment”]

▫Memory Verse for October 6, Matthew 12:6–8, “Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

▫Session Meeting, Thursday, October 10, at 6p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

▫HCCFS School Campout, Friday–Saturday, October 18–19. All are welcome to a (big!) campfire dinner, fellowship, a (big!) extended-family worship, to stay the night (as desired), and to have breakfast and worship again in the morning. The Johnstons are co-hosting this with the school and will have more information.

▫Monthly Men’s (and future men) Breakfast, Saturday, October 26, 7a in the Fellowship Hall (Read chapter 11 of A Holy Vision for Family Life by William Gouge).