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Thursday, April 09, 2026

How God Came to Obey and Suffer [Children's Catechism 47—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children's Catechism question 47—especially explaining how the only One good enough to obey, and big enough to suffer Hell, became capable of obedience and of suffering.

Q47. How could the Son of God suffer? Christ, the Son of God, became man that He might obey and suffer in our nature. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson) Summary of the transcript of the audio: The lesson explains that the Son of God could suffer only by becoming truly human. Drawing on Philippians 2 and Galatians 4, it emphasizes that Christ, though eternally God, took on human nature to live a life of perfect obedience and endure hell on the cross. Thus, Christ’s incarnation was essential not only for obedience but for substitutionary atonement, for the redemption of sinners.

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CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

▫Midweek Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, April 8. 6:30p in the Chapel. (see the Prayer Meeting Folder) We will hear a devotional from Psalm 13 then PRAY until around 8 p.m.

▫Children’s Catechism for April 12. Q47 How could the Son of God suffer? Christ, the Son of God, became man that He might obey and suffer in our nature. [CC 47 Simply Explained: “How God Came to Obey and Suffer”]

▫Shorter Catechism for April 12. Q24. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? Christ executeth the office of a prophet, in revealing to us, by His Word and Spirit, the will of God for our salvation. [WSC 24 Simply Explained: “Our Glorious Prophet”]

▫Memory Verse for April 12, Nahum 2:13, “Behold, I am against you,” says YHWH of hosts, “I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.”

▫Songs for public worship on April 12: TPH87A [mp3], ARP49A [mp3], ARP46 [mp3]

▫Session Meeting, Wednesday, April 22, at 8p.m. in the Pastor’s Study.

▫Monthly Men’s Breakfast, Saturday, April 25, 7a in the Fellowship Hall

▫Diaconate Meeting, Thursday, May 7.

Weekly Schedule: Study, Worship, Fellowship, and Pray with Hopewell!

Each Lord's Day
9:50a - Free full breakfast during…
10a - Sabbath School for all ages
11a - Public Worship (current series: Nahum)
1p - Coffee/Fellowship Time
1p - Catechism Class
1:15p - Shared Food Fellowship (there's always plenty, so come!)
2:50p - Memory Verse Recitations and Song Requests
3:00p - Psalm/hymn Sing
3:45p - Evening Sermon (current series: Song of Songs)

Wednesdays
6:30p in the Chapel - Midweek Prayer Meeting for all ages. We hear a sermon from Proverbs and then join all together in prayer led by men, before splitting into groups and individuals for intercession, thus balancing being led in praying corporately together with giving everyone an opportunity to pray out loud and covering our requests list.

Every Day in Your Home
You are the most important individual on earth in your and your children's spiritual lives!

Scripture teaches us that shepherd-teachers and every other member of the church are given as gifts from Jesus to help us grow up into Him. But there is nothing that anyone else can do that will substitute for daily worship of Him, by those means that He has appointed, through which He works in us by His grace.

The Hopewell at Home daily devotional guide is a weekly publication that comes alongside to facilitate personal and family devotions. Freshly written every week by a pastor who knows those entrusted to his spiritual care (Heb 13:17), it not only enables you to see the meaning of the text by asking simple, inductive questions, but also gives a sample exposition and application for you to use for yourself, as a couple, or as a family.

Other Service, Fellowship, and Worship Opportunities
The ministry of the Gospel at Hopewell focuses especially upon those church activities started and commanded by Christ Himself. While formalized/programmed events can be useful to get us going, our elders encourage us to take the initiative ourselves.

Some examples have included a ladies' book club, sidewalk ministry at Planned Parenthood of Nashville, and a ladies' fellowship tea put on by some of the youngest ladies in the congregation.

What ministries will you be starting, or are you already participating in, that you will use to encourage the rest of the church in walking with the Lord?

Men's Breakfasts
Led by one of our elders, on the 4th Saturday of each month, men ages 1-121 gather for breakfast at 7 a.m. and read and discuss some profoundly helpful Scripture or scriptural book. We’re currently studying Building a Godly Home, v1: A Holy Vision for Family Life by William Gouge—the first volume of a masterfully exposited and applied treatment of Ephesians 5:21–6:9.

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