Catechism for Young Children · Question 47 of 145
How could the Son of God suffer?
A.Christ, the Son of God, became man that he might obey and suffer in our nature.
What does this answer mean?
Christ, the Son of God, became man so that he might obey and suffer in our nature. God, as God, does not have a body to suffer in. The Son took a human nature so that he could obey as a man and suffer as a man for his people.
What can we ask our children?
- How could the Son of God suffer?
- Why did Jesus become a man?
- What do we remember at Christmas?
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Text: Catechism for Young Children: Being an Introduction to the Shorter Catechism, Presbyterian Board of Publication (copyright entered 1840). Public domain (1840).
Checked against a second edition on November 15, 2026. Explanation and questions by Household Theology Press. Last updated November 15, 2026.