今日真道圣言/2013年12月15日

威斯敏斯特大要理问答

问180：奉基督的名祷告是什么意思？

答：奉基督的名祷告，是：

（1）顺从祂的命令，信靠祂的应许，为了祂的缘故祈求怜悯；

（2）并非仅是提及祂的名字，乃是依靠基督与祂的中保职分，吸引我们鼓励我们来祷告，使得我们在祷告中得着勇气，力量，盼望，知道必蒙垂听。

Q. 180. What is it to pray in the name of Christ?

A. To pray in the name of Christ is, in obedience to his command, and in confidence on his promises, to ask mercy for his sake; not by bare mentioning of his name, but by drawing our encouragement to pray, and our boldness, strength, and hope of acceptance in prayer, from Christ and his mediation.

问181：为何我们要奉基督的名祷告？

答：我们是罪人，且因罪的结果使我们与神疏离，情况是如此的严重，因此我们若没有中保，是不能来到神面前；除了基督以外，在天上或地上没有任何一位被指定，也没有任何一位适合，来担任如此荣耀的中保工作。因此，我们唯独奉基督的名祷告，不可奉其他任何的名字。

Q. 181. Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?

A. The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator; and there being none in heaven or earth appointed to, or fit for, that glorious work but Christ alone, we are to pray in no other name but his only.

问182: 圣灵如何帮助我们祷告?

答: 我们本不晓得当怎样祷告，我们的软弱有圣灵帮助，

(1) 圣灵使我们能够知道: 为谁与为何祷告，以及如何祷告；

(2) 祂在我们心里运行，苏醒我们的心 (虽然苏醒的情况，并非所有人都一样，也不是所有时候都相同)，使我们得着尽此祷告本分所必须有的悟性、情感、以及各样恩惠，使我们能正确的祷告。

Q. 182. How doth the Spirit help us to pray?

A. We not knowing what to pray for as we ought, the Spirit helpeth our infirmities, by enabling us to understand both for whom, and what, and how prayer is to be made; and by working and quickening in our hearts (although not in all persons, nor at all times, in the same measure) those apprehensions, affections, and graces which are requisite for the right performance of that duty.

小要理问答

小要理问答88 基督藉哪些外在的媒介，将救赎恩福传达给我们？

答：基督藉以将救赎恩福传达给我们的外在与通常媒介，是祂的赐恩之道，特别是圣道，圣礼，祷告；这些都有效的实施在选民身上，使他们得救。

小要理问答89 圣道怎样产生果效，使人得救？

答：神的灵借着阅读圣道，特别是传讲圣道，作为有效的媒介，使罪人认罪回转，并且在圣洁与安慰中建立他们，使他们借着相信以致得救。

小要理问答90 圣道必须如何阅读与聆听，才会产生果效使人得救？

答：为了要使圣道产生得救的果效，我们必须以殷勤，预备，祷告的心来学习；以信心与爱心来领受它，存记在我们心中，实行在我们生命中