今日真道圣言/2013年6月7日

威斯敏斯特大要理问答

94问：在人犯罪堕落之后，道德律还有任何功用吗？

答：虽然在人犯罪堕落之后，没有人可以借着遵行道德律而称义得生命；然而，道德律仍有极大的功用，对于全人类都有用处，对未重生者与重生者各自有其特定功用。

Q. 94. Is there any use of the moral law since the fall?

A. Although no man, since the fall, can attain to righteousness and life by the moral law; yet there is great use thereof, as well common to all men, as peculiar either to the unregenerate, or the regenerate.

95问：道德律对于全人类的功用是什么？

答：道德律对全人类的功用是：

（1）使人们知道神的圣洁属性与旨意，以及他们的责任，约束他们要照着遵行；

（2）使人们知道自己没有能力遵守道德律，认清自己的心性与生命已经被罪恶污染；

（3）使他们谦卑承认自己的罪与苦况，因此帮助他们更清楚看见，自己需要基督，需要倚靠基督的完全顺服

Q. 95. Of what use is the moral law to all men?

A. The moral law is of use to all men, to inform them of the holy nature and will of God, and of their duty, binding them to walk accordingly; to convince them of their disability to keep it, and of the sinful pollution of their nature, hearts, and lives: to humble them in the sense of their sin and misery, and thereby help them to a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ, and of the perfection of his obedience.

96问：道德律对未重生者的特别功用是什么？

答：道德律对于未重生者的功用是：唤醒他们的良知，逃避将来的忿怒，促使他们归向基督；如果他们继续活在罪中行走罪路，就使他们无可推诿，因此遭到咒诅。

Q. 96. What particular use is there of the moral law to unregenerate men?

A. The moral law is of use to unregenerate men, to awaken their consciences to flee from the wrath to come, and to drive them to Christ; or, upon the continuance in the estate and way of sin, to leave them inexcusable, and under the curse thereof.

97问：道德律对于已重生者，有何特别功用？

答：对于已经重生，相信基督的人，道德律对他们不再是“行为之约”了，他们不再按照道德律来称义或定罪。然而，道德律除了对于所有人仍有普遍功用之外；对已重生者，道德律有特别的功用：

（1）向他们显示主基督与他们是何等紧密的连结，因为祂为他们的益处，成全了道德律，代替他们承担了咒诅；

（2）借此，促使他们更加感恩；也使他们存感恩之心，更加谨慎来遵行道德律，作为成圣生活的指南。

Q. 97. What special use is there of the moral law to the regenerate?

A. Although they that are regenerate, and believe in Christ, be delivered from the moral law as a covenant of works, so as thereby they are neither justified nor condemned; yet besides the general uses thereof common to them with all men, it is of special use, to show them how much they are bound to Christ for his fulfilling it, and enduring the curse thereof in their stead, and for their good; and thereby to provoke them to more thankfulness, and to express the same in their greater care to conform themselves thereunto as the rule of their obedience.

98问：道德律的总纲是什么？

答：道德律的总纲是十诫，十诫是神在西乃山上亲口颁布的，亲手写在两块石版上，并且记在出埃及记二十章。前四诫包含了我们向神当尽的本分，后六诫是我们向人当尽的本分。

Q. 98. Where is the moral law summarily comprehended? A. The moral law is summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments, which were delivered by the voice of God upon mount Sinai, and written by him in two tables of stone; and are recorded in the twentieth chapter of Exodus; the four first commandments containing our duty to God, and the other six our duty to man.