今日真道聖言/2013年12月20日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

問192: 在第三祈求中，我們所禱告的是甚麼?

答: 在第三祈求「願禰的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上」，我們承認: 按照本性，我們與全人類，不僅是全然無能與不願認識遵行神的旨意，也是傾向於背叛反對祂的聖道、抱怨嘀咕不滿祂的護理、一心趨向遵行肉體與惡者的意思。所以，我們禱告:

(1) 求神借着祂的聖靈，除去我們自己與他人心中的一切盲目、軟弱、憎嫌、悖逆；

(2) 求神借着祂的恩典，使我們能夠且樂意在一切事上，認識、遵行、順從祂的旨意；如同在天上的使者一般，以謙卑、喜樂、信實、勤勉、熱心、真誠、恆定來遵行。

Q. 192. What do we pray for in the third petition?

A. In the third petition (which is, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven), acknowledging that by nature we and all men are not only utterly unable and unwilling to know and to do the will of God, but prone to rebel against his word, to repine and murmur against his providence, and wholly inclined to do the will of the flesh, and of the devil: we pray, that God would by his Spirit take away from ourselves and others all blindness, weakness, indisposedness, and perverseness of heart; and by his grace make us able and willing to know, do, and submit to his will in all things, with the like humility, cheerfulness, faithfulness, diligence, zeal, sincerity, and constancy, as the angels do in heaven.

小要理問答

小要理問答103 在「主禱文」第三祈求，我們禱告什麼？

答：在第三祈求「願禰的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上」中，我們禱告：求神以祂的恩典，使我們能夠在凡事上樂意，認識、遵從、順服祂的旨意，如同天使在天上所行的一樣。