今日真道聖言/2013年6月7日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

94問：在人犯罪墮落之後，道德律還有任何功用嗎？

答：雖然在人犯罪墮落之後，沒有人可以借着遵行道德律而稱義得生命；然而，道德律仍有極大的功用，對於全人類都有用處，對未重生者與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問：道德律對於全人類的功用是什麼？

答：道德律對全人類的功用是：

（1）使人們知道神的聖潔屬性與旨意，以及他們的責任，約束他們要照着遵行；

（2）使人們知道自己沒有能力遵守道德律，認清自己的心性與生命已經被罪惡污染；

（3）使他們謙卑承認自己的罪與苦況，因此幫助他們更清楚看見，自己需要基督，需要倚靠基督的完全順服

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問：道德律對未重生者的特別功用是什麼？

答：道德律對於未重生者的功用是：喚醒他們的良知，逃避將來的忿怒，促使他們歸向基督；如果他們繼續活在罪中行走罪路，就使他們無可推諉，因此遭到咒詛。

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問：道德律對於已重生者，有何特別功用？

答：對於已經重生，相信基督的人，道德律對他們不再是「行為之約」了，他們不再按照道德律來稱義或定罪。然而，道德律除了對於所有人仍有普遍功用之外；對已重生者，道德律有特別的功用：

（1）向他們顯示主基督與他們是何等緊密的連結，因為祂為他們的益處，成全了道德律，代替他們承擔了咒詛；

（2）藉此，促使他們更加感恩；也使他們存感恩之心，更加謹慎來遵行道德律，作為成聖生活的指南。

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問：道德律的總綱是什麼？

答：道德律的總綱是十誡，十誡是神在西乃山上親口頒佈的，親手寫在兩塊石版上，並且記在出埃及記二十章。前四誡包含了我們向神當盡的本分，後六誡是我們向人當盡的本分。

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.