今日真道圣言/2014年8月20日

小要理问答

13问：我们的始祖持续在他们受造时的状态中吗？

答：我们的始祖因其自由意志，选择犯罪得罪神，就从当初受造的状态中堕落了。

13 Q. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?

A. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

大要理问答

21问：人是不是继续活在当初上帝造人的景况中？

答：我们的先祖，受到撒但的试探，妄用他们自己意志的自由，吃了那禁果而背叛上帝的诫命；因此就从当初他们受造的无罪状态中堕落了。

Q. 21. Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him?

A. Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed the commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit; and thereby fell from the estate of innocency wherein they were created.

22 问：在亚当最初的过犯中，全人类是否都堕落了？

答：因为亚当是全人类的代表，所以，上帝与亚当所立的约，不只是为亚当自己，也是为了从他而出的所有后裔。因此，在亚当最初的过犯中，众人都在他里面与他一同犯罪，一同堕落了。

Q. 22. Did all mankind fall in that first transgression?

A. The covenant being made with Adam as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in that first transgression.

23问：堕落将人类带入何种景况中？

答：堕落将人类带入罪恶与悲惨的景况中。

Q. 23. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?

A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.

威斯敏斯特信条

6.1我们的始祖，因被撒但的诡计与试探所诱惑，就吃了禁果而犯罪。然而上帝愿意按照祂的智慧与圣洁的计划，为了彰显自己的荣耀，就任凭他们犯下此罪。

6.2他们因犯此罪，失落了他们原先之正直，从与上帝相交的地位堕落了，于是死在罪中，并且灵魂和身体的各个部分与一切功能，都被全然玷污了。

6.3始祖既为全人类的根源，此罪咎就归算给他们的后裔，并且罪中之死与败坏本性，就传给了他们按常例生出的所有后代子孙。