今日真道聖言/2013年12月22日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

問194: 在第五祈求中，我們所禱告的是甚麼?

答: 在第五祈求「免我們的債，如同我們免了人的債」中，我們承認: 我們與所有的人都是有罪的，既有遺傳的罪性、又有實際的罪行，因此我們虧欠了神的公義，成為欠罪債的人；無論我們或任何受造物，一點都不能補償那罪債。所以我們為自己與他人禱告:

(1)求神因祂的白白恩典，借著基督的順服與償清罪債，使我們因著信來領悟與領受，將我們的罪咎與刑罰都免除盡淨，接納我們在祂的愛子裡；

(2)求神繼續施恩賜平安給我們，赦免我們每日的過犯，以平安喜樂充滿我們的心，每日賜給我們越來越多蒙赦免的確據；

(3) 當我們有此見證在我們心中時，求神使我們更加有膽量來祈求、更加有勇氣來期盼: 我們要從心裡饒恕別人的過犯。

Q. 194. What do we pray for in the fifth petition?

A. In the fifth petition (which is, Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors), acknowledging that we and all others are guilty both of original and actual sin, and thereby become debtors to the justice of God; and that neither we, nor any other creature, can make the least satisfaction for that debt: we pray for ourselves and others, that God of his free grace would, through the obedience and satisfaction of Christ, apprehended and applied by faith, acquit us both from the guilt and punishment of sin, accept us in his Beloved; continue his favor and grace to us, pardon our daily failings, and fill us with peace and joy, in giving us daily more and more assurance of forgiveness; which we are the rather emboldened to ask, and encouraged to expect, when we have this testimony in ourselves, that we from the heart forgive others their offenses.

小要理問答

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問：我們在「主禱文」第五祈求中，禱告什麼？

答：我們在第五祈求中：「免我們的債，如同我們免了人的債」，禱告求神為了基督的緣故，白白饒恕我們一切的罪；並且激勵我們如此祈求，因為借著祂的恩典，我們才能從心裡饒恕他人。