今日真道聖言/2013年12月23日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

問195: 在第六祈求中，我們所禱告的是甚麼?

答: 在第六祈求「不叫我們遇見試探，救我們脫離兇惡」中，我們承認:

(1) 至為智慧、公義、恩慈的上帝，為了達到各種聖潔公義的目的， 掌管事情的發生，以致容許我們被試探攻擊、包圍、有時陷入其中被擄；

(2) 撒但、世界、肉體常常大力牽引我們走偏，使我們陷入網羅；

(3) 我們即使在自己的罪得赦免之後，也會因著自己的敗壞、軟弱、疏於儆醒，不僅是容易屈服試探、傾向暴露自己於試探之下，也是無能且不願抵擋試探、脫離試探、革除試探；我們是罪有應得，配得被試探轄制的下場。

所以，我們禱告:

(1) 求神制勝世界和其中的一切、制伏肉體、遏止撒但，命定萬事萬物、賞賜並賜福一切施恩的媒介、甦醒我們注意使用它們，以致我們與所有屬祂的子民，借著祂的護理，蒙保守不受試探而犯罪；

(2) 如果遭遇試探，則求神借著祂的聖靈，以大能支持我們，使我們在受試探時能站立得住；

(3) 當我們跌倒時，求神使我們再站起來，脫離試探，並且學到成聖的功課，靈命改進；

(4) 求神使我們的成聖與得救，至終得已完全，撒但被踹在我們腳下，我們全然從罪、試探、一切邪惡中得釋放，直到永遠。

Q. 195. What do we pray for in the sixth petition?

A. In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil), acknowledging that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations; that Satan, the world, and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us; and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption, weakness, and want of watchfulness, are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations, but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them; and worthy to be left under the power of them; we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it, subdue the flesh, and restrain Satan, order all things, bestow and bless all means of grace, and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his providence be kept from being tempted to sin; or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation; or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it, and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof: that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected, Satan trodden under our feet, and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever.

小要理問答

小要理問答106 我們在「主禱文」第六祈求中，禱告什麼？

答：我們在第六祈求中：「不叫我們遇見試探，救我們脫離兇惡」，禱告求神保守我們不受試探以致犯罪，或當我們受試探時， 扶助並拯救我們。