今日真道聖言/2013年6月9日

威斯敏斯特大要理問答

問103：第一誡命是什麼？

答：第一誡命是：「除了我以外，你不可有別的神」

Q. 103. Which is the first commandment?

A. The first commandment is, Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

問104：第一誡命所要求的責任是哪些？

答：第一誡命所要求的責任是：認識並承認上帝是獨一的真神，是我們的神；因此我們要敬拜與榮耀祂，借著思念默想，記念高舉，尊榮敬拜，選擇歸向，渴慕敬畏祂；相信祂；信靠祂，仰望祂，因祂歡欣，以祂為樂；熱心事奉祂；呼求祂，將一切讚美感謝歸給祂，全人全然順服祂；在每件事上留心討祂喜悅，為任何事得罪祂時而憂傷；並存謙卑的心與祂同行。

Q. 104. What are the duties required in the first commandment?

A. The duties required in the first commandment are, the knowing and acknowledging of God to be the only true God, and our God; and to worship and glorify him accordingly, by thinking, meditating, remembering, highly esteeming, honoring, adoring, choosing, loving, desiring, fearing of him; believing him; trusting, hoping, delighting, rejoicing in him; being zealous for him; calling upon him, giving all praise and thanks, and yielding all obedience and submission to him with the whole man; being careful in all things to please him, and sorrowful when in anything he is offended; and walking humbly with him.

問105：第一誡命中所禁止的罪，是哪些？

答：第一誡命中所禁止的罪是：無神論，否認或不承認有上帝；拜偶像，主張或敬拜多神，或在獨一真神之外的任何假神；不承認或確信祂是上帝，我們的上帝；省略或忽視此誡命中所吩咐祂當得的任何事物；對祂存無知健忘，誤會謬解，不敬虔或邪惡的念頭；大膽好奇的探究祂隱密的旨意；對上帝一切的褻瀆與恨惡；自戀，自私自利，以及所有放肆，放縱我們的心思意志情感在其他事物上，將這些事物全部或部份與祂分離；虛空妄信，不信，異端，迷信，不信靠，絕望，固執任性，對審判無知，硬心，驕傲，僭越，屬肉體的安全感，試探上帝；使用非法手段，倚靠人為方法；貪愛世俗享樂；腐敗，盲目，輕率的熱心；不冷不熱，對於神的事情麻木；遠離上帝，背道變節；向聖徒，天使或其他受造物禱告敬拜；所有交鬼結盟，或聽從其建議；將人們當作我們信心與良心的主宰；藐視輕慢上帝與祂的誡命；敵擋祂的聖靈，讓聖靈擔憂，對祂的安排不滿與不耐煩，因祂加諸我們的患難而視祂為愚昧；將我們所是所有所能作的好事，讚美歸功於運氣，偶像或自己或其他受造物。

Q. 105. What are the sins forbidden in the first commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the first commandment, are, atheism, in denying or not having a God; idolatry, in having or worshiping more gods than one, or any with or instead of the true God; the not having and avouching him for God, and our God; the omission or neglect of anything due to him, required in this commandment; ignorance, forgetfulness, misapprehensions, false opinions, unworthy and wicked thoughts of him; bold and curious searching into his secrets; all profaneness, hatred of God; self-love, self-seeking, and all other inordinate and immoderate setting of our mind, will, or affections upon other things, and taking them off from him in whole or in part; vain credulity, unbelief, heresy, misbelief, distrust, despair, incorrigibleness, and insensibleness under judgments, hardness of heart, pride, presumption, carnal security, tempting of God; using unlawful means, and trusting in lawful means; carnal delights and joys; corrupt, blind, and indiscreet zeal; lukewarmness, and deadness in the things of God; estranging ourselves, and apostatizing from God; praying, or giving any religious worship, to saints, angels, or any other creatures; all compacts and consulting with the devil, and hearkening to his suggestions; making men the lords of our faith and conscience; slighting and despising God and his commands; resisting and grieving of his Spirit, discontent and impatience at his dispensations, charging him foolishly for the evils he inflicts on us; and ascribing the praise of any good we either are, have, or can do, to fortune, idols, ourselves, or any other creature.