今日真道聖言/2014年9月13日

小要理問答

19問：人墮落至悲慘狀態中，其悲慘是什麼？

答：全人類由於墮落，喪失了與神的交通，落在祂的震怒與咒詛之下，所以，應受今生的一切愁苦、死亡、地獄永遠的痛苦。

19 Q. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?

A. All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all miseries in this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell for ever.

大要理問答

27問：墮落使人類陷入何種悲慘景況中？

答：墮落使人類招致神的不悅與咒詛，失去與神的交通團契；所以，我們生來就成為可怒之子，是撒但的奴僕，應當受今生與來世的各種刑罰。

Q. 27. What misery did the fall bring upon mankind?

A. The fall brought upon mankind the loss of communion with God, his displeasure and curse; so as we are by nature children of wrath, bond slaves to Satan, and justly liable to all punishments in this world, and that which is to come.

28問：我們的罪，在今世所遭的刑罰有哪些？

答：我們的罪在今世所遭的刑罰有：

（一）內在方面，例如心地昏昧，心存邪僻，生發錯誤，心裡剛硬，良心恐懼，羞恥的情慾；

（二）外在方面，例如受造之物因我們緣故遭到神的咒詛；各樣邪惡臨到我們的身體，名譽，財產，關係，職業；以及死亡。

Q. 28. What are the punishments of sin in this world?

A. The punishments of sin in this world are either inward, as blindness of mind, a reprobate sense, strong delusions, hardness of heart, horror of conscience, and vile affections; or outward, as the curse of God upon the creatures for our sakes, and all other evils that befall us in our bodies, names, estates, relations, and employments; together with death itself.

29 問：在來世，我們因罪所遭的刑罰是什麼？

答：在來世，我們因罪所遭的刑罰是：

（一）與神好得無比的同在，永遠隔絕；

（二）靈魂身體在地獄永火中，遭受最悲慘且無止息的痛苦，直到永遠。

Q. 29. What are the punishments of sin in the world to come?

A. The punishments of sin in the world to come, are everlasting separation from the comfortable presence of God, and most grievous torments in soul and body, without intermission, in hell-fire forever.

''威斯敏斯特信條

6.4由於這與生聚來的敗壞，我們對一切的良善全無意願、毫無能力、全然反對，並且完全傾向所有邪惡；我們從這敗壞罪性中，衍生出本身所行的所有過犯。

6.5在今生，此敗壞罪性仍存留在已蒙重生之人裡面。雖然此敗壞罪性，借著基督得赦免且被治死，但是此罪性與其所生發的一切活動，實在真是罪惡。

6.6每一個罪 (不論是原罪或本罪) 都是違犯上帝公義的律法，也是悖逆上帝的律法；因此，每一個罪按照其性質，招致罪究歸在罪人身上。罪人因此緣故必定遭受上帝的忿怒與律法的咒詛，結果服在死權之下，遭受一切靈命的、今生的、永遠的愁苦。