第04个主日 第一部分 愁苦
第九问
Q. But doesn’t God do us an injustice by requiring in his law what we are unable to do?
神在祂的律法中要求我们的既然是我们不能行的，这岂不是祂行得不义吗？
A. No, God created human beings with the ability to keep the law.[1]
They, however, provoked by the devil,[2] in willful disobedience,[3] robbed themselves and all their descendants of these gifts.[4]
不，神创造人的时候给了人完全遵行律法的能力。[1]
然而他们被魔鬼诱惑，[2] 在出于自愿的悖逆中，[3] 使得他们和所有他们的后裔都失去了这些恩赐。[4]
- Gen. 1:31; Eph. 4:24
- Gen. 3:13; John 8:44
- Gen. 3:6
- Rom. 5:12, 18, 19
第十问
Q. Does God permit such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?
神放任这样的不顺服和悖逆不受惩治吗？
A. Certainly not.
God is terribly angry with the sin we are born with as well as the sins we personally commit.
As a just judge, God will punish them both now and in eternity, [1] having declared:
“Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.” [2]
绝不。
神极其愤怒于我们生而有的罪，并我们自身犯下的诸罪。 作为一个公义的审判者，神在今生在永恒都施行惩罚，[1] 并宣言说：
凡不常照律法书上所记一切之事去行的，就被咒诅。[2]
1 Ex. 34:7; Ps. 5:4-6; Nah. 1:2; Rom. 1:18; Eph. 5:6; Heb. 9:27 2 Gal. 3:10; Deut. 27:26
第十一问
Q. But isn’t God also merciful?
神岂不也是有恩慈的吗？
A. God is certainly merciful, [1] but also just. [2] God’s justice demands that sin, committed against his supreme majesty, be punished with the supreme penalty - eternal punishment of body and soul. [3]
神确乎是有恩慈的，但也是公义的。[2]神的公义要求那些干犯至高之神的罪都要加以最高的报应，就是身体和灵魂所受的永远刑罚。[3]
- Ex. 34:6-7; Ps. 103:8-9
- Ex. 34:7; Deut. 7:9-11; Ps. 5:4-6; Heb. 10:30-31
- Matt. 25:35-46