第08个主日 第二部分 释放
第二十四问
Q. How are these articles divided?
这些条文如何划分?
A. Into three parts:
God the Father and our creation; God the Son and our deliverance; and God the Holy Spirit and our sanctification.
划分成三部分:
- 神,圣父,以及我们的受造;
- 神,圣子,以及我们的释放;
- 神,圣灵,以及我们的成圣。
第二十五问
Q. Since there is only one divine being, [1] why do you speak of three: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
既然只有一位神[1],为何说有三位,父子圣灵?
A. Because that is how God has revealed himself in his Word: [2] these three distinct persons are one, true, eternal God.
因为这是神在祂话中启示祂自己的:[2] 有三个位格,乃独一、真是而永存的神。
- Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4, 6
- Matt. 3:16-17; 28:18-19; Luke 4:18 (Isa. 61:1); John 14:26; 15:26; 2 Cor. 13:14; Gal. 4:6; Tit. 3:5-6