第35个主日 第三部分 十诫
第九十六问
Q. What is God’s will for us in the second commandment?
在第二条诫命里神对我们的旨意是什么？
A. That we in no way make any image of God [1] nor worship him in any other way than has been commanded in God’s Word. [2]
我们不可以任何方式制造神的任何形象[1]，也不可以用不是神的话中命定的方式来敬拜祂[2]。
- Deut. 4:15-19; Isa. 40:18-25; Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:22-23
- Lev. 10:1-7; 1 Sam. 15:22-23; John 4:23-24
第九十七问
Q. May we then not make any image at all?
我们是否不能制造任何像？
A. God can not and may not be visibly portrayed in any way. Although creatures may be portrayed, yet God forbids making or having such images if one’s intention is to worship them or to serve God through them. [1]
神不能，也不可能被以任何形式可视化地描绘。 尽管受造之物可以被描绘，如果人的目的是去敬拜这些像，或者通过这些像去敬拜神，那么神禁止制造任何这样的像。[1]
- Ex. 34:13-14, 17; 2 Kings 18:4-5
第九十八问
Q. But may not images be permitted in churches in place of books for the unlearned?
这样的图像也不能被准许放在教堂里代替书本去教导不曾学习的人嘛？
A. No, we should not try to be wiser than God. God wants the Christian community instructed by the living preaching of his Word— [1] not by idols that cannot even talk. [2]
不可，我们不当认为自己比神有智慧。 神愿基督徒的群体因祂活道的宣讲而受教[1]，而不是被不能开口的偶像引导[2]。
- Rom. 10:14-15, 17; 2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:19
- Jer. 10:8; Hab. 2:18-20