第44个主日 第三部分 十诫
第一百十三问
Q. What is the aim of the tenth commandment?
第十条诫命的目的是什么？
A. That not even the slightest desire or thought contrary to any one of God’s commandments should ever arise in our hearts.
Rather, with all our hearts we should always hate sin and take pleasure in whatever is right. [1]
任何一个违背神的任何一个命令的微小的欲望和思想都不当在我们心中兴起。
确切地说，我们要以全心时常恨恶罪，并以义为乐。[1]
- Ps. 19:7-14; 139:23-24; Rom. 7:7-8
第一百十四问
Q. But can those converted to God obey these commandments perfectly?
那些悔改归向神的人能完全遵守这些诫命吗？
A. No. In this life even the holiest have only a small beginning of this obedience.[1] Nevertheless, with all seriousness of purpose, they do begin to live according to all, not only some, of God’s commandments.[2]
不能。在人世中，即使是最圣洁的人也只是在此顺服上达成了微小的开端[1]。 尽管如此，他们也是以最严肃的定意，开始完全照着神的诫命生活，而非仅仅部分[2]。
- Eccles. 7:20; Rom. 7:14-15; 1 Cor. 13:9; 1 John 1:8-10
- Ps. 1:1-2; Rom. 7:22-25; Phil. 3:12-16
第一百十五问
Q. Since no one in this life can obey the Ten Commandments perfectly, why does God want them preached so pointedly?
既然无人能在今生完全遵守这十诫，为何神要我们强调宣讲呢？
A. First, so that the longer we live the more we may come to know our sinfulness and the more eagerly look to Christ for forgiveness of sins and righteousness. [1]
Second, so that we may never stop striving, and never stop praying to God for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to be renewed more and more after God’s image, until after this life we reach our goal: perfection. [2]
首先，我们活得越久，就越认识自己的罪恶，并越是想要仰望基督以求罪的赦免和义[1]。
其次，我们不会停止努力，也不停止向神祷告以求圣灵的恩惠，好得着更新来越发像神的形象， 直到经过此生我们达到我们的目标：完全[2]。
- Ps. 32:5; Rom. 3:19-26; 7:7, 24-25; 1 John 1:9
- 1 Cor. 9:24; Phil. 3:12-14; 1 John 3:1-3