八十五、当奉谁的名祷告
180问:“奉基督的名祷告”是什么意思？
答：
答:“奉基督的名祷告”就是:
- 为了顺服祂的吩咐，因为确信祂的应许，就为基督的缘故请求怜悯（约14:13-14；16:
24；24；但9:17）17）； - 不是空空地提及祂的名字（太7:
21）21），而是从基督和祂中保的职分，得鼓励去祷告，并在祷告时，从中得勇气，得力量，得祷告蒙悦纳的盼望（来4:14-16；16；约壹5:13-15）15）。
Q.Question 180.180: What is it to pray in the name of Christ?
Answer:
A. To pray in the name of Christ is, in obedience to his command, and in confidence on his promises, to ask mercy for his sake; not by bare mentioning of his name, but by drawing our encouragement to pray, and our boldness, strength, and hope of acceptance in prayer, from Christ and his mediation.
181问：为什么我们要奉基督的名祷告？
答：
- 因为人的罪性，以及因此而导致的与上帝的疏离，是如此之大，不借助一位中保，我们就无法来到上帝的面前（约14:
6；6；赛59:2；2；弗3:12）12）； - 这一荣耀的工作，除了基督之外，天上地下无人担任，无人适合（约6:
27；27；来7:25-27；27；提前2:5）5），所以我们不可奉任何人的名字祷告，而是惟独奉祂的名祷告（西3:17；17；来13:15）15）。
Q.Question 181.181: Why are we to pray in the name of Christ?
Answer:
A. The sinfulness of man, and his distance from God by reason thereof, being so great, as that we can have no access into his presence without a mediator; and there being none in heaven or earth appointed to, or fit for, that glorious work but Christ alone, we are to pray in no other name but his only.