七十六、读经
156问:是不是所有的人都要读经?
答:尽管并不是所有的人都可以公开向会众读经(申31:9,11-13。尼8:2-3;9:3-5),但各种人都应阅读圣经(申17:19;启1:3;约5:39;赛34:16),既要自己阅读,也当与自己的家人一起阅读(申6:6-9;创18:17,19;诗78:5-7);为了达成这一目的,要把圣经从原文翻译成各民族通用的语言(林前14:6,9,11-12,15-16,24,27-28)。
Q. 156. Is the Word of God to be read by all?
A. Although all are not to be permitted to read the word publicly to the congregation, yet all sorts of people are bound to read it apart by themselves, and with their families: to which end, the holy Scriptures are to be translated out of the original into vulgar languages.
157问:应当如何读经?
答::应当:
- 以高度的敬畏之心读经(诗19:10;尼8:3-10;出24:7;代下34:27;赛66:2);
- 确信圣经就是上帝的话(彼前1:19-21),而且惟独上帝能使我们明白圣经(路24:45;林后3:13-16);
- 愿意认识、相信、顺服上帝显明在圣经中的旨意(申17:19-20);
- 殷勤查考(徒17:11),留意圣经的内容和范围(徒8:30,34;路10:26-28);
- 并用默想(诗1:2;119:97)、应用(代下34:21)、舍己(箴3:5;申33:3)、祷告(箴2:1-6;诗119:18;尼8:6,8)之法读经。
Q. 157. How is the Word of God to be read?
A. The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God, and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial, and prayer.
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