坐在寶座上的羔羊

最新 09-29

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我們存在的主要目的就是「榮耀神，並永遠以祂為樂」。榮耀神包括我們能享受我們得救的喜樂，意思是說，神在基督里為我們所作的一切，是我們生活和感謝的基礎。

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坐在寶座上的羔羊

The Lamb On The Throne

「但願頌讚、尊貴、榮耀、權勢都歸給坐寶座的和羔羊，直到永永遠遠！」 - 啟 5:13

"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!" — Revelation 5:13

靈修

我們被造為的是要讚美神。基督教改革宗傳統宣稱，我們存在的主要目的就是「榮耀神，並永遠以祂為樂」 (威斯敏斯德小要理問答)。榮耀神包括我們能享受我們得救的喜樂，意思是說，神在基督里為我們所作的一切，是我們生活和感謝的基礎。

We were made to praise God. As the Reformed tradition confesses, our chief purpose is 「to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever」 (Westminster Shorter Catechism). To glorify God means to enter into the joy of our salvation. It means that all that God has done for us in Christ directs our living and thanksgiving.

啟示錄第5章指出，從被殺的羔羊傾流出來的恩典，是我們讚美的中心。一首古舊的聖詩說得好：「全能真神，萬福源頭，懇求使我常歌頌；恩澤無窮，不息涌流，應當頌讚主恩寵。」正如樂器需要被調音，我們的心也需要適當的調較好來歌頌神。

Revelation 5 shows that the grace poured out on us by the Lamb, who was slain, is at the center of our praise. An old hymn says it well: 「Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.」 Just as an instrument needs to be rightly tuned, so do our hearts.

我們往往很想標榜我們自己的成就，然而聖經清楚說明，我們得到的福氣，並不是我們配得的。我們的責任，是要稱頌那位以祂的話創造我們，又藉著無罪和尊貴的羔羊耶穌基督的犧牲、來拯救我們脫離罪和死亡權勢的神。

It』s so tempting to want praise directed at our own accomplishments. But the Bible is clear that we are unworthy of the blessings we receive. We』re called to declare the praise of the God who spoke us into being and rescued us from the power of sin and death by the self-sacrifice of the worthy Lamb, Jesus Christ, who had no sin.

我們在世上所有的專長，就是我們一切的成就和我們對神和平國度的貢獻，都是源自神救贖的恩典，因此，我們應當向在寶座上的羔羊獻上感謝，祂的恩典完全遮蓋我們的罪和羞辱，祂的恩典將來也會領我們歸家。今天，你有沒有好好調較你的心去感謝神呢？

All else that we do well in life—all we accomplish and all we contribute to God』s kingdom of peace—flows from God』s saving grace. So in gratitude we raise our thanks to the Lamb on the throne. His grace covers all our sins and shame, and his grace will lead us home. Is your heart tuned for gratitude today?

禱告

慈愛的神，求禰幫助我們調較我們的心，使我們常常歌頌禰的厚恩。奉耶穌的名祈求，阿們。

Prayer

Gracious God, tune my heart to sing your grace. In Jesus』 name, Amen.