8.3  主耶稣，在祂这样与神性联合的人性中，分别为圣，无限量地受圣灵的恩膏1；在祂里面有着智慧和知识的一切珍宝2，父按祂自己的美意，叫一切的丰盛都居住在祂里面3；好叫祂既是圣洁，无邪恶，无玷污，满有恩典和真理4，便可全备地执行中保和担保者的职分5。这职分不是祂自己取来的，乃是蒙父所召6，父将一切权柄和审判的权利都交在祂手里，并且授权祂去执行7。

1 诗45:7;  约3:34; 2 西2:3;  3 西1:19;  4 来7:26; 约1:14;  5 徒0:38; 来12:28; 7:22;   来5:4–5;  7 约5:22, 27; 太28:18; 徒2:36.

8.3  The Lord Jesus, in His human nature thus united to the divine, was sanctified, and anointed with the Holy Spirit, above measure,1 having in Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;2 in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell;3 to the end that, being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and truth,4 He might be thoroughly furnished to execute the office of a Mediator and Surety.5 Which office He took not unto Himself, but was thereunto called by His Father,6 who put all power and judgment into His hand, and gave Him commandment to execute the same.7

1 Ps 45:7; Jn 3:34; 2 Col. 2:3;  3 Col. 1:19;  4 Heb 7:26; Jn 1:14;  5 Acts 10:38; Heb 12:28; 7:22;  6 Heb 5:4–5;  7 Jn 5:22, 27; Mt 28:18; Acts 2:36.

这一节就是关于耶稣如何被预备去作为上帝与人之间的中保这极大之工。祂不只如前一节所说是完全的神、完全的人，而且也是（被特派为）圣洁的，被圣灵油膏、充满。这在祂的洗礼发生，就正是祂正式开始弥赛亚、基督之工之前。马太福音3:16-17记：“耶稣受了洗，随即从水里上来。天忽然为他开了，他就看见神的灵彷佛鸽子降下，落在他身上。从天上有声音说：这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。”

This section has to do with the equipping of Jesus for His great work of mediating between God and man. Not only is He fully divine and fully human, as we saw in the previous section, but He was also sanctified (or set apart), anointed and filled with the Holy Spirit. This occurred at His baptism just before He officially began His work as the Messiah or Christ. Matthew 3:16-17 says, “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

当我们读到福音记载，见到基督的极大权威与智慧在各种场合各种方式的表现，我们通常只想到基督是神圣这个事实。例如：当我们在马太福音7：28-29读到“耶稣讲完了这些话，众人都希奇他的教训；因为他教训他们，正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士”，我们直接归此于祂神圣的权威与智慧。但是，要更确切地了解基督的独特性，我们就得认识到祂无限量地被给予圣灵（约3：34；诗45：7）。换言之，基督是因为有了圣灵的授权与充使，才能做出这些事情。若司提反可说是个圣灵充满的人（徒6：5），能说出众人敌挡不住的话（徒6：10），那么无限量地充满圣灵的主耶稣不是更为如此呢？

Quite often when we read the gospel accounts and see the great power and wisdom of Christ displayed on various occasions and in various ways, we tend to think only of the fact that Christ was divine. For example, when we read that “the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (Matt. 7:28-29) we attribute that directly to His divine authority and wisdom. However, a better way to understand the uniqueness of Christ in these passages is to see that He was given the Spirit without measure (John 3:34, Psa. 45:7). In other words, Christ was able to do these things because He was empowered and enabled by the Spirit to do them. If Stephen could be described as a man who was full of the Holy Spirit (Acts 6:5) and who was able to speak words which his opponents could not resist (Acts 6:10), then how much more so the Lord Jesus, who had the Spirit without measure.     

确实，圣灵被赐给祂，以便祂可全备地执行中保和担保者的职分。使徒彼得在给哥尼流传讲基督时，如此描述祂说：“神怎样以圣灵和能力膏拿撒勒人耶稣，这都是你们知道的。他周流四方，行善事，医好凡被魔鬼压制的人，因为神与他同在。”（徒10:38）

Indeed, He was given the Spirit so that He might be thoroughly furnished or equipped to execute the office of Mediator and Surety. The Apostle Peter, in preaching Christ to Cornelius, said this about Him, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.” (Acts 10:38)

因此让我们从这一节带走两个主要观念：

第一，让我们惊叹于基督极大的耻辱。作为神体中的第二位格，祂既是上帝又是人，却谦卑自己，还得依靠圣灵的帮助完成祂的工作。

第二，让我们设想，若基督在实现世上的任务之前需要先被圣灵充满，我们不是在生活中更需要圣灵吗？

Let us take away two thoughts from this section:

First, let us marvel at the great humiliation of Christ. He, who was the second person of the Godhead, so humbled Himself that as the God-man, He had to rely on the Holy Spirit’s help in order to accomplish His work.

Second, let us consider that if Christ needed to be filled with the Spirit in order to fulfil His tasks on this earth, then how much more do we need the Spirit in our lives!

原文作者： 林集章 、蔡林斯 、欧阳效正
中文譯者： 何恩杰，刘行
來源： Westminster Confession of Faith — With Brief Pastoral Comments  

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