8.4 主耶稣完全甘心乐意地担任这一职分1；为要执行这一职分，祂就生在律法之下2，并完美地成全了律法3；灵魂遭受至极的伤痛4，身体遭受至极的苦楚5，被钉死在十字架上6；被埋葬，处于死亡的权势之下，但未见朽坏7。第三天，祂从死里复活8，带着原来受苦难的身体9，也带着这身体升到天上，坐在祂父的右边10，为我们代求11，并在世界的末了还要再来审判世人和天使12。

 

 

 

8.4  This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake;1 which that He might discharge, He was made under the law,2 and did perfectly fulfill it;3 endured most grievous torments immediately in His soul,4 and most painful sufferings in His body;5 was crucified, and died,6 was buried, and remained under the power of death, yet saw no corruption.7 On the third day He arose from the dead,8 with the same body in which He suffered,9 with which also he ascended into heaven, and there sitteth at the right hand of His Father,10 making intercession,11 and shall return, to judge men and angels, at the end of the world.12

 

1 Ps 40:7–8; Heb 10:5–10; Jn 10:18; Phil. 2:8; 2 Gal 4:4;  3 Mt 3:15; 5:17;  4 Mt 26:37–38; Lk 22:44; Mt 27:46;  5 Mt 26; 27;  6 Phil 2:8; 7 Acts 2:23–24, 27; 13:37; Rom 6:9;  8 1 Cor 15:3–5;  9 Jn 20:25, 27;  10 Mk 16:19;  11 Rom 8:34; Heb 9:24; 7:25;  12 Rom 14:9–10; Acts 1:11; 10:42; Mt 13:40–42; Jude 6; 2 Pet 2:4.

在第一节中，我们了解到上帝照祂永恒的旨意，选定祂的独生子主耶稣作上帝与人之间的中保。接下来，在第三节中，我们知道基督并非自取中保的职分，而是圣父所召。这些描述可能给读者一个印象，即耶稣在救赎之工中是一位不情愿的职位。然而，这与真理相差很远，而在这一节中，我们明确地被告知祂完全甘心乐意地担任这一职分。在约翰福音10:18，耶稣告诉祂的使徒: “没有人夺我的命去，是我自己舍的。” 另外在约翰福音15:13，祂说道: “人为朋友舍命，人的爱心没有比这个大的。”耶稣所做之工是甘心乐意的，出自于对祂的人民的爱。但祂具体做了什么？这一章节剩下的部分将告诉我们。

 

In section 1, we saw that God, from all eternity, chose and ordained His only begotten Son to be the mediator between God and man. Then in section 3, we learned that Christ did not appoint Himself to this office but was called to it by His Father. These statements might give the reader the impression that Jesus was somehow an unwilling party in the work of redemption. This, however, is far from the truth, and in this section, we are told in no uncertain terms that He most willingly undertook this office. In John 10:18, Jesus told His disciples, “No man taketh it (i.e. His life) from me, but I lay it down of myself.” And again in John 15:13, He said, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Jesus did what He did willingly and out of love for His people. But what did He actually do? The rest of this section tells us.

第一，祂生在律法之下，并完美地成全了律法。自从祂被生在一个马槽里，到祂站在约旦河被受洗，直到祂在十字架上说道：”成了”，基督完美地遵守了律法，从未有任何触犯。

First, He was born under the law and He perfectly fulfilled it. From the time He was laid in a manger till the time He stood in the Jordan to be baptised till the moment He cried out from the cross “It is finished”, Christ perfectly obeyed the law and never once violated it.

第二，祂的灵魂忍受了最惨重的折磨，祂的身体承受了最痛苦的伤痛，尤其当祂被钉在十字架上时。通常我们倾向于注重基督肉体或物质上所受的苦。然而，我们的信条提醒我们基督的受难不仅是物质上的，也是属灵的。

 

Second, He endured most grievous torments in His soul and most painful sufferings in His body, especially when He hung on the cross. More often than not, people tend to focus only on the physical or bodily sufferings of Christ. However, our confession reminds us that the agony which Christ endured went beyond the physical realm and into the spiritual realm.

第三，祂是给予生命的，却死亡并被埋葬，并一度处于死亡的权势之下; 然而祂的身体未见朽坏。

Third, He, who was the Giver of life, died, was buried and remained under the dreadful dominion of death for a time; although His body did not experience decay.

第四，祂在第三天从死里复活，带着原来受苦难的身体，然后也带着这身体升到天上，坐在祂父的右边，为祂的人民代求。

Fourth, He rose from the dead on the third day with the same body in which He had suffered, and then, in that body, ascended into heaven, where He sits at the right hand of His Father and makes intercession for His people.

最后，祂将会在世界的末了的一天回到世上，审判世人和天使。

Finally, He shall someday return to this earth to judge both men and angels at the end of the world.      

于此同时，我们应当为那一天做准备，不断仰望祂，因为祂非常爱我们，并甘心乐意地为我们担任中保这一职分。

In the meantime, we should prepare ourselves for that day by constantly looking to Him, who loved us dearly and most willingly undertook the office of mediator on our behalf.  

 

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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