加尔文论安息日

Calvin on Sabbath:

But there is no doubt that by the Lord Christ’s coming the ceremonial part of this commandment was abolished. For he himself is the truth, with whose presence all figures vanish; he is the body, at whose appearance the shadows are left behind. He is, I say, the true fulfillment of the Sabbath. “We were buried with him by baptism, we were engrafted into participation in his death, that sharing in his resurrection we may walk in newness of life.” [Rom. 6:4–5 p.]

For this reason the apostle elsewhere writes that the Sabbath [Col. 2:16] was “a shadow of what is to come; but the body belongs to Christ” [Col. 2:17], that is, the very substance of truth, which Paul well explained in that passage. This is not confined within a single day but extends through the whole course of our life, until, completely dead to ourselves, we are filled with the life of God. Christians ought therefore to shun completely the superstitious observance of days.

Calvin, J. (2011). Institutes of the Christian Religion & 2 (J. T. McNeill, Ed.; F. L. Battles, Trans.; Vol. 1, p. 397). Westminster John Knox Press.

《加尔文基督教要义》J. T. McNeill, Ed.; F. L. Battles, Trans 第二卷,第八章,31节。

“但毫无疑问,随着主基督的降临,这条诫命中的礼仪部分已被废除。因为祂自己就是真理,祂的临在使所有的象征消失;祂是实体,祂的显现使一切影子不再存在。我说,祂是真正的安息日的成全者。‘我们借着洗礼与祂同埋葬,我们被接入了祂的死的参与之中,好让我们在祂复活的生命中行走,过新生的生活。’(罗马书6:4-5)

因此,使徒在另一处写道,安息日(歌罗西书2:16)是‘ 後事的影儿;那形体却是基督 ’(歌罗西书2:17),也就是说,真理的实体。保罗在那段经文中很好地解释了这一点。这并不限于某一天,而是贯穿我们整个生命的过程,直到我们完全向自己死去,被神的生命充满。因此,基督徒应当完全避免对日子的迷信性遵守。”

Author: Nelson Lee

我是主耶稣基督的奴仆,是蒙主饶恕的罪人,蒙了极大的主恩。在2007奉主命在新加坡开始恩约教会,在2017开始永约教会。求主悦纳我所献、宽恕我一生、永远爱我。