《比利时信条》第二十一条 论我们的大祭司基督的救赎

《比利时信条》第二十一条 论我们的大祭司基督的救赎

　　我们相信，耶稣基督按神所起的誓，照着麦基洗德的等次被立为永远的大祭司1。正如众先知所预言的2，祂代替我们，甘愿被挂在十架上，在父神面前献上自己，藉着祂完全的救赎，平息了神的忿怒3，祂流出的宝血洁净了我们的罪4。因为经上记着说，祂为我们的过犯受害，为我们的罪孽压伤。因祂受的刑罚，我们得平安；因祂受的鞭伤，我们得医治5。祂如羊羔被牵到宰杀之地。祂也被列在罪犯之中6，虽然彼拉多早先声明祂是无辜的，但祂仍被本丢·彼拉多定为有罪7。祂没有抢夺，却要去偿还（诗69:4）。祂的死是以义代替我们的不义8。祂身体和灵魂受苦，是因我们的罪而受到可怕的刑罚。祂汗珠如大血点，滴在地上。最后，祂大声喊着说：“我的神，我的神，你为什么离弃我？”。祂所忍受的这一切，为的是我们罪得赦免9。

　　因此，我们应当用保罗的话说：“我们不知道别的，只知道耶稣基督并他钉十字架”。 我们“也将万事当作有损的，因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝” （腓3:8）。因祂所受的鞭伤，我们便得了安慰，藉着基督一次献上为祭，信徒就永远得以完全10，并不需要去寻求或发明与神和好的其他途径。这也就是为什么天使称祂为耶稣，即救赎主的缘故，因祂要将祂的百姓从他们的罪里拯救出来11。

　　 1.诗 110:4; 来 7:15-17.
　　 2.路24:25-27; 罗3:21; 林前15:3.
　　 3.罗4:25; 罗5:8-9; 罗8:32; 加3:13; 西2:14; 来 2:9, 17; 来 9:11-15.
　　 4.徒2:23; 腓2:8; 提前1:15; 来 9:22; 彼前1:18-19; 约壹1:7; 启7:14.
　　 5.彼前2:24.
　　 6.可15:28.
　　 7.约18:38.
　　 8.罗5:6.
　　 9.诗22:15.
　　 10.来7:26-28; 来 9:24-28.
　　 11.路1:31; 徒4:12.

英文对照：

　　We believe that Jesus Christ was confirmed by an oath to be a High Priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek. He presented Himself in our place before His Father, appeasing God‘s wrath by His full satisfaction, offering Himself on the tree of the cross, where He poured out His precious blood to purge away our sins, as the prophets had foretold. For it is written, Upon Him was the chastisement that made us whole and with His stripes we are healed. Like a lamb He was led to the slaughter. He was numbered with the transgressors, and condemned as a criminal by Pontius Pilate, though he had first declared Him innocent. He restored what He had not stolen. He died as the righteous for the unrighteous. He suffered in body and soul, feeling the horrible punishment caused by our sins, and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground. Finally, He exclaimed, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me* All this He endured for the forgiveness of our sins.

　　Therefore we justly say, with Paul, that we know nothing except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. We count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus our Lord. We find comfort in His wounds and have no need to seek or invent any other means of reconciliation with God than this only sacrifice, once offered, by which the believers are perfected for all times. This is also the reason why the angel of God called Him Jesus, that is, Saviour, because He would save His people from their sins.