{"id":12508,"date":"2024-10-05T23:21:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T23:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccnci.org\/?p=12508"},"modified":"2024-10-05T23:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T23:21:53","slug":"%e7%9f%a5%e8%af%86%e8%ae%ba%e7%9a%84%e5%bd%a2%e8%80%8c%e4%b8%8a%e5%ad%a6%e8%ae%b2%e4%b9%89_%e8%8c%83%e6%b3%b0%e5%b0%94%e8%87%aa%e7%84%b6%e4%b8%8e%e5%9c%a3%e7%bb%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccnci.org\/?p=12508","title":{"rendered":"\u77e5\u8bc6\u8bba\u7684\u5f62\u800c\u4e0a\u5b66\u8bb2\u4e49_\u8303\u6cf0\u5c14\u81ea\u7136\u4e0e\u5723\u7ecf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u4e0e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURE AND SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8303\u6cf0\u5c14Cornelius Van Til<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(<em>The Infallible Word: A Symposium by the Members of the Faculty of Westminster Theological Seminary,<\/em> eds. N.B. Stonehouse and Paul Woolley, Phillipsburg, NJ: P&amp;R, 1946, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition 1967.\u00a0 pp. 263-301.<\/p>\n<p>\u300a\u65e0\u8c2c\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\uff0c\u97e6\u654f\u65af\u7279\u795e\u5b66\u9662\u6559\u6388\u56e2\u7740\uff0c1946. \u9875263-301\u3002)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u76ee\u5f55<\/strong><strong>CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u5bfc\u8a00\u00a0 Introduction \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a02<\/p>\n<p>\u7b2c\u4e00\u90e8\u5206\u3002\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u7684\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u795e\u5b66\u300f\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u8bba\uff09(\u9875264-283)<\/p>\n<p>Part One.\u00a0 The Natural Theology of the Confession (pp. 264-283)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 3<\/p>\n<p>[I]\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u5386\u53f2\u54f2\u5b66<\/p>\n<p>The Philosophy of History \u00a0(pp. 267-269)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 9<\/p>\n<p>[II]\u00a0 \u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027<\/p>\n<p>The Necessity of Natural Revelation (pp. 269-272)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13<\/p>\n<p>[III] \u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u6743\u5a01\u6027<\/p>\n<p>The Authority of Natural Revelation (pp. 272-275)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20<\/p>\n<p>[IV]\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027<\/p>\n<p>The Sufficiency of Natural Revelation (pp. 275-276)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27<\/p>\n<p>[V] \u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u6e05\u6670\u6027<\/p>\n<p>The Perspicuity of Natural Revelation (pp. 277-283)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u4e0e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURE AND SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8303\u6cf0\u5c14Cornelius Van Til<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>263<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u8fdd\u80cc\u4e86\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u4f0a\u7538\u56ed\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u6210\u4e3a\u73b7\u6c61\u7684\uff0c\u5b8c\u5168\u65e0\u80fd\uff1b\u4ed6\u662f\u300e\u7f6a\u4eba\u300f\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u662f\u4e0a\u5e1d<em>\u5411\u7f6a\u4eba<\/em>\u7684\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN ARE SINNERS, DEFILED &amp; INCAPABLE OF LIFE THRU DISOBEDIENCE TO <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S ORIGINAL REVELATION IN EDEN, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS, SCRIPTURE IS GOD\u2019S REVELATION WHICH COMES <em>TO SINNERS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have been dealing, in this book, with the doctrine of Scripture.\u00a0 But Scripture claims to come to sinners.\u00a0 And sinners are such as have, through the fall of Adam become \u201cwholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body.\u201d\u00a0 Man made himself \u201cincapable of life\u201d by his disobedience to God\u2019s original revelation of himself in paradise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u7814\u7a76\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u8bba\u5fc5\u987b\u540c\u65f6\u7814\u7a76\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u5ba3\u79f0\uff1a\u5b83\u5411\u4eba\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u90fd\u662f\u4e0e\u81ea\u7136\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff09\u540c\u5de5\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STUDY OF DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE MUST INCLUDE STUDY OF NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE CLAIMS TO SPEAK TO MAN ALWAYS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is in order, then, that a discussion of the doctrine of Scripture should include an investigation of God\u2019s revelation in nature.\u00a0 Moreover, Scripture does not claim to speak to man, even as fallen, in any other way than in conjunction with nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6539\u9769\u5b97\u795e\u5b66\u4e0d\u4ec5\u6709\u72ec\u7279\u7684\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u8bba\uff1b\u4e5f\u6709\u72ec\u7279\u7684\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u8bba\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REFORMED THEOLOGY NOT ONLY HAS DISTINCTIVE DOCTRINE OR SCRIPTURE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT ALSO HAS ISTINCTIVE DOCTRINE OF NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is well known that Reformed theology has a distinctive doctrine of Scripture. \u2026 it has an equally distinctive doctrine of natural revelation.<\/p>\n<p>264<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u7b2c\u4e00\u90e8\u5206\u3002\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u7684\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u795e\u5b66\u300f\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u8bba\uff09(<\/strong><strong>\u9875264-283)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PART ONE.\u00a0 THE NATURE THEOLOGY OF THE (WESTMINSTER) CONFESSION (pp. 264-283)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\uff08\u6ce8\uff1a\u7b2c\u4e8c\u90e8\u5206\uff1a\u53e4\u5e0c\u814a\u54f2\u5b66\u8d77\u6e90\u7684\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u795e\u5b66\u300f\uff0c\u9875283-301\uff09<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u8bba\uff0c\u4e43\u4e0e\u5b83\u7684\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u8bba\u7f16\u7ec7\u5728\u4e00\u8d77<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u662f\u5fc5\u987b\u7684\uff0c\u6743\u5a01\u7684\uff0c\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u7684\uff0c\u6e05\u6670\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u4e5f\u662f\u5fc5\u987b\u7684\uff0c\u6743\u5a01\u7684\uff0c\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u7684\uff0c\u6e05\u6670\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WCF\u2019S DOCTRINE OF NATURAL REVELATION = INTERWOVEN W\/ WCF\u2019S DOCTRINE OF SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE = NECESSARY, AUTHORITATIVE, SUFFICIENT, CLEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURAL REVELATION = NECESSARY, AUTHORITATIVE, SUFFICIENT, CLEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The distinctive character of the natural theology of the Westminster Confession may be most clearly brought to view if we show how intimately it is interwoven with the Confession\u2019s doctrine of Scripture.\u00a0\u00a0 And this may perhaps be most easily accomplished if it is noted that, just as the Confession\u2019s doctrine of Scripture may be set forth under definite notions of its necessity, its authority, its sufficiency and its perspicuity, so the Confession\u2019s doctrine of revelation in nature may be set forth under corresponding notions of necessity, authority, sufficiency and perspicuity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\uff1a\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u4e43\u6839\u636e\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u5411\u7f6a\u4eba\u8bf4\u8bdd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8d77\u521d\uff0c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u900f\u8fc7\u300e\u884c\u4e3a\u4e4b\u7ea6\u300f\u628a\u4eba\u5b89\u7f6e\u5728\u5730\u4e0a\uff1b <\/strong><strong>\u4eba\u8fdd\u80cc\u4e86\u884c\u4e3a\u4e4b\u7ea6\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0e\u4eba\u53e6\u7acb\u4e00\u4e2a\u7ea6\uff0c\u4f7f\u4eba\u5f97\u6551<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\u6211\u4eec\u53ef\u4ee5\u8bf4\uff1a\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u4e43\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0e\u4eba\u7684\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u7684\u5173\u7cfb\u7684\u4e66\u9762\u8868\u8fbe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WCF: SCRIPTURE SPEAKS TO SINNERS RE. COVENANT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD ORIGINALLY PLACED MAN ON EARTH UNDER COVENANT OF WORKS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN BROKE COVENANT OF WORKS; GOD MADE SECOND COVENANT FOR SALVATION; THUS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE CAN SAY: SCRIPTURE = WRITTEN EXPRESSION OF GOD\u2019S COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Confession, Scripture speaks to sinners in terms of a covenant.\u00a0 It tells us that man was originally placed on earth under the terms of the covenant of works.\u00a0 It informs us further that\u00a0 man broke this covenant of works and that God was pleased to make a second covenant with men that they might be saved.\u00a0 Thus Scripture may be sad to be the written expression of God\u2019s covenant relationship with man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ece\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u770b\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u56db\u4e2a\u5c5e\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE\u2019S FOUR ATTRIBUTES RE. COVENANT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The four characteristics of Scripture enumerated above may now be regarded in relation to this general covenant concept.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[1]<\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff1a\u4eba\u8fdd\u80cc\u4e86\u884c\u4e3a\u4e4b\u7ea6\uff1b\u4ed6\u9700\u8981\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6069\u5178<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NECESSITY OF SCRIPTURE: MAN BROKE COVENANT OF WORKS; THUS NEEDS GOD\u2019S GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The necessity of Scripture lies in the p. 265 fact that man has broken the covenant of works.\u00a0 He therefore needs the grace of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e0d\u8bf4\u8bdd\uff0c\u5e76\u4e0d\u63d0\u4f9b\u300e\u6069\u5178\u7684\u77e5\u8bc6\u300f\uff1b<\/strong><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u8fc1\u5c31\u4eba\uff0c\u85c9\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u542f\u793a\u300e\u6069\u5178\u7684\u77e5\u8bc6\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NO SPEECH, OR KNOWLEDGE OF GRACE IN NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD CONDESCENDED TO REVEAL KNOWLEDGE OF GRACE IN SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no speech or knowledge of grace in nature.\u00a0 God has accordingly condescended to reveal it in Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[2] <\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u6743\u5a01\u6027\uff1a\u6211\u4eec\u5fc5\u987b\u4ece\u6069\u5178\u7684\u542f\u793a\u7684\u4eae\u5149\uff08\u8363\u8000\uff09\u8ba4\u8bc6\u5b83<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\uff08\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u91cc\u7684\uff09\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u5149\uff0c\u6bd4\u81ea\u7136\u4e4b\u5149\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff09\u66f4\u660e\u4eae<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE:\u00a0 WE CAN SEE REVELATION GRACE RE. ITS OWN LIGHT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHT OF GRACE (IN SCRIPTURE) OUTSINES LIGHT OF NATURE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The revelation of grace can be seen for what it is only if it is seen in its own light.\u00a0 The light of grace outshines in its brilliance the light of nature, as the sun outshines the moon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u662f\uff0c\u5728\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u91cc\u8bf4\u8bdd\u7684\u4e0a\u5e1d\uff0c\u5fc5\u7136\u662f\u6839\u636e\u7942\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u6743\u67c4\u8bf4\u8bdd\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u6743\u5a01\uff0c\u548c\u5b83\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff0c\u662f\u540c\u6837\u90a3\u4e48\u57fa\u672c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT GOD WHO SPEAKS IN SCRIPTURE ONLY SPEAKS ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE IS AS BASIC AS ITS NECESSITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The kind of God that speaks in Scripture can speak only on his own authority.\u00a0 So the authority of Scripture is as basic as its necessity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[3] <\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u4e0d\u4ec5\u662f\u5fc5\u987b\u7684\uff0c\u6743\u5a01\u7684\uff1b\u5b83\u4e5f\u662f\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u7684\uff0c\u5b83\u662f\u81f3\u7ec8\u7684\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300e\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u5149\u300f\uff08\u6551\u8d4e\u542f\u793a\uff09\u5df2\u7ecf\u7167\u8000\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u4e4b\u5149\u300f\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff09\u53ea\u80fd\u900f\u8fc7\u53cd\u5c04\u300e\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u5149\u300f\u6765\u53d1\u5149\uff08\u5411\u4eba\u542f\u793a\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUFFICIENCY (FINALITY) OF SCRIPTURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE = NOT ONLY NECESSARY &amp; AUTHORITATIVE, IT IS SUFFICIENT &amp; FINAL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN OF GRACE (REDEMPTIVE REVELATION) HAS SHONE, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: \u201cLIGHT OF NATURE\u201d SHINES ONLY BY REFLECTING LIGHT OF GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To this necessity and authority there must be added the sufficiency or finality of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p>When the sun of grace has arisen on the horizon of the sinner, the \u201clight of nature\u201d shines only by reflected light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u867d\u7136\u6709\u4e9b\u4e8b\u60c5\u7531\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u4e4b\u5149\u300f\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff09\u7ba1\u7406\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u5fc5\u987b\u900f\u8fc7\u4e0a\u5e1d\u8bdd\u8bed\u7684\u4e00\u822c\u539f\u5219\u6765\u7ba1\u7406\uff08\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b1.6\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u4eae\u5149\u6bd4\u4efb\u4f55\u5176\u4ed6\u4eae\u5149\uff08\u542f\u793a\uff09\u66f4\u660e\u4eae<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THOUGH THERE\u2019RE MATTERS ORDERED BY LIGHT OF NATURE (NATURAL REVELATION), <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEY ARE TO BE ORDERED RE.: GERNERAL RULES OF THR WORD (WCF 1.6)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIGHT OF SCRIPTURE IS SUPERIOR LIGHT \u2013 IT SHINES LIGHT ON EVERY OTHER LIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even when there are some \u201ccircumstances concerning the worship of God, the government of the church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence,\u201d they are to be so ordered \u201caccording to the general rules of the word, which are always to be observed.\u201d\u00a0 (WCF 1.6.)\u00a0 The light of Scripture is that superior light which lightens every other light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u4e5f\u662f\u81f3\u7ec8\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff08\u4eae\u5149\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\u662f\u7942\u5411\u4eba\u8bbe\u7acb\u7684\u81f3\u7ec8\uff08\u6700\u540e\uff09\u7684\u7ea6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE IS ALSO FINAL LIGHT (FINAL REVELATION)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S COVENANT OF GRACE IS HIS FINAL COVENANT WITH MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is also the final light.\u00a0 God\u2019s covenant of grace is his final covenant with man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\u7684\u6b3e\u9879\uff08\u5185\u5bb9\uff09\u5fc5\u987b\u4e00\u6b21\u8fc7\u8bb0\u5f55\u4e0b\u6765\uff0c\u4ee5\u9884\u9632\uff08\u4e16\u754c\uff0c\u7f6a\uff0c\u8089\u4f53\uff09\u626d\u66f2\u548c\u8d25\u574f\uff081.1\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TERMS OF COV. OF GRACE MUST BE ONCE &amp; ALL FINALLY RECORDED AGAINT CORRUPTION (WCF 1.1)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its terms must be once and all and finally recorded \u201cagainst the corruption of the flesh, and the m malice of Satan and of the world.\u201d\u00a0 (WCF 1.1.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>[4] <\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u6e05\u6670\u6027\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5982\u4f55\u8d50\u4e0b\u7942\u7684\u6069\u5178\uff0c\u5b8c\u5168\u6839\u636e\u7942\u4e3b\u6743\u7684\u65e8\u610f\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u80af\u5b9a\u662f\u900f\u8fc7\u6709\u9053\u5fb7\u8d23\u4efb\u7684\u4eba\u4f5c\u4e2d\u4ecb\uff08\u4eba\u5e26\u6709\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5f62\u8c61\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE PERSPICUITY (CLARITY) OF SCRIPTURE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTRIBUTION OF GOD\u2019S GRACE DEPENDS ON GOD\u2019S SOVEREIGN WILL:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT IT IS ALWAYS MEDIATED THROUGH FULLY RESPONSIBLE HUMANS (WHO BEAR IMAGE OF GOD) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the necessity, authority and sufficiency of Scripture must finally be added its perspicuity. The distribution of God\u2019s grace depends in the last analysis upon his sovereign will, but it is mediated always through fully responsible image-bearers of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5b58\u6709\uff08\u4ed6\u81ea\u5df1\uff09\u5bf9\u7942\u81ea\u5df1\u6765\u8bf4\uff0c\u662f\u5b8c\u5168\u6e05\u6670\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u4ed6\u5411\u4eba\u7684\u81ea\u6211\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u672c\u8d28\u4e0a\u5fc5\u7136\u662f\u6e05\u6670\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S BEING IS WHOLLY CLEAR TO HIMSELF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEREFORE: HIS SELF-REVELATION IS INHERENTLY CLEAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s being is wholly clear to himself and his revelation of himself to sinners is therefore also inherently clear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0d\u4ec5\u53d7\u8fc7\u6559\u80b2\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u8fde\u672a\u53d7\u6559\u80b2\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u53ea\u8981\u6b63\u5f53\u5730\u4f7f\u7528\u300e\u6069\u5177\u300f\uff08\u542c\u9053\uff0c\u8bfb\u7ecf\u7b49\uff09\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5219\u53ef\u4ee5\u5bf9\u300e\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\u300f\u83b7\u53d6\u8db3\u591f\u7684\u7406\u89e3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT ONLY EDUCATED, BUT UNEDUCATED CAN GAIN SUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OF COVENANT OF GRACE, BY USING \u201cMEANS OF GRACE\u201d PROPERLY (BIBLE, PREACHING ETC.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not only the learned p. 266 but also the unlearned \u201cin a due use of the ordinary means\u201d may \u201cattain unto a sufficient understanding\u201d of God\u2019s covenant of grace as revealed in Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u73b0\u5728\uff0c\u8ba9\u6211\u4eec\u6765\u770b\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW \u2013 WE TURN TO GOD\u2019S REVELATION IN NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With this general view of Scripture in mind, we turn to the question of God\u2019s revelation of himself in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6839\u636e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\uff0c\u540c\u4e00\u771f\u795e\uff0c\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\uff0c\u548c\u5728\u6069\u5178\/<\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u4e2d\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACC. TO SCRIPTURE, IT IS SAME GOD WHO REVEALS IN NATURE &amp; IN GRACE\/SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first point that calls for reflection here is the fact that it is, according to Scripture itself, the same God who reveals himself in nature and in grace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u90a3\u4f4d\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4f5c\u81ea\u6211\u542f\u793a\u7684\u4e0a\u5e1d\uff0c\u300e\u7942\u7684\u5b58\u6709\uff08\u81ea\u5df1\uff09\uff0c\u8363\u8000\uff0c\u798f\u4e50\uff08\u914d\u53d7\u79f0\u9882\uff09\uff0c\u5b8c\u5168\uff0c\u90fd\u662f\u65e0\u7a77\u7684\uff1b\u7942\u6c38\u4e0d\u6539\u53d8\uff0c\u4e0d\u80fd\u900f\u77e5\uff0c\u65e0\u6240\u4e0d\u5728\uff0c\u5168\u80fd\uff0c\u65e0\u6240\u4e0d\u77e5\uff0c\u81f3\u667a\u6167\uff0c\u81f3\u5723\u6d01\uff0c\u81f3\u516c\u4e49\uff0c\u81f3\u601c\u60af\uff0c\u5145\u6ee1\u6069\u5178\uff0c\u5fcd\u8010\uff0c\u826f\u5584\u548c\u771f\u7406\u300f\uff08\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u5927\u8981\u7406\u95ee\u7b54\u300b7<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE GOD WHO REVEALS SELF IN NATURE IS \u201cINFINITE IN BEING, GLORY, BLESSEDNESS, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PERFECTION, ALL-SUFFICIENT, UNCHANGEBALE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, OMNIPRESENT, ALMIGHTY, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OMNISCIENT, MOST WISE, HOLY, JUST, MERCIFUL, GRACIOUS, PATIENT, ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS &amp; TRUTH\u201d (WLC Q.7)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The God who reveals himself in nature may therefore be described as \u201cinfinite in being, glory, blessedness, and perfection, all-sufficient, eternal, unchangeable, incomprehensible, everywhere<\/p>\n<p>present, almighty, knowing all things, most wise, most holy, most just, most merciful and gracious, long-<\/p>\n<p>suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.\u201d\u00a0 (WLC Q. 7.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5f53\u7136\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e9b\u5bf9\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u63cf\u8ff0\u6765\u81ea\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\uff1b\u4f46\uff1a\u662f\u540c\u4e00\u771f\u795e\uff0c\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u771f\u5b9e\u5730\u542f\u793a\u4e86\u81ea\u5df1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OF COURSE, THIS DESCRIPTION OF GOD IS DRAWN FROM SCRIPTURE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT IT IS THIS SAME GOD WHO IS REVEALED IN NATURE (IF HE IS REVEALED AT ALL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is, to be sure, from Scripture rather than from nature that this description of God is drawn.\u00a0 Yet it is this same God, to the extent that he is revealed at all, that is revealed in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u601d\u8003\u8fd9\u4e8b\u5b9e\u65f6\uff0c\u9a6c\u4e0a\u9677\u5165\u96be\u9898<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THINKING ABOUT THIS FACT IMMEDIATELY LEADS TO DIFFICULTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contemplation of this fact seems at once to plunge us into great difficulty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u5c82\u4e0d\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u542f\u793a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6069\u5178\u5417\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOESN\u2019T NATURE REVEAL NOTHING ABOUT GOD\u2019S GRACE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are we not told that nature reveals nothing of the grace of God?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u5c82\u4e0d\u662f\u6559\u5bfc\u8bf4\uff1a\u4eba\u65e0\u8bba\u5982\u4f55\u6bb7\u52e4\u6839\u636e\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u751f\u6d3b\uff0c\u5982\u4f55\u9075\u5b88\u5f8b\u6cd5\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u90fd\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u81ea\u6551\uff0c\u5fc5\u987b\u900f\u8fc7\u300e\u8ba4\u8bc6\u4e0a\u5e1d\u300f\uff08\u5bf9\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u77e5\u8bc6\uff09\u624d\u80fd\u5f97\u6551\u5417\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOESN\u2019T WCF TEACH: MAN CAN\u2019T BE SAVED EXCEPT THRU KNOWLEDGE OF GDD <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NO MATTER HOW DILIGENTLY THEY LIVE ACC. TO LIGHT OF NATURE &amp; OBEY GOD\u2019S LAW?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does not the Confession insist that men cannot be saved except through the knowledge of God, \u201cbe they ever so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature; and the law of that religion<\/p>\n<p>they do profess\u201d?\u00a0 (WCF chapter 10.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u6ca1\u6709\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e2d\u5f70\u663e\u7942\u7684\u6069\u5178\uff08\u6551\u6069\uff09\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u662f\uff0c\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u81ea\u6211\u542f\u793a\u7684\u4e0a\u5e1d\uff0c\u5c31\u662f\u8d50\u4eba\u6551\u8d4e\u6069\u5178\u7684\u4e0a\u5e1d\uff01\u4e24\u8005\u5982\u4f55\u534f\u8c03\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAVING GRACE NOT MANIFEST IN NATURE; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT THE GOD, WHO MANIFESTS HIMSELF BY NATURE, IS GOD OF SAVING GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW TO HARMONIZE THESE 2?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saving grace is not manifest in nature; yet it is the God of saving grace who manifests himself by means of nature.\u00a0 How can these two be harmonized?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u7b54\u6848\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u662f\u300e\u6c38\u6052\u7684\uff0c\u4e0d\u80fd\u900f\u77e5\u7684\uff0c\u7edd\u5bf9\u81ea\u7531\uff0c\u5b8c\u5168\u7edd\u5bf9\uff08\u81ea\u5b58\uff09\u7684\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u6240\u8d50\u7684\u4efb\u4f55\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u7edd\u5bf9\u90fd\u662f\u300e\u968f\u5df1\u610f\u300f\uff08\u662f\u81ea\u613f\uff09\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANSWER: GOD IS \u201cETERNAL, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, MOST FREE, MOST ABSOLUTE\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANY REVELATION GOD GIVES IS ABSOLUTELY VOLUNTARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The answer to this problem must be found in the fact that God is \u201ceternal, incomprehensible, most free, p. 267 most absolute.\u201d\u00a0 Any revelation that God gives of himself is therefore absolutely voluntary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0d\u540c\u65b9\u5f0f\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u4e43\u662f\u8fd9\u6837\u8054\u5408\u8d77\u6765<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u542f\u793a\u00a0 +\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u542f\u793a =<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e00\u4e2a\u5b8f\u4f1f\u7684\u795e\u4eba\u4e4b\u7ea6\u7684\u8ba1\u5212<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e24\u79cd\u5f62\u5f0f\u7684\u542f\u793a\u5f7c\u6b64\u4e3a\u9884\u8bbe(presuppose one another)<\/strong><strong>\uff1b\u5b83\u4eec\u4e5f\u76f8\u8f85\u76f8\u6210<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS WHERE GOD\u2019S VARIOUS FORMS OF REVELATION ARE UNITED TOGETHER <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S REVLATION IN NATURE\u00a0 +\u00a0 GOD\u2019S REVELATION IN SCRIPTURE = <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 GRAND SCHEME OF COVENANT REL. TO MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2 FORMS OF REVELATION PRESUPPOSE ONE ANOTHER; COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Herein precisely lies the union of the various forms of God\u2019s revelation with one another.\u00a0 God\u2019s revelation in nature, together with God\u2019s revelation in Scripture, form God\u2019s one grand scheme of covenant revelation of himself to man.\u00a0 The two forms of revelation must therefore be seen as presupposing and supplementing one another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u548c\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u6574\u5168\u7684\u300e\u5723\u7ecf\u7684\u5386\u53f2\u54f2\u5b66\u300f\u7684\u4e24\u4e2a\u5c42\u9762<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2 = 2 ASPECTS OF A \u201cPHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They are aspects of one general philosophy of history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[I]<\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u5386\u53f2\u54f2\u5b66<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY (pp. 267-269)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8ba9\u6211\u4eec\u4ece\u300a\u97e6\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u4e0d\u540c\u90e8\u5206\u4eec\u52fe\u51fa\u5b83\u6240\u5ba3\u544a\u7684\u300e\u5386\u53f2\u54f2\u5b66\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LET\u2019S SKETCH \u201cPHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY\u201d FROM WCF\u2019S DIFF. CHAPTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The philosophy of history that speaks to us from the various chapters of the Confession may be sketched with a few bold strokes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5149\u9760\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u300f\u51ed\u81ea\u5df1\u8fd0\u884c\uff0c\u4eba\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u8fbe\u5230\u6700\u5706\u6ee1\u7684\u5173\u7cfb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ece\u4e86\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u4ee5\u5916\uff0c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u53e6\u52a0\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\uff0c\u6b63\u9762\u7684\uff08\u8bdd\u8bed\u7684\uff09\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WITH NATURAL REVELATION OPERATING\u00a0 BY ITSELF, MAN CAN\u2019T HAVE FRUITION OF GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BESIDES NATURAL REVELATION, GOD SUPER-ADDED A SUPERNATURAL, POSITIVE REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are told that man could never have any fruition of God through the revelation that came to him in nature as operating by itself.\u00a0 There was superadded to God\u2019s revelation in nature another revelation, a supernaturally communicated positive revelation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ece\u8d77\u521d\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u5c31\u5728\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0e\u4eba\u8bbe\u7acb\u7684\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u4e4b\u5185<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0e\u4eba\u7684\uff0c\u300e\u5b8c\u5168\u4f4d\u683c\u6027\u300f\u7684\u5173\u7cfb\uff08\u7ea6\uff09\uff0c\u5305\u56f4\u7740\u88ab\u9020\u5b87\u5b99\u7684\u6bcf\u4e2a\u5c42\u6b21\uff0c\u5305\u62ec\u6700\u4f4e\u5c42\u6b21\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0d\u8bba\u6709\u7075\u9b42\u7684\u6216\u6ca1\u6709\u7075\u9b42\u7684\uff0c\u673a\u68b0\u6027\u7684\u6216\u6709\u7075\u6027\u7684\uff0c\u672c\u8d28\u4e0a\u90fd\u4e0e\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u6709\u5173<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM BEGINNING, NATURAL REVELATION = PART OF GOD\u2019S COVENANT REL. WITH MAN EVERY DIMENSION OF THE CREATED WORLD, INCL. LOWEST LEVEL,\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WAS SURROUNDED BY GOD\u2019S EXHAUSTIVELY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP (COVENANT) WITH MAN <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A-TELEOLOGICAL OR TELEOLOGICAL, MECHANICAL OR SPIRITUAL = BY NATURE \u201cCOVENANTAL\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natural revelation, we are virtually told, was from the outset incorporated into the idea of a covenant relationship of God with man.\u00a0 Thus every dimension of created existence, even the lowest, was enveloped in a form of exhaustively personal relationship between God and man.\u00a0 The \u201ca-teleological\u201d no less than the \u201cteleological,\u201d the \u201cmechanical\u201d no less than the \u201cspiritual,\u201d was covenantal in character.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5b87\u5b99\u7684\u6bcf\u4e00\u4e2a\u5c42\u6b21\uff0c\u65e2\u7136\u4ece\u8d77\u521d\uff0c\u672c\u8d28\u4e0a\u5c31\u4e0e\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u6709\u5173\uff0c\u56e0\u6b64\uff0c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e43\u4e3a\u4e86\u6210\u5168\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u5386\u53f2\u4e2d\u7684\u300e\u5206\u8fa8\u300f\u8ba1\u5212\uff08\u5373\uff1a\u628a\u9009\u6c11\u548c\u5176\u4ed6\uff0c\u5c71\u7f8a\u548c\u7ef5\u7f8a\u5206\u8fa8\u51fa\u6765\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SINCE THEY ARE BY NATURE \u201cCOVENANTAL\u201d FROM BEGINNING, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURAL REVELATION SERVES GOD\u2019S PURPOSE OF DIFFERENTIATION TO TAKE PLACE IN HISTORY <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being from the outset covenantal in character, the natural revelation of God to man was meant to serve as the playground for the process of differentiation that was to take place in the course of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0e\u4e9a\u5f53\u7acb<em>\u6709\u6761\u4ef6\u6027<\/em>\u7684\u7ea6\uff1b\u4eba\u5bf9\u5206\u8fa8\u5584\u6076\u6811\u91c7\u53d6\u884c\u52a8\u540e\uff0c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u4f1a\u300e\u53e6\u52a0\u300f\u66f4\u591a\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u300e\u53e6\u52a0\u300f\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u4e0e\u5148\u524d\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u4e0d\u540c\uff1b\u600e\u4e48\u4e0d\u540c\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8981\u770b\u4eba\u5bf9\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u660e\u6587\u7981\u4ee4\uff0c\u4f5c\u51fa\u600e\u6837\u7684\u6709\u610f\u8bc6\u7684\uff0c\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u91cc\u7684\u56de\u5e94\uff08\u5373\uff1a\u5b88\u7ea6\u6291\u80cc\u7ea6\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD MADE A <em>CONDITIONAL<\/em> COVENANT WITH ADAM <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFTER MAN ACTS RE. TREE OF KN. OF GOOD &amp; EVIL, GOD\u2019LLD GIVE ADD\u2019L REVELATION IN NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL REVELATION = DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DIFFERENCE DEPENDS ON MAN\u2019S SELF-CONSCIOUS COVENANT ACT RE. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S POSITIVELY COMMUNICATED PROHIBITION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The covenant made with Adam was conditional. There would be <em>additional <\/em>revelation of God in nature after the action of man with respect to the tree of the knowledge of p. 268 good and evil.<\/p>\n<p>This additional revelation would be different from that which had preceded it.\u00a0 And the difference would depend definitely upon a self-conscious covenant act of man with respect to the positively communicated prohibition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u77e5\u9053\u4eba\u80cc\u7ea6\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u300e\u65b0\u300f\u7684\u300e\u4e0d\u540c\u300f\u542f\u793a\u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u6027\u8d28\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u663e\u660e\u7942\u7684\u5fff\u6012\uff08\u7f571:18<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE KNOW STH. OF NATURE OF THIS NEW, DIFF. REVELATION OF GOD IN NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFTER MAN ACTS TO BREAK COVENANT \u2013 GOD\u2019S WRATH IS REVEALED (ROM. 1:18)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We know something of the nature of this new and different revelation of God in nature consequent upon the covenant-breaking act of man.\u00a0 \u201cFor the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of man\u201d (Rom. 1:18).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u4eba\u7c7b\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2a\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u7684\u5934\uff08\u4e9a\u5f53\uff09\u4e0d\u987a\u670d\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e2d\u542f\u793a\u4e86\u7942\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u4e2d\u7684\u5fff\u6012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u4e00\u4eba\u7684\u4e00\u6b21\u7684\u4e0d\u987a\u4ece\uff0c\u4e43\u300e\u4e00\u5931\u8db3\u4e3a\u5343\u53e4\u6068\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u4e0e\u5fff\u6012\u4e4b\u540c\u65f6\uff0c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e5f\u5f70\u663e\u4e86\u7942\u7684\u6069\u5178<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5f53\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u5f70\u663e\u7942\u7684\u5fff\u6012\uff0c\uff08\u501f\u7740\u6d2a\u6c34\uff09\u6d88\u706d\u4eba\u7c7b\u65f6\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u7942\u4e0e\u632a\u4e9a\u7acb\u7ea6\uff1a\u65e5\u591c\uff0c\u56db\u5b63\uff0c\u5fc5\u5b9a\u6301\u7eed\u5230\u4e16\u754c\u7684\u672b\u4e86\uff08\u300a\u521b\u4e16\u8bb0\u300b9<\/strong><strong>\uff1a11<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SO GOD REVEALED HIS COVENANT WRATH IN NATURE, \u00a0AFTER MANKIND\u2019S 1<sup>st<\/sup> COVENANT HEAD\u2019S ALL-DECISIVE ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE; BUT WITH WRATH, GOD ALSO MANIFESTED GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN GOD SHOWED HIS WRATH IN NATURE &amp; DESTROYED MAN, HE COVENANTED W\/ NOATH \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DAY &amp; NIGHT, WINTER &amp; SUMMER WOULD CONTINUE TO END OF TIME (GEN. 9:11)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus God\u2019s covenant wrath is revealed in nature after the one all-decisive act of disobedience on the part of the first covenant head.\u00a0 But, together with God\u2019s wrath, his grace is also manifest.<\/p>\n<p>When the wrath of God made manifest in nature would destroy all men, God makes covenant with Noah that day and night, winter and summer, should continue to the end of time (Gen. 9:11).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5f69\u8679\uff1a\u4e00\u4e2a\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u73b0\u8c61\uff0c\u662f\u8fd9\u4e8b\u5b9e\u7684\u4e00\u4e2a\u660e\u663e\u4f8b\u8bc1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RAINBOW, A PHENOMENON IN NATURE, IS OUTSTANDING ILLUSTRATION OF THIS FACT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rainbow, a natural phenomenon, is but an outstanding illustration of this fact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u5355\u51ed\u8fd9\u4e2a\uff08\u5f69\u8679\uff09\u8fd8\u4e0d\u5b8c\u6574\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0e\u632a\u4e9a\u6240\u7acb\u7684\u7ea6\uff0c\u53ea\u4e0d\u8fc7\u662f\u5bf9\u300e\u6069\u5178\uff08\u6551\u8d4e\uff09\u4e4b\u7ea6\u7684\u4e00\u4e2a\u300e\u754c\u9650\u6982\u5ff5\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\uff08\u754c\u9650\u6982\u5ff5\uff1a\u5b83\u672c\u8eab\u4e0d\u5c5e\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\uff0c\u4f46\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\u6ca1\u6709\u5b83\u4e0d\u884c\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT IN ITSELF, THIS (RAINBOW) IS INCOMPLETE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S COVENANT WITH NOAH = ONLY A LIMITING NOTION TO COVENANT OF GRACE\/SALVATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But all this is in itself incomplete.\u00a0 The covenant with Noah is but a limiting notion in relation to the covenant of saving grace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u8981\u91cd\u65b0\u8bbe\u7acb\u4e00\u4e2a\u300e\u66f4\u7f8e\u4e4b\u7ea6\u300f\uff0c\u85c9\u6b64\uff0c\u4eba\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5173\u7cfb\u4f1a\u8fbe\u5230\u6700\u5b8c\u7f8e\u7684\u5730\u6b65<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u800c\u81ea\u7136\u754c\uff0c\u4e43\u662f\u8fd9\u4e8b\u5b9e\uff08\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\uff09\u7684\u300e\u5a92\u4ecb\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THRU NEW, BETTER COVERNANT, MAN WILL HAVE TRUE FRUITION OF GOD <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND THIS FACT WILL BE MEDIATED THRU NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through the new and better covenant, man will have true fruition of God.\u00a0 And this fact itself is to be mediated through nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5148\u77e5\u4eec\uff0c\u7279\u522b\u662f\u90a3\u6700\u5927\u7684\u5148\u77e5\uff08\u57fa\u7763\uff09\uff0c\u9884\u544a\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u5982\u4f55\u8d70\u5411\u672a\u6765\u7684\u7ed3\u5c40<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PROPHETS, ESP. GREAT PROPHET (CHRIST) FORETELL FUTURE COURSE OF NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The prophets, and especially the great Prophet, foretell the future course of nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u796d\u53f8\u4eec\uff0c\u7279\u522b\u662f\u6700\u5927\u7684\u5927\u796d\u53f8\uff08\u57fa\u7763\uff09\uff0c\u7528\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u6765\u542c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5b50\u6c11\u7684\u7977\u544a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S PRIESTS, ESP. GREAT HIGH PRIEST, HEAR ANSWERS TO PRAYERS BY MEANS OF NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The priests of God, and most of all the great High Priest of God, hear the answers to their prayers by means of nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e4b\u4e0b\u7684\u541b\u738b\uff0c\u7279\u522b\u662f\u4ee5\u8272\u5217\u7684\u5927\u541b\u738b\uff08\u57fa\u7763\uff09\uff0c\u7528\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u6765\u4fc3\u8fdb\u6551\u8d4e\u8ba1\u5212\u7684\u5b9e\u73b0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KINGS UNDER GOD, ESP. GREAT KING OF ISRAEL, MAKE NATURE SERVE REDEMPTION\u2019S PURPOSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The kings under God, and most of all the great King of Israel, make nature serve the purposes of redemption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u52bf\u529b\u5fc5\u987a\u670d\u300e\u5206\u8fa8\u300f\u8ba1\u5212\u7684\u53ec\u5524\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u300e\u5206\u8fa8\u300f\u671d\u7740\u4eba\u5f97\u6551\u6216\u6c89\u6ca6\u7684\u76ee\u6807\u524d\u8fdb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FORCES OF NATURE = ALWAYS AT BECK &amp; CALL OF POWER OF DIFFERENTIATION,<br \/>\nWHICH WORKS TOWARD REDEMPTION &amp; REPROBATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The forces of nature are always at the beck and call of the power of differentiation that works toward redemption and reprobation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u65e7\u7ea6\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\uff0c\u7279\u522b\u300a\u8bd7\u7bc7\u300b\uff0c\u4f18\u7f8e\u5730\u8868\u8fbe\u8fd9\u4e2a\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u5374\u540c\u65f6\u662f\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u542f\u793a\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OT, ESP. PSALMS, ELOQUENTLY EXPRESSED THIS SUPERNATURAL-NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is this idea of a supernatural-natural revelation that comes to such p. 269 eloquent expression in the Old Testament, and particularly in the Psalms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u662f\u4e00\u5e45\u5b8c\u6574\uff0c\u7edf\u4e00\u7684\u300e\u5386\u53f2\u54f2\u5b66\u300f\u7684\u56fe\u753b\uff1a\u5728\u8fd9\u6574\u5168\u7684\u542f\u793a\u8ba1\u5212\u4e2d\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u548c\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u542f\u793a\u540c\u5de5\uff0c\u56e0\u6b64\u5404\u81ea\u90fd\u6709\u610f\u4e49\uff0c\u800c\u4e00\u9f50\u7ed3\u51fa\u679c\u5b50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS PICTURE OF WELL-INTEGRATED, UNIFIED PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN IT, GOD\u2019S REVELATION IN NATURE &amp; IN SCRIPTURE TOGETHER FIND THEIR MEANING,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TOGETHER BEAR FRUIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here then is the picture of a well-integrated and unified philosophy of history in which revelation in nature and revelation in Scripture are mutually meaningless without one another and mutually fruitful when taken together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u8981\u66f4\u6e05\u695a\u52fe\u753b\u51fa\u8fd9\u5e45\u56fe\u753b\u7684\u7edf\u4e00\u6027\u548c\u610f\u4e49\uff1b\u56e0\u6b64\u73b0\u5728\u8ba8\u8bba\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff0c\u6743\u5a01\u6027\uff0c\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027\uff0c\u4e0e\u6e05\u6670\u6027\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u662f\u4e0e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff0c\u6743\u5a01\u6027\uff0c\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027\uff0c\u4e0e\u6e05\u6670\u6027\u76f8\u79f0\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE WANT TO MORE CLEARLY BRING OUT UNITY &amp; MEANING OF THIS TOTAL PICTURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SO WE NOTE NECESSITY, AUTHORITY, SUFFICIENCY &amp; PERSPICUITY OF NATURAL REVELATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHICH CORRESPONDS TO NECESSITY, AUTHORITY, SUFFICIENCY &amp; PERSPICUITY OF SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To bring out the unity and therewith the meaning of this total picture more clearly, we turn now to note the necessity, the authority, the sufficiency and the perspicuity of natural revelation, as these correspond to the necessity, the authority, the sufficiency and the perspicuity of Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[II]\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE NECESSITY OF NATURAL REVELATION (pp. 269-272)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u9996\u5148\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u521b\u9020\u4eba\u4e3a\u300e\u7ea6\u91cc\u7684\u4f4d\u683c\u300f\uff08\u7acb\u7ea6\u8005\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST, NECESSITY OF NATURAL REVELATION: GOD MADE MAN A \u201cCOVENANT PERSONALITY\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking first of the necessity of natural revelation, we must recall that man was made a covenant personality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u4e3a\u4e9a\u5f53\u5728\u4f0a\u7538\u56ed\u72af\u7f6a\u80cc\u7ea6\uff0c\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u5c31\u6210\u4e3a\u5fc5\u987b\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE BECAME NECESSARY, DUE TO ADAM\u2019S COVENANT DISOBEDIENCE IN EDEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scripture became necessary because of the covenant disobedience of Adam in paradise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7ed9\u4eba\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u8bdd\u8bed\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff1a\u4e0d\u53ef\u5403\u5206\u8fa8\u5584\u6076\u6811\u7684\u679c\u5b50\uff1b\u4eba\u8fdd\u80cc\u8fd9\u4e2a\u7981\u4ee4\uff0c\u56e0\u6b64\u80cc\u7ea6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COVENANT DISOBEDIENCE TOOK PLACE RE. SUPERNATURAL POSITIVE REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHICH GOD GAVE RE. TREE OF KN. OF GOOD &amp; EVIL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This covenant disobedience took place in relation to the supernatural positive revelation that God had given with respect to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4ece\u6240\u6709\u6811\u4e2d\u9009\u62e9\u4e86\u8fd9\u68f5\u6811\uff0c\u7942\u300e\u968f\u610f\u300f\u5730\u5429\u5490\u4eba\u4e0d\u53ef\u5403\u8fd9\u68f5\u6811\u7684\u679c\u5b50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u4ece\u8fd9\u4e8b\u5b9e\u770b\u5230\uff1a\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD CHOSE 1 TREE FROM MANY; \u201cARBITRARILY\u201d TOLD MAN NOT TO EAT OF IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN THIS CONNECTION, WE SPEAK OF NECESSITY OF NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God chose one tree from among many and \u201carbitrarily\u201d told man not to eat of it.\u00a0 It is in this connection that we must speak of the necessity of natural revelation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5206\u8fa8\u5584\u6076\u6811\uff0c\u5047\u5982\u4e0e\u5176\u4ed6\u6240\u6709\u7684\u6811\u4ece\u81ea\u7136\uff08\u672c\u6027\uff09\u6765\u770b\u662f\u4e0d\u540c\u7684\uff0c\u5b83\u5c31\u4e0d\u80fd\u626e\u6f14\u5b83\u72ec\u7279\u7684\u89d2\u8272<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5429\u5490\uff08\u7981\u4ee4\uff09\u82e5\u8981\u663e\u5f97\u7eaf\u7cb9\u300e\u968f\u610f\u300f\uff0c\u90a3\u7279\u9009\u7684\u6811\u5fc5\u987b\u4e0e\u5176\u4ed6\u6811\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u5730\u300f\u4e00\u6837<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IF TREE OF KN. OF GOOD &amp; EVIL = NATURALLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TREES,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT COULDN\u2019T SERVE ITS UNIQUE PURPOSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN ORDER FOR COMMANDMENT TO APPEAR AS PURELY \u201cARBITRARY,\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SPECIALLY CHOSEN TREE MUST BE NATURALLY LIKE OTHER TREES <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the tree of the knowledge of good and evil had been naturally different from other trees, it could not have served its unique purpose.\u00a0 That the commandment might appear as purely \u201carbitrary,\u201d the specially chosen tree had to be naturally like other trees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u82e5\u8981\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\uff0c\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u5fc5\u987b\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u771f\u6b63\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN ORDER FOR SUPERNATURAL TO APPEAR AS SUPERNATURAL, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE NATURAL MUST APPEAR AS REALLY NATURAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the supernatural to appear as supernatural, the natural had to appear as really natural.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u9664\u975e\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u80fd\u88ab\u8ba4\u51fa\uff0c\u771f\u7684\u662f\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5fc5\u7136\uff0c\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u5c31\u4e0d\u80fd\u88ab\u8ba4\u51fa\u662f\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SUPERNATURAL COULDN\u2019T BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT IT WAS (SUPERNATURAL), <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UNLESS THE NATURAL WERE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT IT WAS (NATURAL)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The supernatural could not be recognized for what it was, unless the natural were also recognized for p. 270 what it was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u82e5\u8981\u6709\u4e00\u4e2a\u771f\u5b9e\u7684\u300e\u4f8b\u5916\u300f\uff0c\u300e\u5e38\u89c4\u300f\u5fc5\u987b\u5b58\u5728<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THERE MUST BE REGULARITY, IF THERE WAS TO BE A GENUINE EXCEPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There had to be regularity if there was to be a genuine exception.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u8981\u8fdb\u4e00\u6b65\u6ce8\u610f\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7ed9\u8fd9\u7981\u4ee4\uff0c\u4e0d\u4ec5\u8981\u4eba\u4ec5\u4ec5\u5728\u4e00\u77ac\u95f4\u9075\u5b88\u8fd9\u6761\u5206\u8fa8\u5584\u6076\u6811\u7684\u7981\u4ee4\u800c\u5df2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE A FURTHER POINT: GOD DIDN\u2019T GIVE HIS PROHIBITION, SO THAT <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN MIGHT OBEY ONLY RE. TREE OF KN. OF GODO &amp; EVIL, &amp; MERELY AT 1 MOMENT IN TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A further point needs to be noted.\u00a0 God did not give his prohibition so that man might be obedient merely with respect to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and that merely at one particular moment in time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7ed9\u7981\u4ee4\uff0c\u662f\u8981\u4eba\u5b66\u4e60\uff1a\u5fc5\u987b\u81ea\u53d1\u5730\uff0c\u5728\u4e00\u5207\u6240\u884c\u7684\u4e8b\u4e0a\uff0c\u7ec8\u751f\u987a\u670d\u4e0a\u5e1d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD GAVE PROHIBITION, SO THAT MAN MIGHT LEARN TO BE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SELF-CONSCIOUSLY OBEDIENT IN ALL HE DID, W\/ ALL THINGS, THROUGHOUT ALL TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He gave the prohibition so that man might learn to be self-consciously obedient in all that he did with respect to all things and throughout all time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u65e8\u610f\u662f\u8981\u4eba\u5728\u751f\u547d\u7684\u6bcf\u4e2a\u5c42\u6b21\u4e0a\uff08\u4e0d\u8bba\u300e\u9ad8\u300f\u6216\u300e\u4f4e\u300f\u8363\u8000\u7942<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD INTENDED FOR MAN TO GLORIFY HIM IN \u201cLOWER\u201d &amp; \u201cHIGHER\u201d DIMENSIONS OF LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man was meant to glorify God in the \u201clower\u201d as much as in the \u201chigher\u201d dimensions of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u9762\u5bf9\u5206\u8fa8\u5584\u6076\u6811\u7684\u7981\u4ee4\uff0c\u53ea\u662f\u4e2a\u4f8b\u5b50\uff0c\u6559\u5bfc\u81ea\u5df1\u9762\u5bf9\u6240\u6709\u5176\u4ed6\u6811\uff08\u4e8b\uff09\u65f6\u8be5\/<\/strong><strong>\u4e0d\u8be5\u4f5c\u4ec0\u4e48<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN\u2019S ACT RE. TREE OF KN. OF GOOD &amp; EVIL = ONLY AN EXAMPLE TO HIMSELF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OF WHAT HE SHOULD\/SHOULDN\u2019T DO, RE. ALL OTHER TREES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man\u2019s act with respect to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was to be but an example to himself of what he should or should not do with respect to all other trees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\uff1a\u4f8b\u5b50\u82e5\u771f\u7684\u662f\u4f8b\u5b50\uff0c\u5fc5\u987b\u662f\u4f8b\u5916\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT: FOR AN EXAMPLE TO BE A REAL EXAMPLE, IT MUST BE EXCEPTIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But for an example to be really an example it must be exceptional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u800c\u4f8b\u5916\u82e5\u771f\u7684\u662f\u4f8b\u5916\uff0c\u5fc5\u987b\u6709\u5e38\u89c4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL TO BE EXCEPTIONAL, THERE MUST BE THAT WHICH IS REGULAR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And for the exceptional to be the exceptional, there is required that which is regular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\u6211\u4eec\u518d\u56de\u5230\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u662f\u5386\u53f2\u7684\u300e\u5206\u8fa8\u300f\u8fc7\u7a0b\u7684\u9884\u8bbe\uff08\u524d\u63d0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SO WE RETURN TO NECESSITY OF NATURAL REVELATION, AS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESUPPOSITION OF PROCESS OF DIFFERENTIATION, WHICH HISTORY WAS MEANT TO BE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus we come again to the notion of the necessity of natural revelation as the presupposition of the process of differentiation that history was meant to be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5230\u76ee\u524d\u4e3a\u6b62\uff0c\u6211\u4eec\u8bba\u5230\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u5728\u5815\u843d\u4e4b\u524d\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8ba9\u6211\u4eec\u7ee7\u7eed\u770b\uff1a\u5815\u843d\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u4e5f\u662f\u5fc5\u987b\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SO FAR, WE SPOKE OF NECESSITY OF NATURAL REVELATION BEFORE THE FALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LET\u2019S CONTINUE \u2013 NATURAL REVELATION = NECESSARY AFTER THE FALL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far we have spoken of the necessity of natural revelation as it existed before the fall.\u00a0 Carrying on this idea, it follows that we may also speak of the necessity of natural revelation after the fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5815\u843d\u540e\uff0c\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\uff08\u5e38\u89c4\u6027\u7684\uff09\u4e5f\u5fc5\u987b\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u4f8b\u5916\u6027\u300f\u7684\u9884\u8bbe\uff08\u524d\u63d0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HERE, TOO, THE NATURAL\/REGULAR MUST APPEAR AS PRESUPPOSITION OF THE EXCEPTIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, too, the natural or regular has to appear as the presupposition of the exceptional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u73b0\u5728\u4e0d\u540c\u7684\u662f\uff1a\u300e\u4f8b\u5916\u6027\u300f\u662f\u300e\u6551\u8d4e\u6027\u300f\u7684\uff1b\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u5fc5\u987b\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u9700\u8981\u6551\u8d4e\u7684\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT THE EXCEPTIONAL NOW IS REDEMPTIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE NATURAL MUST APPEAR AS IN NEED OF REDEMPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the exceptional has now become redemptive.\u00a0\u00a0 The natural must therefore appear as in need of redemption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5815\u843d\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u82e5\u4ec5\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u5e38\u89c4\u6027\u300f\u7684\uff0c\u4ecd\u4e0d\u8db3\u591f\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u73b0\u5728\uff0c\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u5fc5\u987b\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u670d\u5728\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5492\u8bc5\u4e0b\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFTER THE FALL, NOT ENOUGH THAT THE NATURAL APPEARS AS MERELY REGULAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE NATURAL MUST NOW APPEAR AS UNDER GOD\u2019S CURSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u534e\u7f51\u7edc\u5723\u7ea6\u5b66\u9662ccnci.org\uff1b\u4e2d\u534e\u5c55\u671b\u5723\u7ea6\u5b66\u9662 HorizonCovenant@gmail.com\uff08PayPal\uff09<\/p>\n<p>After the fall it is not sufficient that the natural should appear as merely regular.\u00a0 The natural must now appear as under the curse of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5c06\u300e\u7ea6\u300f\u4e2d\u7684\u5fff\u6012\uff0c\u7262\u56fa\uff0c\u5e7f\u6cdb\u65bd\u52a0\u5728\u4eba\u8eab\u4e0a\uff0c\u4e5f\u65bd\u52a0\u5728\u6240\u6709\u4eba\u6240\u6ee5\u7528\u7684\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u754c\uff09\u4e0a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S COVENANT WRATH RESTS SECURELY, COMPREHENSIVELY ON MAN, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND UPON ALL THAT MAN HAS MIS-MANAGED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s covenant wrath rests securely and comprehensively upon man and upon all that man has mismanaged.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5815\u843d\u4e4b\u524d\uff1a\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u4ec5\u662f\u300e\u5e38\u89c4\u6027\u7684\u300f\uff0c\u662f\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u7684\u524d\u63d0\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u4e43\u5c5e\u300e\u6551\u8d4e\u524d\uff08\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\u524d\uff09\u7684\u7ea6\u300f\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5815\u843d\u4e4b\u540e\uff1a\u5728\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5fff\u6012\u4e4b\u4e0b\uff0c\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u662f\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u300f\u7684\u524d\u63d0\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u800c\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u4e43\u5c5e\u300e\u6551\u8d4e\u6027\u4e4b\u7ea6\u300f\uff08\u6ce8\uff1a\u6069\u5178\u4e4b\u7ea6\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BEFORE THE FALL: THE NATURAL AS THE MERELY REGULAR, WAS PRESUPPOSITION OF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SUPERNATURAL; THE SUPERNATURAL = PRE-REDEMPTIVELY COVENANTAL;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFTER THE FALL: THE NATURAL, UNDER GOD\u2019S WRATH, IS THE PRESUPPOSITION OF <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SUPERNATURAL; THE SUPERNATURAL = REDEMPTIVELY COVENANTAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the fall, the natural as being the merely regular was the p. 271 presupposition of the supernatural as being pre-redemptively covenantal; after the fall the natural as under the covenant wrath of God is the presupposition of the supernatural as redemptively covenantal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u552f\u6709\u5f53\u6069\u5178\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5bf9\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u5492\u8bc5\u5bf9\u7167\u65f6\uff0c\u624d\u80fd\u88ab\u8ba4\u51fa\u662f\u6069\u5178<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GRACE CAN BE RECOGNIZED ONLY IN CONTRAST W\/ GOD\u2019S CURSE ON NATURE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grace can be recognized as grace only in contrast with God\u2019s curse on nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd8\u6709\uff1a\u300e\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u300e\u4f8b\u5b50\u300f\uff0c\u4e5f\u662f\u6070\u5f53\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEN, TOO: IDEA OF SUPERNATURAL AS \u201cEXAMPLE\u201d IS APPROPRIATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then, too, the idea of the supernatural as \u201cexample\u201d is again in order here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6069\u5178\u5ba3\u544a\uff1a\u5b83\u80dc\u8fc7\u4e86\u7f6a\uff1b\u4f46\u662f\u73b0\u5728\uff0c\u80dc\u5229\u662f\u501f\u7740\u7b2c\u4e8c\u4e9a\u5f53\u7684\u987a\u670d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GRACE SPEAKS OF VICTORY OIVER SIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT VICTORY NOW COMES THRU OBEDIENCE OF 2<sup>ND<\/sup> ADAM <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grace speaks to man of victory over sin.\u00a0 But the victory this time is to come through the obedience of the second Adam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300e\u4e07\u4e8b\u7684\u590d\u5174\u300f\u5fc5\u987b\u5148\u662f\u6069\u8d50\uff0c\u624d\u80fd\u6210\u4e3a\u4efb\u52a1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REGENERATION OF ALL THINGS MUST BE A GIFT, BEFORE IT BECOMES A TASK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The regeneration of all things must now be a gift before it can become a task.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff0c\u76f8\u5bf9\u7167\u4e4b\u4e0b\uff0c\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\u5fc5\u987b\u663e\u51fa\u6beb\u4e0d\u51cf\u5f31\u7684\u611a\u62d9\u548c\u8d25\u574f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEREFORE: THE NATURAL MUST, BY CONTRAST, REVEAL UNALLEVIATED FOLLY &amp; RUIN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The natural must therefore by contrast reveal an unalleviated picture of folly and ruin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u540c\u65f6\u7981\u6b62\u6211\u4eec\u7528\u300e\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\u300f\u6765\u51cf\u5f31<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6069\u5178\u548c\u7942\u7684\u5492\u8bc5\u4e4b\u95f4\uff0c\u4e25\u8c28\u7684\uff0c\u7edd\u5bf9\u7684\u5bf9\u7167<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WCF ALSO PROHIBITS US TO USE \u201cCOMMON GRACE\u201d TO TONE DOWN THE RIGID CHARATER OF ABSOLUTE CONTRAST BETWEEN GOD\u2019S GRACE &amp; GOD\u2019S CURSE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nor would the Confession permit us to tone down the rigid character of the absolute contrast between the grace and the curse of God through the idea of \u201ccommon grace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\u662f\u4e3a\u4e86\u7279\u6b8a\uff08\u6551\u8d4e\uff09\u6069\u5178\u00b7\u800c\u8bbe\u7acb\u7684\uff1b\u65e2\u662f\u5982\u6b64\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\u534f\u52a9\u5e26\u51fa\u6551\u8d4e\u6069\u5178\u548c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5492\u8bc5\u4e4b\u95f4\u7684\u5bf9\u7167<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMON GRACE SERVES SPECIAL\/SAVING GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AS SUCH, IT HELPS BRING OUT CONTRAST BEWTEEN SAVING GRACE &amp; GOD\u2019S CURSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Common grace is subservient to special or saving grace.\u00a0 As such, it helps to bring out the very contrast between this saving grace and the curse of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5f53\u4eba\u68a6\u60f3\uff0c\u8bd5\u56fe\u7528\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\u5728\u5730\u4e0a\u91cd\u5efa\u4e50\u56ed\u65f6\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u53ea\u663e\u51fa\u300e\u5f3a\u70c8\u7684\u68a6\u5e7b\u300f\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u68a6\u5e7b\uff0c\u672c\u8eab\u662f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5bf9\u90a3\u4e9b\u6ee5\u7528\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u4eba\u7684\u60e9\u7f5a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN MEN DREAMS OF A PARADISE REGAINED BY COMMON GRACE, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEY ONLY SHOW \u201cSTRONG DELUSION\u201d WHICH GOD POURS OUT AS PUNISHMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ON THOSE WHO ABUSED HIS NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When men dream dreams of a paradise regained by means of common grace, they only manifest the \u201cstrong delusion\u201d that falls as punishment of God upon those that abuse his natural revelation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u300f\uff0c\u4f5c\u4e3a\u300e\u5e38\u89c4\u6027\u300f\u7684\uff0c\u8d8a\u53d1\u663e\u5f97\u9700\u8981\u4e0a\u5e1d\u6069\u5178<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: THE NATURAL AS REGULAR APPEARS AS MORE IN NEED OF GIFT OF GOD\u2019S GRACE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus the natural as the regular appears as all the more in need of the gift of the grace of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u53ef\u662f\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6069\u5178\uff08\u6069\u8d50\uff09\u662f\u4e3a\u4e86\u4efb\u52a1\uff1a\u300e\u4f8b\u5b50\u300f Example <\/strong><strong>\u540c\u65f6\u4e5f\u662f\u300e\u6837\u672c\u300f<\/strong><strong>Sample<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YET: THE GIFT IS IN ORDER TO THE TASK; EXAMPLE IS ALSO MEANT TO BE A SAMPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet the gift is in order to the task.\u00a0 The example is also meant to be a sample.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u57fa\u7763\u6240\u8d70\u8fc7\u7684\u9053\u8def\uff0c\u662f\u5b87\u5b99\u6027\u7684\uff08\u610f\u5373\uff1a\u4ed6\u7684\u6551\u8d4e\u5927\u5de5\u6709\u7740\u5b87\u5b99\u6027\u7684\u5f71\u54cd\u529b\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHRIST WALKS A COSMIC ROAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christ walks indeed a cosmic road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5492\u8bc5\u6709\u591a\u5e7f\u8fdc\uff0c\u57fa\u7763\u7684\u6069\u5178\u4e5f\u6709\u591a\u5e7f\u8fdc <\/strong><strong>\uff08\u6ce8\uff1a\u5492\u8bc5\u5e7f\u8fdc\u662f\u300e\u4e50\u54c9\u4e3b\u4e34\u300f\u5723\u8bd7\u91cc\u7684\u6b4c\u8bcd\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FAR AS CURSE IS FOUND, SO FAR HIS GRACE IS GIVEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Far as the curse is found, so far his grace is given.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u91cc\u533b\u6cbb\u7684\u795e\u8ff9\uff0c\u90fd\u6307\u5411\u300e\u4e07\u7269\u7684\u590d\u5174\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u88ab\u533b\u6cbb\u7684\u7075\u9b42\u9700\u8981\uff0c\u4e5f\u81f3\u7ec8\u83b7\u5f97\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u88ab\u533b\u6cbb\u7684\u8eab\u4f53\uff0c\u548c\u4e00\u4e2a\u88ab\u533b\u6cbb\u7684\u751f\u6001<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BIBLE\u2019S MIRACLES OF HEALING POINT TO REGENERATION OF ALL THINGS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HEALED SOULS OF MEN REQUIRE, AND EVENTUALLY WILL RECEIVE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HEALED BODIES &amp; A HEALED ENVIRONMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biblical miracles of healing point to the regeneration of all things.<\/p>\n<p>The healed souls of men require and will eventually receive healed bodies and a healed environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u5bf9\u90a3\u4e9b\u51ed\u4fe1\u5fc3\u7b49\u5019\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u5e94\u8bb8\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u7684\u601d\u60f3\u662f\u4e00\u81f4\uff08\u7edf\u4e00\u6027\uff09\u7684\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ed6\u4eec\u7b49\u5019\u7740\u6db5\u76d6\u6574\u4e2a\u5b87\u5b99\u7684\u6551\u8d4e\uff08\u867d\u7136\u8fd9\u300e\u6db5\u76d6\u5b87\u5b99\u300f\u4e0d\u7b49\u4e8e\u6bcf\u4e00\u4e2a\u4eba\u90fd\u5f97\u6551\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: THERE\u2019S UNITY OF CONCEPT FOR THOSE WHO <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE BY BIBLE\u2019S PROMISE OF COMPREHENSIVE (THOUGH NOT UNIVERSAL) REDEMPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus there is unity of concept for those who live by the Scriptural promise of comprehensive, p. 272 though not universal, redemption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0d\u9519\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u7b49\u5019\u57fa\u7763\u4ece\u4e91\u4e2d\u964d\u4e34\uff1b\u4f46\u540c\u65f6\uff0c\u4ed6\u4eec\u4e5f\u4e3a\u6bcf\u4e00\u4e2a\u6674\u5929\u611f\u8c22\u4e0a\u5e1d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ed6\u4eec\u751a\u81f3\u4e3a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\u611f\u6069\uff1a\u8fd9\u6069\u5178\u7ea6\u675f\u7f6a\u6076\uff0c\u4e5f\u652f\u6301\u4eba\u7c7b\u793e\u4f1a\u7684\u751f\u6d3b\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u501f\u7740\u8fd9\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\uff0c\u975e\u4fe1\u5f92\u534f\u52a9\u5f70\u663e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u8363\u8000\u548c\u6743\u80fd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEY EXPECT CHRIST TO RETURN VISIBLY ON CLOUDS, ALSO THANK GOD FOR EVERY SUNNY DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEY EVEN THANK GOD FOR HIS RESTRAINING GRACE &amp; SUPPORTIVE COMMON GRACE,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY WHICH UNBELIEVER HELPS TO DISPLAY GOD\u2019S MAJESTY &amp; POWER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While they actually expect Christ to return visibly on the clouds of heaven, they thank God for every sunny day.\u00a0 They even thank God for his restraining and supporting general grace by means of which the unbeliever helps to display the majesty and power of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5bf9\u4fe1\u5f92\u800c\u8a00\uff1a\u300e\u81ea\u7136\u7684\/<\/strong><strong>\u5e38\u89c4\u6027\u7684\u300f\uff0c\u867d\u7136\u975e\u5e38\u590d\u6742\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5fc5\u5b9a\u662f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u300e\u5206\u8fa8\u8fc7\u7a0b\u300f\u7684\u5e73\u53f0\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u800c\u8fd9\u5206\u8fa8\u8fc7\u7a0b\u7684\u76ee\u6807\uff0c\u5c31\u662f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u8363\u8000\u5b8c\u5168\u7684\u5f70\u663e<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TO THE BELIEVER: THE NATURAL\/REGULAR, W\/ ALL ITS COMPLEXITY, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALWAYS APPEARS AS PLAYGROUND (PLATFORM) FOR PROCESS OF DIFFERENTIATION, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHICH LEADS EVER ONWARD TO FULLNESS OF GOD\u2019S GLORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the believer, the natural or regular with all its complexity always appears as the playground for the process of differentiation which leads ever onward to the fullness of the glory of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[III] <\/strong><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u6743\u5a01\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE AUTHORITY OF NATURAL REVELATION (pp. 272-275)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5230\u76ee\u524d\u4e3a\u6b62\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u8bba\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u5fc5\u987b\u6027\uff0c\u5fc5\u987b\u8981\u6709\u5fc5\u987b\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64:<\/strong><strong>\u300a\u97e6\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u8bba\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u6743\u5a01\u6027\uff0c\u4e5f\u5fc5\u987b\u8981\u6709\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u6743\u5a01\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u5e76\u4e0d\u4ee4\u6211\u4eec\u60ca\u5947<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SO FAR: WCF ON NECESSITY OF SCRIPTURE REQUIRES NECESSITY OF NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: WCF\u2019S AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE REQUIRES AUTHORITY OF NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT SURPRISING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far we have found that the Confession\u2019s conception of the necessity of Scripture requires a corresponding conception of the necessity of revelation in nature.\u00a0 It is not surprising, then, that the Confession\u2019s notion of the authority of Scripture requires a corresponding notion of the authority of revelation in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u91cc\u6211\u4eec\u4e5f\u4ece\u7f6a\u8fdb\u5165\u4e16\u754c\u4e4b\u524d\u7684\u60c5\u51b5\u5f00\u59cb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HERE ALSO: WE BEGIN BY STUDYING SITUATION BEFORE SIN ENTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here too it is well that we begin by studying the situation as it obtained before the entrance of sin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u4f0a\u7538\u56ed\u91cc\u76f4\u63a5\u5730\uff0c\u7528\u8bed\u8a00\u5411\u4eba\u8bb2\u8bdd\uff1a\u8bba\u5230\u751f\u547d\u6811<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN EDEN, GOD COMMUNICATED DIRECTLY, POSITIVELY (VERBALLY) W\/ MAN RE. TREE OF LIFE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In paradise, God communicated directly and positively with man in regard to the tree of life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u542f\u793a\u5e26\u6709\u6743\u5a01\uff1b\u5b83\u7684\u5168\u90e8\u5185\u5bb9\u5c31\u662f\uff1a\u547d\u4ee4\u4eba\u7edd\u5bf9\u987a\u4ece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS REVELATION = AIUTHORITATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ITS WHOLE CONTENT = COMMAND REQUIRING COMPLETE OBEDIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This revelation was authoritative.\u00a0\u00a0 Its whole content was that of a command requiring implicit obedience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u662f\u4f8b\u5916\u6027\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS SUPERNATURAL REVELATION = STH. EXCEPTIONAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This supernatural revelation was something exceptional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5b83\u82e5\u8981\u663e\u5f97\u662f\u300e\u4f8b\u5916\u6027\u300f\u7684\uff0c\u5c31\u5fc5\u987b\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e00\u822c\u5411\u4eba\u4f20\u9012\u4fe1\u606f\u7684\u65b9\u6cd5\u76f8\u5bf9\u7167<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TO BE RECOGNIZED AS EXCEPTIONAL, A CONTRAST = REQUIRED <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BETWEEN IT AND GOD\u2019S REGULAR WAY OF COMMUNICATING W\/ MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be recognized for what it was in its exceptionality, a contrast was required between it and God\u2019s regular way of communication with man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e00\u822c\u6765\u8bf4\uff0c\u4eba\u5fc5\u987b\u7528\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7ed9\u4ed6\u7684\u7814\u7a76\u80fd\u529b\uff0c\u6765\u53d1\u73b0\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u5982\u4f55\u8fd0\u4f5c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORDINARILY, MAN MUST USE HIS GOD-GIVEN POWER OF INVESTIGATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TO DISCOVERING HOW NATURE\u2019S PROCESSES WORK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily man had to use his God-given powers of investigation to discover the workings of the processes of nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u518d\u8bf4\uff1a\u4e00\u4e2a\u5e26\u6709\u6743\u67c4\u5f97\u5230\u58f0\u97f3\u7684\u6765\u4e34\uff0c\u662f\u4f8b\u5916\u6027\u7684\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u8bf4\u660e\u4e00\u4ef6\u4e8b\u5b9e\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u53d1\u547d\u4ee4\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\uff0c\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e2d\uff0c\u900f\u8fc7\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u8bf4\u8bdd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AGAIN: VOICE OF AUTHORITY CAME IN EXCEPTIONAL MANNER \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS ILLUSTRATED FACT THAT: IN &amp; THRU NATURE, GOD\u2019S VOICE OF COMMAND SPOKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, the voice of authority as it came to an in this exceptional manner was to be but illustrative of the fact that, in and through the things of nature, there spoke the self-same voice of God\u2019s command.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u501f\u7740\u6743\u5a01\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\uff0c\u5141\u8bb8\u4eba\u638c\u63a7\uff0c\u5236\u670d\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u529b\u91cf<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6b63\u5982\u6253\u730e\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u80cc\u4e0a\u5e26\u7740\u4ed6\u7684\u6253\u730e\u6392\u7167\u53f7\u7801\uff0c\u4e9a\u5f53\u7684\u7406\u667a\u91cc\uff0c\u5e26\u7740\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7ed9\u4ed6\u5904\u7406\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u6743\u5229<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN WAS PERMITTED, BY DIRECT VOICE OF AUTHORITY, TO CONTROL &amp; SUBDUE NATURE\u2019S POWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JUST LIKE HUNTER WEARS HIS HUNTING LICENSE NUMBER ON HIS BACK, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADAM WEARS GOD\u2019S GIVEN RIGHT TO DEAL W\/NATURE ON HIS MIND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man was given permission by p. 273 means of the direct voice of authority to control and subdue the powers of nature.\u00a0 (Trans. Note: Gen. 1:28; 2:15.)\u00a0 As hunter bears upon his back in clearly visible manner the number of his hunting license, so Adam bore indelibly upon his mind the divine right of dealing with nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u6240\u8d50\u7684\u6743\u5229\uff0c\u540c\u65f6\u662f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u6240\u7ed9\u7684\u4efb\u52a1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS GOD-GIVEN RIGHT WAS AT THE SAME TIME A GOD-GIVEN OBLIGATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And the divine right was at the same time the divine obligation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ece\u8d77\u521d\uff0c\u5b87\u5b99\u6240\u6709\u7684\u4e8b\u5b9e\uff0c\u90fd\u6e05\u695a\u663e\u793a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u62e5\u6709\u6743\u7684\u6807\u5fd7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM BEGINNING, MARK OF GOD\u2019S OWNERSHIP WAS CLEARLY WRITTEN ON ALL FACTS IN UNIVERSE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The mark of God\u2019s ownership was from the beginning writ large upon all the facts of the universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u5fc5\u987b\u4fee\u7406\u4e3b\u7684\u56ed\u5b50\uff0c\u5e76\u5411\u7530\u56ed\u7684\u4e3b\u4eba\u8fdb\u8d21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN MUST CULTIVATE LORD\u2019S GARDEN, &amp; GLADLY PAY TRIBUTE TO LORD OF MANOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man was to cultivate the garden of the Lord and gladly pay tribute to the Lord of the manor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u4ece\u4e8b\u79d1\u5b66\uff0c\u5fc5\u987b\u4ee5\u987a\u670d\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6001\u5ea6\u8fdb\u884c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN\u2019S SCIENCE WAS TO BE MARKED BY OBEDIENT ATTITUDE TO GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man\u2019s scientific procedure was accordingly to be marked by the attitude of obedience to God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u5fc5\u987b\u8ba4\u8bc6\uff1a\u4ed6\u82e5\u4e0d\u6839\u636e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u547d\u4ee4\u5904\u7406\u81ea\u7136\uff0c\u4ed6\u5fc5\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u5230\u5904\u770b\u5230\u6b7b\u4ea1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN MUST REALIZE: IF HE DIDN\u2019T MANIPULATE NATURE AS DIRECT BEARER OF GOD\u2019S COMMANDS,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HE WOULD FIND DEATH IN NATURE EVERYWHERE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was to realize that he would find death in nature everywhere if he manipulated it otherwise than as being the direct bearer of the behests of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u6240\u9020\uff0c\u6709\u7406\u6027\u7684\u88ab\u9020\u8005\uff0c\u4eba\uff0c\u5728\u4ed6\u4e00\u5207\u6d3b\u52a8\u4e2d\u5fc5\u987b\u670d\u4ece\u6743\u67c4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u7684\u6240\u6709\u6d3b\u52a8\u5fc5\u987b\u662f\u987a\u670d\u5b88\u7ea6\u7684\uff0c\u4e0d\u7136\u5c31\u662f\u4e0d\u987a\u670d\u80cc\u7ea6\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S RATIONAL CREATURE MUST LIVE BY AUTHORITY IN ALL HIS ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALL MAN\u2019S ACTIVITIES ARE EITHER COVENANT-OBEDIENT OR COVENANT-DISOBEDIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rational creature of God must naturally live by authority in all the activities of his personality.\u00a0 All these activities are inherently covenantal activities either of obedience or of disobedience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u662f\u6309\u7167\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5f62\u8c61\u88ab\u9020\uff0c\u4ed6\u50cf\u4e0a\u5e1d (analogue)<\/strong><strong>\uff1b\u56e0\u6b64\uff0c\u6b63\u5e38\u6765\u8bf4\uff0c\u4eba\u7684\u601d\u60f3\uff0c\u610f\u5fd7\u548c\u884c\u4e3a\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5e94\u8be5\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u601d\u60f3\uff0c\u610f\u5fd7\u4e0e\u884c\u4e3a\u76f8\u4f3c (analogical)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN WAS CREATED AN ANALOGUE OF GOD; HIS THINKING, WILLING &amp; DOING IS, AT EVERY POINT, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PROPERLY ANALOGICAL TO GOD\u2019S THINKING, WILLING AND DOING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man was created as an analogue of God; his thinking, his willing and his doing is therefore properly<\/p>\n<p>conceived as at every point analogical to the thinking, willing and doing of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u552f\u6709\u5f53\u4eba\u62d2\u7edd\u4ee5\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u5f62\u8c61\u81ea\u5c45\u65f6\uff0c\u5c31\u4f1a\u7528\u4e24\u79cd\u76f8\u5bf9\u7167\u7684\u6001\u5ea6\u54cd\u5e94\u542f\u793a\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u7528\u7406\u6027\u6765\u54cd\u5e94\u4e00\u79cd\u542f\u793a\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff09\uff1b\u7528\u4fe1\u5fc3\u6765\u54cd\u5e94\u53e6\u4e00\u79cd\u542f\u793a\uff08\u6551\u8d4e\u542f\u793a\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ONLY AFTER REFUSING TO BE GOD\u2019S ANALOGUE, WILL MAN CONTRAST BETWEEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ATTITUDE OF REASON TO RESPOND TO ONE TYPE OF REVELATION, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND ATTITUDE OF FAITH TO RESPOND TO ANOTHER TYPE OF REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is only after refusing to be analogous to God that man can think of setting a contrast between the attitude of reason to one type of revelation, and the attitude of faith to another type of revelation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300e\u542f\u793a\u300f\u7684\u610f\u601d\uff0c\u4e0d\u4ec5\u6307\u4ece\u5468\u56f4\u7684\u73af\u5883\u800c\u6765\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u4e5f\u6307\u4ece\u4eba\u7684\u6784\u9020\u800c\u6765\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u662f\u300e\u7ea6\u7684\u4f4d\u683c\u300f\uff08\u4e00\u4e2a\u7acb\u7ea6\u5b88\u7ea6\u7684\u4f4d\u683c\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS WHAT WE MEAN BY REVELATION = NOT ONLY WHAT COMES THRU FACTS IN ENVIRONMENT,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT ALSO: WHAT COMES BY MEANS OF HIS CONSTITUTION, AS A COVENANT PERSONALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the idea of revelation, then, we are to mean not merely what comes to man through the facts surrounding him in his environment, but also that which comes to him by means of his own constitution as a covenant personality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u900f\u8fc7\u4eba\u7684\u672c\u6027\uff08\u7406\u6027\u548c\u826f\u5fc3\uff09\u800c\u6765\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u5bf9\u4eba\u6765\u8bf4\uff0c\u4e0e\u82b1\u8349\u6811\u6728\u800c\u6765\u7684\u542f\u793a\u540c\u6837\u5730\u300e\u5ba2\u89c2\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u5185\u5fc3\u7684\u6d3b\u52a8\uff08\u7406\u6027\uff0c\u826f\u5fc3\uff09\uff0c\u4e0e\u5468\u56f4\u7684\u7269\u7406\u5b9a\u5f8b\uff0c\u540c\u6837\u5730\u5bcc\u6709\u300e\u542f\u793a\u6027\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REVELATION THRU MAN\u2019S OWN RATIONAL &amp; MORAL NATURE = NO LESS OBJECTIVE TO HIM, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THAN REVELATION THROUGH VOICE OF TREES AND ANIMALS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAN\u2019S PSYCHOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IS NO LESS REVELATIONAL THAN LAWS OF PHYSICS AROUND HIM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The revelation that comes to man by way of his own rational and moral nature is no less objective to him than that which comes to him through the p. 274 voice of trees and animals.\u00a0\u00a0 Man\u2019s own psychological activity is no less revelational than the laws of physics about him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6240\u6709\u88ab\u9020\u5b87\u5b99\uff0c\u672c\u8d28\u4e0a\u90fd\u5728\u542f\u793a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u672c\u6027\u548c\u65e8\u610f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALL CREATED REALITY IS INHERENTLY REVELATIONAL OF GOD\u2019S NATURE &amp; WILL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All created reality is inherently revelational of the nature and will of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5c31\u7b97\u4eba\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u542f\u793a\u7684\u9053\u5fb7\u5173\u7cfb\uff0c\u4e5f\u5145\u6ee1\u7740\u300e\u542f\u793a\u6027\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EVEN MAN\u2019S ETHICAL RELATION TO GOD\u2019S REVELATION IS REVELATIONAL <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even man\u2019s ethical reaction to God\u2019s revelation is still revelational.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u65e2\u7136\uff08\u4eba\u7684\u5185\u5fc3\uff09\u5728\u542f\u793a\u4e0a\u5e1d\uff0c\u5b83\u5c31\u5177\u6709\u6743\u5a01<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AND, AS REVELATIONAL OF GOD, IT IS AUTHORITATIVE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And as revelational of God, it is authoritative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u300a\u5a01\u654f\u65af\u7279\u4fe1\u4ef0\u544a\u767d\u300b\u7684\u300e\u5723\u7ecf\u6743\u5a01\u8bba\u300f\uff0c\u8981\u6211\u4eec\u770b\u5230\u5b83\u7684\u80cc\u666f\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u539f\u672c\u7684\uff0c\u6743\u5a01\u6027\u7684\u6027\u8d28\uff0c\u624d\u4f1a\u6e05\u695a\u660e\u4e86<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEANING OF WCF\u2019S DOCTRINE OF AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE ISN\u2019T CLEAR UNTIL WE SEE IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AGAINST ORIGIONAL &amp; AUTHORITATIVE CHARACTER OF GOD\u2019S NATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The meaning of the Confession\u2019s doctrine of the authority of Scripture does not become clear to us till we see it against the background of the original and basically authoritative character of God\u2019s revelation in nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u5411\u4eba\u8bf4\u8bdd\uff1a\u4eba\u662f\u5fc5\u987b\u670d\u4ece\u6743\u67c4\u8005<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SCRIPTURE SPEAKS AUTHORITATIVELY TO US \u2013 PEOPLE WHO MUST LIVE BY AUTHORITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scripture speaks authoritatively to such as must naturally live by authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u4e0d\u8bba\u4f55\u65f6\uff0c\u4f55\u5904\u8bf4\u8bdd\uff0c\u90fd\u5e26\u7740\u6743\u5a01\u8bf4\u8bdd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD SPEAKS W\/ AUTHORITY, WHEREVER &amp; WHENEVER HE SPEAKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God speaks with authority wherever and whenever he speaks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8ba9\u6211\u4eec\u5728\u8fd9\u91cc\u8ba8\u8bba\u4e0a\u5e1d\u900f\u8fc7\u826f\u5fc3\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u548c\u4e0e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u5173\u7cfb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HERE, LET\u2019S MENTION GOD\u2019S REVELATION THRU CONSCIENCE, &amp; ITS RELATION TO SCRIPTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point a word may be said about the revelation of God through conscience and its relation to Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u826f\u5fc3\u5c31\u662f\u4eba\u7684\u5185\u5fc3\uff0c\u5728\u5224\u65ad\u9053\u5fb7\u7684\u4e8b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u7684\u5185\u5fc3\u7684\u4e00\u5207\u52a8\u4f5c\u90fd\u662f\u9053\u5fb7\u6027\u7684\uff0c\u8fd9\u6db5\u76d6\u5bf9\u4efb\u4f55\u4e8b\u7269\u7684\u601d\u60f3\uff08\u5224\u65ad\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONSCIENCE IS MAN\u2019S CONSCIOUSNESS, SPEAKING ON MORAL MATTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EVERY ACT OF MAN\u2019S CONSCIOUSNESS IS MORAL, IN MOST COMPREHENSIVE SENSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Conscience is man\u2019s consciousness speaking on matters of directly moral import.\u00a0 Every act of man\u2019s consciousness is moral in the most comprehensive sense of that term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u7136\u800c\uff1a\u662f\u975e\u95ee\u9898\uff0c\u548c\u4e00\u822c\u8be0\u91ca\u6027\u95ee\u9898\uff0c\u662f\u4e0d\u540c\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YET: THERE\u2019S DIFFERENCE BETWEEN QUESTIONS OF RIGHT\/WRONG <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&amp; GENERAL QUESTIONS OF INTERPRETATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet there is a difference between questions of right and wrong in a restricted sense, and general questions of interpretation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u7684\u5185\u5fc3\u88ab\u9020\u65f6\u82e5\u662f\u5b8c\u5168\u7684\uff0c\u56e0\u6b64\u5e26\u7740\u6743\u5a01\u8868\u8fbe\uff08\u542f\u793a\uff09\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u65e8\u610f\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u90a3\u4e48\u5f53\u7f6a\u8fdb\u5165\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u8fd9\u5185\u5fc3\u4ecd\u7136\u5426\u6709\u542f\u793a\u6027\u548c\u6743\u5a01\u6027\uff1b\u826f\u5fc3\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\u4ecd\u662f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u58f0\u97f3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IF MAN\u2019S WHOLE CONSCIOUSNESS WAS ORIGNALLY CREATED PERFECT, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS AUTHORITATIVELY EXPRESSES GOD\u2019S WILL, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THAT SAME CONSCIOUSNESS IS STILL REVELATIONAL &amp; AUTHORITATIVE AFTER SIN ENTERED, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TO EXTENT THAT ITS VOICE IS STILL GOD\u2019S VOICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now if man\u2019s whole consciousness was originally created perfect, and as such authoritatively expressive of the will of God, that same consciousness is still revelational and authoritative after the entrance of sin to the extent that its voice is still the voice of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u7f6a\u4eba\u8bd5\u56fe\uff08\u610f\u8bc6\u5730\uff09\u6bc1\u706d\/<\/strong><strong>\u57cb\u846c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\uff08\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u5305\u62ec\u4ed6\u7684\u5185\u5fc3\/<\/strong><strong>\u826f\u5fc3\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SINNER TRIES \u2013 AS FAR AS SELF-CONSCIOUSLY \u2013 TO DESTROY\/BURY GOD\u2019S VOICE FROM NATURE \u2013 NATURE INCLUDES HIS CONSCIOUSNESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sinner\u2019s efforts, so far as they are done self-consciously from his point of view, seek to destroy or bury the voice of God that comes to him through nature, which includes his own consciousness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\u8fd9\u65b9\u9762\u7684\u52aa\u529b\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u603b\u662f\u6210\u529f\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT THIS EFFORT CAN\u2019T BE TOTALLY SUCCESSFUL ALWAYS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But this effort cannot be wholly successful at any point in history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6700\u90aa\u6076\u7684\u4eba\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u5b8c\u5168\u9003\u907f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ed6\u4eec\u6700\u5927\u7684\u7f6a\uff0c\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u6297\u62d2\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u6743\u5a01\uff0c\u56e0\u6b64\u662f\u300e\u7f6a\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MOST DEPRAVED MEN CAN\u2019T TOTALLY ESCAPE GOD\u2019S VOICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEIR GREATEST WICKEDNESS IS MEANINGFUL BEC. OF ASSUMPTION: THEY SINNED AGAINST GOD\u2019S AUTHORITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most depraved of men cannot wholly escape the voice of God.\u00a0 Their greatest wickedness is meaningless except upon the assumption that they have p. 275 sinned against the authority of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6700\u90aa\u6076\u7684\u601d\u60f3\u548c\u884c\u4e3a\u90fd\u5e26\u6709\u300e\u542f\u793a\u6027\u300f\uff1b\u5c31\u662f\u56e0\u4e3a\u4ed6\u4eec\u662f\u300e\u4e0d\u6b63\u5e38\u300f\u56e0\u6b64\u5e26\u7740\u300e\u542f\u793a\u6027\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THOUGHTS &amp; NEEDS OF UTMOST PERVERSITY ARE REVELATIONAL, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>REVELATIONAL IN THEIR VERY ABNORMALITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts and deeds of utmost perversity are themselves revelational, revelational, that is, in their very abnormality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u4eba\uff08\u5c5e\u8840\u6c14\u7684\u7f6a\u4eba\uff09\u5b9a\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u7f6a\uff0c\u6216\u8ba4\u4e3a\u81ea\u5df1\u65e0\u7f6a\uff08\u6216\u56e0\u4e3a\u662f\uff0c\u6216\u4ee5\u4e3a\u975e\uff09\uff0c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u53ea\u56e0\u4e3a\uff1a\u4ed6\u5815\u843d\u7684\u5185\u5fc3\uff0c\u7ee7\u7eed\u6307\u5411\u539f\u6765\uff08\u88ab\u9020\u65f6\uff09\u7684\u72b6\u6001<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURAL MAN ACCUSES\/EXCUSES HIMSELF, ONLY BECAUSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HIS OWN DEPRAVED CONSCIOUSNESS CONTINUES TO POINT BACK TO ORIGINAL STATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The natural man accuses or else excuses himself only because his own utterly depraved consciousness continues to point back to the original natural state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6d6a\u5b50\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u5fd8\u8bb0\u7236\u4eb2\u7684\u58f0\u97f3\uff1b\u597d\u50cf\u91cd\u62c5\uff0c\u4e00\u76f4\u5728\u4ed6\u9888\u9879\u4e0a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRODIGAL SON CAN NEVER FORGET FATHER\u2019S VOICE; ALWAYS AROUND HIS NECK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The prodigal son can never forget the father\u2019s voice.\u00a0 It is the albatross forever about his neck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[IV] <\/strong><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE SUFFICIENCY OF NATURAL REVELATION (pp. 275-276)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u73b0\u5728\u6211\u4eec\u8ba8\u8bba\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027\uff1b\u8fd9\u4e0e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b\u7684\u8db3\u591f\uff08\u5b8c\u5907\uff09\u6027\u76f8\u79f0\uff1b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6211\u4eec\u8bb0\u5f97\uff1a\u81ea\u7136\u91cc\u7684\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u4ece\u6765\u5c31\u4e0d\u662f\u8981\u51ed\u81ea\u5df1\uff08\u72ec\u7acb\uff09\u8fd0\u4f5c\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE NOW SPEAK OF SUFFICIENCY OF NATURAL REVELATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHICH CORRESPONDS TO SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WE RECALL: REVELATION IN NATURE WAS NEVER MEANT TO FUNCTION BY ITSELF<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Proceeding now to speak of the sufficiency of natural revelation as corresponding to the sufficiency of Scripture, we recall that revelation in nature was never meant to function by itself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ece\u8d77\u521d\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u82e5\u6ca1\u6709\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u4f34\u968f\uff0c\u662f\u4e0d\u8db3\u591f\u7684\uff1b\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u672c\u8eab\u662f\u300e\u754c\u9650\u6982\u5ff5\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\uff08\u6ce8\uff1a\u5b83\u6307\u5411\u6551\u8d4e\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u5b83\u4e0d\u662f\u6551\u8d4e\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u4f46\u6551\u8d4e\u542f\u793a\u6ca1\u6709\u5b83\u4e0d\u884c\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT WAS, FROM BEGINNING, INSUFFICIENT W\/O ITS SUPERNATURAL CONCOMITANT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURAL REVELATION WAS, INHERENTLY, A LIMITING NOTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was from the beginning insufficient without its supernatural concomitant.\u00a0 It was inherently a limiting notion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u53ea\u4e0d\u8fc7\u662f\u4eba\u5728\u65f6\u7a7a\u4e2d\u884c\u52a8\u7684\u9884\u8bbe\uff1b\u4eba\u4e43\u662f\u300e\u7ea6\u91cc\u7684\u4f4d\u683c\u300f\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ed6\u662f\u9762\u5bf9\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\uff08\u8bdd\u8bed\uff09\u542f\u793a\u800c\u5fc5\u7136\u4f5c\u51fa\u54cd\u5e94\u7684 (cov. Person re. supernatural communic.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURAL REVELATION = MERELY PRESUPPOSITON OF MAN\u2019S HISTORICAL ACTION; MAN = <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>COVENANT PERSONALITY RE. (WHO RESPONDDS TO) SUPERNATURAL (VERBAL) COMMUNICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was but the presupposition of historical action on the part of man as covenant personality with respect to supernaturally conveyed communication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\uff1a\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\uff0c\u7edd\u5bf9\u8db3\u591f\u626e\u6f14\u8fd9\u4e2a\u89d2\u8272\uff1a\u7edd\u5bf9\u8db3\u591f\u626e\u6f14<em>\u5728\u5386\u53f2\u4e0a\u7684<\/em>\u89d2\u8272<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT: FOR THAT PURPOSE, NAT. REV. = COMPLETELY SUFFICIENT; IT WAS <em>HISTORICALLY<\/em> SUFFICIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But for that specific purpose it was wholly sufficient.\u00a0 It was <em>historically<\/em> sufficient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u7c7b\u5815\u843d\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u4ecd\u7136\u8db3\u591f\u626e\u6f14\u5386\u53f2\u4e0a\u7684\u89d2\u8272<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFTER MAN FELL, NATURAL REVELATION = STILL HISTORICALLY SUFFICIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the fall of man, natural revelation is still historically sufficient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u7c7b\u56e0\u4e3a\u5728\u4e9a\u5f53\u91cc\uff0c\u4f7f\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5492\u8bc5\u81ea\u7136\u754c\uff1b\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u5bf9\u4ed6\u4eec\u662f\u8db3\u591f\u7684<\/strong><strong>\uff0c<\/strong><strong>\u8db3\u591f\u4f7f\u4ed6\u4eec\u65e0\u53ef\u63a8\u8bff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR MEN WHO, IN ADAM, BROUGHT GOD\u2019S CURSE ON NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IT IS SUFFICIENT TO RENDER THEM WITHOUT EXCUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is sufficient for such as have in Adam brought the curse of God upon nature.\u00a0\u00a0 It is sufficient to render them without excuse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5728\u76d1\u72f1\u91cc\u7684\u4eba\u770b\u4e0d\u5230\u65e5\u5149\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u4ed6\u4eec\u914d\u53d7\u7684\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u4ed6\u4eec\u5148\u6ee5\u7528\u4e86\u5149<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THOSE IN PRISON, WHO CAN\u2019T SEE SUNLIGHT, RECEIVE WHAT THEY DESERVE, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BECAUSE THEY HAD FIRST ABUSED THE LIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those who are in prison and cannot clearly see the light of the sun receive their due inasmuch as they have first abused that light.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u82e5\u56e0\u4eba\u7684\u6ee5\u7528\u800c\u52b3\u82e6\u53f9\u606f\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e8b\u5b9e\uff1a\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5492\u8bc5\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u4e8b\u5b9e\uff0c\u518d\u6b21\u8ba9\u4eba\u81ea\u6211\u5224\u65ad\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u4ee5\u4e3a\u4e49\uff0c\u6216\u63a7\u544a\u81ea\u5df1\uff08\u7f16\u6ce8\uff1a\u300a\u7f57\u9a6c\u4e66\u300b2<\/strong><strong>:12-16<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong><strong>\u300e\u6216\u4ee5\u4e3a\u662f\uff0c\u6216\u4ee5\u4e3a\u975e\u300f\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IF NATURE GROANS BECAUSE MAN ABUSED IT, THIS FACT \u2013 GOD\u2019S VERY CURSE ON NATURE \u2013 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOULD AGAIN MAKE MAN ACCUSE\/EXCUSE THEMSELVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If nature groans in pain and travail because of man\u2019s abuse of it, this very fact \u2013 that is, the very curse of<\/p>\n<p>God on nature \u2013 should be instrumental anew in making men accuse or excuse themselves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u53f9\u606f\uff0c\u76fc\u671b\u4ece\u56da\u7981\u4e2d\u91ca\u653e\uff0c\u597d\u53eb\u81ea\u5df1\u518d\u6b21\u4e0e\u5b83\u7684\u4e3b\u8054\u5408\uff0c\u8fbe\u5230\u5b83\u539f\u6765\u7684\u76ee\u6807<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4eba\u6ee5\u7528\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e4b\u540e\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u5411\u5b83\u7684\u521b\u9020\u4e3b\u547c\u558a\uff0c\u6c42\u62a5\u5e94\uff0c\u501f\u7740\u62a5\u5e94\u800c\u88ab\u6551\u8d4e<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURE YEARNS TO BE RELEASED FROM IMPRISONMENT, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN ORDER, ONCE MORE TO BE UNITED TO HER LORD IN FRUITFUL UNION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN MAN ABUSED NATURE, IT CRIES OUT TO HER CREATOR FOR VENGEANCE &amp; REDEMPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nature, as it were, yearns to be released from its imprisonment in order once more to be united to her Lord in fruitful union.\u00a0 When nature is abused by man, it cries out to p. 276 her creator for vengeance and through it for redemption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u300a\u521b\u4e16\u8bb0\u300b3:16 <\/strong><strong>\u56de\u5e94\u4e86\u81ea\u7136\u7684\u547c\u558a\uff1a\u8fd9\u662f\u6700\u65e9\u7684\uff08\u6551\u8d4e\uff09\u5e94\u8bb8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GOD ANSWERED NATURE\u2019S CRY IN GEN. 3:15: MOTHER OF ALL PROMISES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was in the mother promise that God gave the answer to nature\u2019s cry (Gen. 3:15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u8fd9\u5e94\u8bb8\u6709\u4e24\u4e2a\u5c42\u9762<\/strong><strong>\uff1b<\/strong><strong>\u9996\u5148\uff1a\u62a5\u5e94\uff08\u5ba1\u5224\uff09\u7684\u5c42\u9762<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THERE\u2019RE TWO ASPECTS TO THIS PROMISE; FIRST, ASPECT OF VENGEANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this promise there was a two-fold aspect.\u00a0\u00a0 There was first the aspect of vengeance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5c06\u8981\u6765\u7684\u90a3\u4f4d\uff0c\u5fc5\u8981\u538b\u4f24\u86c7\u7684\u5934\uff1a\u86c7\u8bf1\u60d1\u4eba\u8bbe\u7acb\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e0e\u4e0a\u5e1d\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\uff08\u8bdd\u8bed\uff09\u542f\u793a\u72ec\u7acb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HE WHO WILL COME WILL BRUISE SERPENT\u2019S HEAD: THE ONE WHICH LED MEN TO SET UP NATURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AS INDEPENDENT OF GOD\u2019S SUPERNATURAL REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He that should come was to bruise the head of the serpent, the one that led man in setting up nature as independent of the supernatural revelation of God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u518d\u6b21\u6709\u673a\u4f1a\u4f5c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5bf9\u4eba\u7684\u8d85\u81ea\u7136\uff08\u8bdd\u8bed\uff09\u542f\u793a\u7684\u300e\u573a\u300f\uff08\u7f16\u6309\uff1a\u5e73\u53f0\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: NATURE GETS ANOTHER CHANCE TO SERVE AS PROPER FIELD (PLATFORM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR GOD\u2019S SUPERNATURAL (VERBAL) COMMUNICATION TO MAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus nature was once more to be given the opportunity of serving as the proper field of exercise of the direct supernatural communication of God to man.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f46\uff1a\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u8fd9\u6b21\u626e\u6f14\u7740\u5b83\u7684\u89d2\u8272\uff0c\u662f\u5728\u5386\u53f2\u8fdb\u5c55\u5230\u53e6\u4e00\u4e2a\u9636\u6bb5\u65f6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u73b0\u5728\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u4e0d\u4ec5\u627f\u8f7d\u7740\u4e0a\u5e1d\u7684\u666e\u904d\u6069\u5178\uff0c\u4e5f\u627f\u8f7d\u7740\u7942\u7684\u5492\u8bc5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT: THIS TIME, THE SERVICE COMES AT A MORE ADVANCED POINT IN HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURE NOW BEARS GOD\u2019S CURSE AS WELL AS HIS GENERAL MERCY (COMMON GRACE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But this time, this service came at a more advanced point in history.\u00a0 Nature was now the bearer of God\u2019s curse as well as of his general mercy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4e49\u4eba\uff08\u4fe1\u5f92\uff09\uff0c\u4e00\u822c\u4e0a\u6709\u4e0a\u5e1d\u5728\u5468\u56f4\u4fdd\u62a4\u7740\uff1b\u4f46\u4ed6\u4eec\u4e0d\u53ef\u671f\u5f85\uff0c\u6bcf\u65f6\u523b\u90fd\u5982\u6b64<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GENERALLY, THE GOOD (BELIEVERS) ARE HEDGED BY GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YET THEY MUST NOT EXPECT THIS IS SO ALWAYS, IN EVERY RESPECT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cgood,\u201d that is, the believers, are, generally, hedged about by God.\u00a0\u00a0 Yet they must not expect that always and in every respect this will be the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4ed6\u4eec\u5fc5\u987b\u50cf\u4e54\u5e03\uff0c\u5728\u8bd5\u70bc\u540e\u5b66\u5230\uff1a\u300e\u5c31\u7b97\u8036\u548c\u534e\u6740\u6211\uff0c\u6211\u4ecd\u4fe1\u9760\u4ed6\u300f\uff08\u300a\u4e54\u5e03\u8bb0\u300b13:15<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THEY, LIKE JOB, MUST LEARN: \u201cTHOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET I\u2019LL TRUST IN HIM\u201d (JOB 13:15)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They must learn to say with Job, be it after much trial, \u201cThough he slay me, yet will I trust in him\u201d(13:15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u975e\u4fe1\u5f92\uff1a\u4e00\u822c\u4e0a\u4ed6\u4eec\u7684\u62a5\u5e94\u5c31\u662f\u4ed6\u4eec\u884c\u4e3a\u7684\u81ea\u7136\u540e\u679c\uff1b\u4f46\u662f\u8fd9\u4e5f\u4e0d\u662f\u6bcf\u6b21\u5fc5\u7136\u7684<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u6076\u4eba\u6709\u65f6\u4e5f\u4f1a\u5174\u65fa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE EVIL (UNBELIEVERS): GENERALLY, NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR DEEDS = THEIR REWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUT THIS, TOO, IS NOT ALWAYS UNQUALIFIED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SOMETIMES, WICKED PROSPER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cevil,\u201d that is, the unbelievers, will generally be rewarded with the natural consequences of their deeds.\u00a0 But this too is not always and without qualification the case. \u00a0The wicked sometimes prosper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u53ea\u663e\u793a\u5927\u65b9\u5411\uff0c\u4f46\u6307\u5411\u6709\u4e00\u5929\uff0c\u5927\u65b9\u5411\u6210\u4e3a\u4e0d\u53d8\u539f\u5219<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NATURE ONLY SHOWS TENDENCIES; TENDENCIES POINT TO TIME WHEN <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TENDENCIES WILL BECOME RULES W\/O EXCEPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nature only shows tendencies.\u00a0 And tendencies point forward to the time when tendencies shall have become the rules without exception.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u82e5\u6ca1\u6709\u8fd9\u4e2a\u672a\u6765\u9ad8\u5cf0\uff0c\u76ee\u524d\u5927\u65b9\u5411\u5219\u6ca1\u6709\u610f\u4e49<\/strong><strong>\uff1b<\/strong><strong>\u56e0\u6b64\uff1a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u76ee\u524d\u81ea\u7136\u754c\u7684\u89c4\u5f8b\u6027\u662f\u300e\u754c\u9650\u6982\u5ff5\u300f\uff08\u7f16\u6309\uff1a\u4e0d\u5c5e\u672a\u6765\u5e38\u89c4\uff0c\u4f46\u82e5\u6ca1\u6709\u5b83\uff0c\u4e0d\u53ef\u80fd\u6709\u672a\u6765\u5e38\u89c4\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TENDENCY ITSELF = MEANINGLESS W\/O CLIMAX\u2019S CERTAINTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THUS: PRESENT REGULARITY IN NATURE = A LIMITING NOTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tendency itself is meaningless without the certainty of the climax.\u00a0 The present regularity in nature is therefore once again to be looked upon as a limiting notion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u5386\u53f2\u4e0a\u6bcf\u4e00\u4e2a\u9636\u6bb5\uff0c\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u90fd\u662f\u8db3\u591f\u7684\uff0c\u8db3\u591f\u626e\u6f14\u5b83\u7684\u89d2\u8272\uff1a\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u89d2\u8272\uff0c\u662f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u4f5c\u4e0a\u5e1d\u300e\u533a\u5206\/<\/strong><strong>\u5206\u8fa8\u8fc7\u7a0b\u300f\u7684\u5e73\u53f0\uff1a\u533a\u5206\u90a3\u4e9b\u670d\u4e8b\u4e0a\u5e1d\u548c\u4e0d\u613f\u670d\u4e8b\u7942\u7684\u4eba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AT EVERY STAGE IN HISTORY, GOD\u2019S REVELATION IN NATURE = SUFFICIENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR PURPOSE NATURE IS TO SERVE: BE PLAYGROUND (PLATFORM) FOR <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THOSE WHO SERVE GOD, AND THOSE WHO WON\u2019T<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At every stage in history, God\u2019s revelation in nature is sufficient for the purpose it was meant to serve, that of being the playground for the process of differentiation between those who would and those who would not serve God.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[V] <\/strong><strong>\u81ea\u7136\u542f\u793a\u7684\u6e05\u6670\u6027\uff08\u5f85\u7eed\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE PERSPICUITY OF NATURAL REVELATION (pp. 277-283) (to be continued)\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u534e\u7f51\u7edc\u5723\u7ea6\u5b66\u9662ccnci.org\uff1b\u4e2d\u534e\u5c55\u671b\u5723\u7ea6\u5b66\u9662 HorizonCovenant@gmail.com\uff08PayPal\uff09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u81ea\u7136\u4e0e\u300a\u5723\u7ecf\u300b NATURE AND SCRIPTURE \u8303\u6cf0\u5c14Cornelius Van Til (The  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