“权柄”这个词一般有两个含义。第一个含义是指权威，比如一个有着丰富知识的专家，以致广被信赖。第二个是指主权，即做决定、指导或控制某事的权力。在宗教改革中，“唯独圣经”包括了这两个含义。
改教家们宣称，圣经是“神所呼出的”，它将神的信息传达给这个世界。因此，它拥有神对全人类的主权。的确，圣经告诉我们，神是透过祂话语的大能创造了天地，包括一切可见和不可见的。神是一切受造物的王，祂有主权要求我们降服。
但圣经的权柄也指祂是丰富知识的专家。透过祂给我们真理的话语，神彰显了祂作为我们的创造者，维系者和救主的专门知识。谁能比创造主更了解受造之物呢？谁知道我们的一切所需，什么对我们最好，并我们应当如何与神、与人，及与神的受造物相处呢？神都知道，而祂使用圣经来教导我们这些事。
诗篇第19篇描述了神话语那惊人的价值和特性。在阅读这首诗篇时，请你思想自己要如何在生活中降服于神话语的权柄，并立志在一切所言所行中讨神喜悦。
主啊，祢有权柄命令我做什么和说什么。祢就是那专家，知道我最深的需求和最终的意义。求祢帮助我听见并跟随祢美妙的话语。奉耶稣的名求，阿们。
诗篇 19
1诸天述说神的荣耀； 穹苍传扬他的手段。
2这日到那日发出言语； 这夜到那夜传出知识。
3无言无语， 也无声音可听。
4它的量带通遍天下， 它的言语传到地极。 神在其间为太阳安设帐幕；
5太阳如同新郎出洞房， 又如勇士欢然奔路。
6它从天这边出来，绕到天那边， 没有一物被隐藏不得它的热气。
7耶和华的律法全备，能苏醒人心； 耶和华的法度确定，能使愚人有智慧。
8耶和华的训词正直，能快活人的心； 耶和华的命令清洁，能明亮人的眼目。
9耶和华的道理洁净，存到永远； 耶和华的典章真实，全然公义－
10都比金子可羡慕，且比极多的精金可羡慕； 比蜜甘甜，且比蜂房下滴的蜜甘甜。
11况且你的仆人因此受警戒， 守着这些便有大赏。
12谁能知道自己的错失呢？ 愿你赦免我隐而未现的过错。
13求你拦阻仆人不犯任意妄为的罪， 不容这罪辖制我， 我便完全，免犯大罪。
14耶和华－我的磐石，我的救赎主啊， 愿我口中的言语、心里的意念在你面前蒙悦纳。
"The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous." — Psalm 19:9
The word authority has two common meanings. An authority can be a person who has extensive expertise that can be relied on. Authority can also include the right to make a decision, to direct or control something. In the Protestant Reformation, the teaching about Scripture alone made a claim based on both of these meanings.
The Reformers claimed that since the Bible was "God-breathed," it was speaking God's message to the world. As such, it has God's authority for all humankind. Indeed, the Bible informs us that through the power of his word, God made the heavens and the earth, all things visible and invisible. God is the King of his creation, and he has the right to demand our submission.
But the Bible's authority also operates in the sense of expertise. Through his Word of truth to us, God conveys his expertise as our Creator, Sustainer, and Savior. Who can know the creature better than its Creator? Who knows all that we need, what is best for us, and how we should live in relation to him, to others, and to his creation? God does, and he uses the Bible to teach us these things.
Psalm 19 describes the amazing value and qualities of God's Word. As you read this psalm, list the ways you can submit to the authority of God's Word in your life, and commit to pleasing God in all you do and say.
You have the authority to command all I do and say, Lord. You are the expert on my deepest needs and truest aims. Help me to hear and follow your excellent Word. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
