著者：李常受
出版：台湾福音书房
呼求主名
出版：台湾福音书房
呼求主名
呼求主名是什么意思?有些基督徒以为呼求主名和祷告主是一样的。不错，呼求是一种祷告，但呼求不只是祷告而已。呼求的希伯来字意思是呼喊、呼叫、喊叫。呼求的希腊字意思是呼唤一个人，呼叫一个人的名字。换句话说，就是以听得见的声音指名喊叫一个人。祷告可能是静默的，但呼求必须是听得见的。
CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
What is the meaning of calling on the name of the Lord? Some Christians think that calling on the Lord is the same as praying to Him. Yes, calling is a kind of prayer, but it is not merely praying. The Hebrew word for call means to call out to, to cry unto, to cry out. The Greek word for call means to invoke aa person, to call a person by naming him audibly. Although prayer may be silent, calling must be audible.
有两位旧约的申言者能帮助我们看见呼求主是什么意义。耶利米告诉我们，呼求主的意思就是向祂呼喊，经历属灵的呼吸。 『耶和华阿，我从深牢中呼求你的名。你曾听见我的声音，求你不要掩耳不听我的呼吸。 』（哀三55~56，直译。）以赛亚也告诉我们，我们呼求主就是向祂呼喊。『看哪，神是我的拯救；我要倚靠祂，并不惧怕；因为主耶和华是我的力量，是我的诗歌；祂也成了我的拯救。所以你们必从救恩的泉源欢然取水。在那日，你们要说，当称谢耶和华，呼求祂的名...。你们要向耶和华唱歌...。锡安的居民哪，当扬声欢呼；因为在你们中间的以色列圣者，乃为至大。 』（赛十二2~6，直译。）神怎么能成为我们的拯救，我们的力量，和我们的诗歌呢？我们怎么能从救恩的泉源欢然取水呢？路就在于呼求祂的名，称谢耶和华， 唱诗，并且扬声欢呼。这些都符合第四节所题到的呼求。
Two Old Testament prophets help us to see what is meant by clling on the Lord.Jeremiah tells us that to call on the Lord means to cry to Him and to experience spiritual breathing. "I called upon Your name,O Jehovah, from the lowest pit. You have heard my voice; do not hide Your ear at my breathing, at my cry"(Lam.3:55-56). Isaiah also tells us that our calling on the Lord is our crying tot Him. "God is now my salvation; I will trust and not dread; for Jah Jehovah is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. Therefore you will draw water with rejoicing from the springs of salvation, And you will say in that day, Give thanks to Jehovah; call upon His name...Sing psalms to Jehovah...Cry out and give a ringring shouot, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel"(Isa. 12:2-6). How may God become our salvation, our strength, and our song? How can we with joy draw water from the springs of salvation? The way is to call on His name, to give thanks to the Lord, to sing a hymn, and to cry out and shout. All of these match the calling mentioned in verse 4! 
