11当我正在挣扎应否使用『经过过程』一辞的时候，我想到基督成为肉体这件事。基督─永远的神─在童女的腹中成孕，出生在伯利恒的马槽里。然后祂在地上生活了三十三年半，末了被钉死在十字架上，埋在坟墓里。祂游历阴间以后，就在复活里出来了。我思想这一切时，就对自己说，『如果这不是一段过程，这是甚么？既然这是一段过程，你就必须在你的信息里放胆使用这个辞。』我们说，『神今天乃是经过过程的神，祂不再是那未经过过程的神、『生的』神。』这句话有甚么不对？如果你捉了一条鱼带回家，那条鱼是生的。但是你把牠煮过，端到餐桌上来吃的时候，那条鱼不再是生的，乃是经过了处理的鱼。我们的神不再是生的。在创世记一章，祂是生的神。事实上，整本旧约圣经从起头到末了，神都是生的，神还没有经过『烹煮』；祂还没有经过成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活等过程。成为肉体是基督所经过之过程的一部分。祂在马利亚腹中成孕，并在伯利恒出生，是这段过程的两方面。主耶稣在童女腹中九个月，这是一段过程。然后祂活在地上三十三年半。当祂被钉时，祂在十字架上六个小时。之后祂在坟墓里有三日之久。这些不都是过程么？也许有人说主的成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架和复活只是手续，而不是过程。根据这种领会，成为肉体乃是神成为人的手续，钉十字架乃是我们的救赎主为我们的罪而死的手续。但是尽管你把过程改成手续，事实还是一样。不仅如此，你所谓的手续，实际上就是过程。
11As I was struggling over the use of the word processed, I considered Christ’sin carnation. Christ, the eternal God, was conceived in the womb of a virgin and was born in a manger in Bethlehem. He then lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years. Eventually, He was crucified and buried in a tomb. After visiting Hades, He came forth in resurrection. As I considered all this, I said to myself, “If this is not a process, then what is it? Since it is a process, you must be bold to use this term in your messages.” What is wrong in saying that God today is the processed God, that He is no longer the unprocessed God, the “raw” God? If you catch a fish and bring it home, that fish is raw. But after you cook it and serve it on the dining table for a meal, it is no longer a raw fish. It is now a processed fish. Our God is no longer raw. In Genesis 1 He was the raw God. Actually, throughout the entire Old Testament He was raw. He had not yet been “cooked.” He had not yet been processed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection. The incarnation of Christ was part of His process. His being conceived in the womb of Mary and His being born in Bethlehem were aspects of this process. For nine months the Lord Jesus was in the womb of a virgin. This was a process. Then He lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years. When He was crucified, He was on the cross for six hours. He then was in the tomb for three days. Is not all this a process? Some may say that the Lord’sin carnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection were simply procedures, not a process. According to this understanding, incarnation was a procedure by which God became a man, and crucifixion was a procedure by which our Redeemer died for our sins. But even if you change the word process to procedure, the facts remain the same. Furthermore, this procedure, if you call it that, is actually a process