9我们经历基督，先是经历祂所是的阔，再经历祂所是的长，这是平面的。当我们在基督里长进时，就经历祂丰富的高和深，这是垂直的。我们先是经历基督扩展为阔和长，之后我们经历祂上升的高，最后经历祂下降的深。我们将要看见，我们对基督的经历，最终必须是三度的，像一立方体。我们若只有基督的长，而没有宽，那我们的经历将是一条『线』，就是极其长而窄的经历。然而，我们对基督的经历，不该只有一度，像一条线，而该有二度，像一平面，然后有三度，像一立方体。我们对基督的经历必须是二度的或『平面』的，这非常重要。我们对祂若只有『线』的经历，最终这条线会一直走到极端。所有极端的人都是『走单线的』，在单一的『线』上经历基督。你若适当且正常的经历基督作阔和长，就不至于走极端。在对基督的经历上，不要在窄而长的『线』上走得太远，乃要以『平面』的方式经历祂作阔和长。藉著不断经历基督作阔和长，我们的经历要像织得结实的『地毯』，而不是细长的『线条』。
9In our experience of Christ, we firstly experience the breadth of what He is, and then we experience the length. This is horizontal. When we advance in Christ, we experience the height and depth of His riches. This is vertical. Firstly we experience Christ spreading as the breadth and the length. Later we experience Him rising up as the height and finally descending as the depth. As we shall see, our experience of Christ must eventually become three-dimensional, like a cube. If we have only the length of Christ, without any breadth, our experience will be a “line,” that is, an experience that is long and narrow to an extreme. Our experience of Christ, however, should not have only one dimension, like a line, but it should have two dimensions, like a square, and then three dimensions, like a cube. It is of great importance that we all have a two-dimensional, or a “square,” experience of Christ. If we have only a “line” experience of Him, this “line” will eventually continue until it reaches an extreme. All extremists are “one - liners,” those whose experience of Christ i son a single “line.” If you experience Christ properly and normally as the breadth and the length, you will be kept from going to an extreme. Do not go too far out on the “line” of a narrow and long experience of Christ. Rather, experience Him in a “square” way as the breadth and as the length. By experiencing Christ continually as the breadth and length, our experience will be like a solidly woven “carpet,” not a long, single “thread.”