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腓立比书生命读经 · 第21篇

追求认识基督、

SEEKING TO KNOW CHRIST,
并祂复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通
THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS
1读经：腓立比书3:8-11，以弗所书，罗马书1:4，马太福音20:22-23，歌罗西书1:24，提摩太后书2:11。我们若要领会腓立比三章八至十一节，就需要留意这些经文的写法。在希腊文里，八至十一节是一长句。十节开始于『使我认识』。这语句与『赢得基督，并且给人看出…』这话有关。这指明认识基督乃是给人看出在基督里面的结果。九节『给人看出我是在祂里面』，和十节『使我认识基督』之间所有的话，描述保罗渴望给人看出他是在基督里面的光景。他愿意亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在基督里面，使他认识基督。照著保罗的观念，我们若要认识基督，就必须先给人看出我们是在祂里面。不但如此，给人看出我们是在祂里面，需要我们将万事看作亏损，以认识基督为至宝，然后亏损万事，看作粪土。惟有我们以认识基督为至宝，看见基督无上宝贝和超凡价值的异象，我们才会愿意放开其他的一切，将那些事看作粪土。然后我们会赢得基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面。我们将是活在基督里面，并且给别人看出我们是在基督里面的人。我们给人看出我们是在祂里面，就必然会认识祂。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 3:8-11; Eph. 1:19-20; Rom. 1:4; Matt. 20:22-23; Col. 1:24; 2 Tim. 2:11 1:19-20 If we would understand 3:8-11, we need to pay attention to the way these verses are composed. In Greek verses 8 through 11 are one long sentence. Verse 10 begins with the infinitive to know. This infinitive phrase is related to the phrase gain Christ and be found. This indicates that to know Christ is a result of being found in Him. All the words between be found in Him in verse 9 and to know Him in verse 10 describe in what condition Paul aspired to be found in Christ. He was willing to suffer the loss of all things and count them to be refuse that he might gain Christ and be found in Him to know Him. According to Paul’s concept, if we would know Christ, we must first be found in Him. Moreover, to be found in Him requires that we count all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ and then suffer the loss of all things and count them to be refuse. Only when we have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, a vision of the supreme preciousness and surpassing worth of Christ, shall we be willing to let go of everything else and count those things as refuse. Then we shall gain Christ and be found in Him. We shall be those who live in Christ and who are found by others in Christ. Being found in Him, we shall surely know Him.
启示与经历
REVELATION AND EXPERIENCE
2保罗活在一种光景里，不是有自己的义，乃是有本于神的义，为要认识（经历）基督、并祂复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通。在八节，得著对基督之认识的至宝，是藉著启示；但十节的认识基督，是藉著经历，就是对祂有经历上的认识，在对祂充分的认识上经历祂。保罗首先得著基督的启示，然后寻求对基督的经历，就是在经历上认识并享受祂。
2Paul lived in a condition of not having his own righteousness but having the righteousness of God, in order to know (to experience) Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. To have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ in verse 8 is by revelation. But to know Him in verse 10 is by experience—to have the experiential knowledge of Him, to experience Him in the full knowledge of Him. Paul first received the revelation of Christ and then sought for the experience of Christ—to know and enjoy Him in an experiential way
3我们以认识基督为至宝以后，就愿意亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面。结果，我们会在经历上认识基督。所以，九节来自八节，十节来自九节。我们若不以认识基督为至宝，（8，）就不会给人看出我们是在基督里面，（9，）因为以认识基督为至宝，使我们愿意亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面。然后，一旦我们赢得了基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面，我们就会认识祂；（10；）就是会享受祂并经历祂。
3After we receive the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, we shall be willing to suffer the loss of all things and count them refuse in order to gain Christ and be found in Him. As a result, we shall know Christ experientially. Therefore, verse 9 comes out of verse 8, and verse 10 comes out of verse 9. If we do not have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ (v. 8), we shall not be found in Christ, for it is having the excellency of the knowledge of Christ which makes us willing to suffer the loss of all things and count them as refuse in order to gain Christ and be found in Him. Then, once we have gained Christ and are found in Him, we shall know Him; that is, we shall enjoy Him and experience Him.
4赢得基督是一回事，经历祂是另一回事。我们可用购买食品杂货与吃买来且豫备好的食物之间的不同，来说明这个差别。赢得基督可比喻为购买食品杂货，经历基督可比喻为吃先前买来且煮好的食物。然而，我们购买食品杂货以前，必须先以认识食品杂货为宝贵。我们购买任何东西以前，首先以认识那样东西为宝贵而受到吸引。因此，首先我们以认识食品杂货为宝贵，然后我们买下来，得著那些东西，最终我们藉著吃而享受食物。同样，保罗首先以认识基督为至宝，然后他付代价赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在祂里面，最终他经历基督并享受祂。保罗领悟，赢得基督并且给人看出他是在祂里面，结果总是认识祂，享受并经历祂。
4To gain Christ is one thing, and to experience Him is another. We may illustrate this difference by the difference between buying groceries and eating food which has been purchased and prepared. Gaining Christ may be compared to buying groceries, and the experience of Christ may be compared to the eating of the food we have first purchased and cooked. However, before we buy any groceries, we must first have the excellency of the knowledge of groceries. Before we purchase anything, we are first attracted by the excellency of the knowledge of that thing. Thus, first we have the excellency of the knowledge of the groceries, then we gain them by buying them, and finally we enjoy the food by eating it. In like manner, Paul first received the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, then he paid the price to gain Christ and be found in Him, and finally he experienced Christ and enjoyed Him. Paul realized that to gain Christ and be found in Him always results in knowing Him, in enjoying and experiencing Him
对基督更高的认识
A HIGHER KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST
5我们对基督的经历绝不能超过我们对基督之认识的宝贵。反之，以认识基督为至宝总是超过我们对基督的经历。从来没有一个事例，信徒对基督的经历超过他对基督的认识。我们对基督若没有更高的认识，对基督就不能有更高的经历。因这缘故，我们不该受已往对基督之认识的限制，这是非常重要的。
5Our experience of Christ can never surpass the excellency of our knowledge of Christ. Rather, the excellency of the knowledge of Christ always exceeds our experience of Christ. There has never been a case where a believer’s experience of Christ surpassed his knowledge of Christ. If we do not have a higher knowledge of Christ, we cannot have a higher experience of Christ. This is why it is very important that we not be limited by our past knowledge of Christ
6你也许认识基督是喜乐、平安和安息。你得救以前没有平安，但如今你既接受了主，就有平安和喜乐。我绝不贬低对基督这些方面的认识。我的确享受主耶稣作我的平安、安息和喜乐。然而，我们不该满意于对基督这样有限的认识，乃该在对祂的认识上往前。哦，我们何等需要以认识基督为至宝！
6You may know that Christ is joy, peace, and rest. Before you were saved, you did not have the peace. But now that you have received the Lord, you have peace and joy. By no means do I belittle these aspects of the knowledge of Christ. I certainly enjoy the Lord Jesus as my peace, rest, and joy. Nevertheless, we should not be content with such a limited knowledge of Christ, but should advance in our knowledge of Him. Oh, how we need the excellency of knowing Christ!
7以认识基督为至宝会吸引我们归向基督，并推动我们放弃在祂以外的一切。我们若看见基督超凡的价值，我们不但会愿意将属世、物质的事物看作亏损，甚至也会愿意将我们的文化、宗教、和哲学看作亏损。我再说，乃是以认识基督为至宝，使我们丢弃其他的一切，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面。
7The excellency of the knowledge of Christ will attract us to Christ and motivate us to lay aside everything other than Him. If we see the surpassing worth of Christ, we shall be willing to count as loss not only worldly, material things, but even our culture, religion, and philosophy. I repeat, it is the excellency of the knowledge of Christ which causes us to drop everything else so that we may gain Christ and be found in Him
我们缺少活基督
OUR SHORTAGE IN LIVING CHRIST
8我们的日常生活指明，就著经历基督，我们到底是甚么，以及我们在那里。我们也许谈基督谈得很多，但在日常生活中，我们也许没有实际在基督里面。反之，我们也许在我们的文化、民族的哲学、或本国的逻辑里。我们在召会的聚会中或与圣徒同在时，关于基督，可能有许多可说的。但在日常生活中，我们也许活在我们民族的哲学、本国的逻辑、或家庭的观念里。我们在主恢复中这些年间，已经认识主是包罗万有的灵，并认识我们与祂是一灵。如今主就是住在我们灵里的那灵。虽然我们知道这道理，但在日常生活中，许多时候我们没有活出与主是一灵。反之，我们常活在我们的文化里。我们也许祷告：『主，我们感谢你，你是赐生命的灵，我们与你是一灵。』然而，日复一日，我们没有时时刻刻活基督。我们没有实行一直与祂是一灵。最近主向我指出，我缺少活基督。我向祂的认罪，多半与这缺欠有关。日复一日，我花太少的时间活出与主是一灵。太多的时候，我是活在基督以外的事物里，活在许多不是基督自己的美好事物里。因为这是我们的情形，所以我们众人都需要主怜悯我们。
8Our daily living is an indication of what we are and where we are concerning the experience of Christ. We may talk a great deal about Christ, but in our daily living we may not actually be in Christ. Instead, we may be in our culture, national philosophy, or domestic logic. When we are in the church meetings or with the saints, we may have a lot to say about Christ. But in our daily life we may live in our national philosophy, domestic logic, or family concept. During the years we have been in the Lord’s recovery, we have come to know that the Lord is the all-inclusive Spirit and that we are one spirit with Him. The Lord is now the Spirit dwelling in our spirit. Although we know this as a doctrine, in our daily life much of the time we do not live one spirit with the Lord. Instead, we often live in our culture. We may pray, “Lord, we thank You that You are the life-giving Spirit and that we are one spirit with You.” Nevertheless, day by day we do not live Christ moment by moment. We do not practice being one spirit with Him all the time. Recently the Lord has pointed out to me my shortage in living Christ. Most of the confession I make to Him is related to this lack. Day by day, I spend too little time living one spirit with the Lord. Too much of the time I live in something other than Christ, in many good things that are not Christ Himself. Because this is our situation, all of us need the Lord to have mercy on us
9我们与主都来到了紧要关头。今天我们许多人的确面临一种要命的情形。不错，我们看见了异象，看见基督是我们的生命，祂是赐生命的灵，并且我们与祂是一灵，我们谈论基督也谈得很多。然而，在我们每天实际的生活中，我们没有每时刻活基督。我们没有一直给别人看出我们是在基督里面。我们也许非常熟悉腓立比三章七至十节。但我们赢得了多少基督？我们给人看出我们是在基督里面有多少？我们在经历上认识基督又有多少？因著我们急切需要经历基督，所以我在这些信息中的负担不是陈明圣经的教训，乃是供应基督给圣徒，使他们在神圣的生命里，就是在基督自己里面长大，并且在经历基督、享受基督上往前。
9Both we and the Lord have come to a point of crisis. A critical situation definitely exists among many of us today. Yes, we have seen the vision that Christ is our life, that He is the life-giving Spirit, and that we are one spirit with Him, and we talk a great deal about Christ. However, in our practical life day by day, we do not live Christ every moment. We are not found by others in Christ continually. We may be very familiar with 3:7-10. But how much have we gained Christ, how much are we found in Christ, and how much do we experientially know Christ? Because of our urgent need to experience Christ, it is not my burden in these messages to present Bible teachings. It is to minister Christ to the saints that they may grow in the divine life, which is Christ Himself, and may advance in the experience of Christ and enjoyment of Christ.
在复活的大能里
EXPERIENCING CHRIST
经历基督
IN THE POWER OF RESURRECTION
10在十节保罗说，『使我认识基督、并祂复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通，模成祂的死。』照著这节，保罗不但渴望认识基督，也渴望认识基督复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通。基督复活的大能，就是使祂从死人中复活的复活生命。（弗一19～20。）基督复活大能的实际，乃是那灵。（罗一4。）我们要认识、经历基督这大能，就需要联于并模成基督的死。死乃是复活的根基。我们要经历基督复活的大能，就需要照著祂生活的榜样，过钉十字架的生活。我们模成祂的死，就叫祂复活的大能据以兴起，使祂神圣的生命在我们身上彰显出来。
10In verse 10 Paul says, “To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering?, being conformed to His death.” According to this verse, Paul aspired not only to know Christ, but also to know the power of Christ’s resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. The power of Christ’s resurrection is His resurrection life which raised Him from among the dead (Eph. 1:19-20). The reality of the power of Christ’s resurrection is the Spirit (Rom. 1:4). To know, to experience, this power requires identification with Christ’s death and conformity to it. Death is the base of resurrection. To experience the power of Christ’s resurrection, we need to live a crucified life according to the pattern of His life. Our conformity to His death affords a base for the power of His resurrection to rise up that His divine life may be expressed in us
11『同祂受苦的交通』，即有分于基督的受苦。（太二十22～23，西一24。）这是模成祂的死，经历祂复活大能的必要条件。（提后二11。）保罗所追求认识并经历的，不仅是基督自己的宝贵，也是祂复活的生命大能，并在祂受苦上的有分。对于基督，受苦和死在先，复活在后；对于我们，祂复活的大能在先，然后才是有分于祂的受苦，模成祂的死。我们首先接受祂复活的大能，然后藉著这大能，就能有分于祂的受苦，过钉十字架的生活，模成祂的死。这样的受苦，主要的是为著产生并建造基督的身体。（西一24。）模成基督的死是经历基督的根基。我们若没有模成基督的死，就没有经历基督的根基。我们要经历基督，就必须模成祂的死。但我们要模成基督的死，就必须有同祂受苦的交通。我们藉著有分于基督的苦难，就被引进一个地位，经历祂复活的大能。然后，当我们经历基督复活大能的时候，我们就认识祂。
11The participation in Christ’s suffering—“the fellowship of His sufferings” — (Matt. 20:22-23; Col. 1:24) is a necessary condition for the experience of the power of His resurrection (2 Tim. 2:11) by being conformed to His death. Paul was pursuing to know and experience not only the excellency of Christ Himself, but also the life power of His resurrection and the participation in His sufferings. With Christ, the sufferings and death came first, followed by the resurrection. With us, the power of His resurrection comes first, then the fellowship of His sufferings and conformity to His death. We first receive the power of His resurrection. Then by this power we are enabled to participate in His sufferings and live a crucified life in conformity to His death. Such sufferings are mainly for producing and building up the Body of Christ. Being conformed to Christ’s death is the very base of the experience of Christ. If we are not conformed to the death of Christ, we do not have the base for the experience of Christ. In order to experience Christ, we must be conformed to His death. But to be conformed to the death of Christ, we must have the fellowship of His sufferings. By participating in Christ’s sufferings, we are ushered into a position to experience the power of His resurrection. Then, when we experience the power of Christ’s resurrection, we know Him.
12在腓立比三章，顺序是认识基督，认识基督复活的大能，认识同祂受苦的交通，并模成祂的死。但在我们属灵的经历中，顺序相反。我们天天模成基督的死；然后我们有分于祂的苦难，认识祂复活的大能；而藉著认识复活的大能，我们就认识基督自己。照著保罗的顺序，首先，我们因著看见基督的异象，以认识基督为至宝；第二，我们将万事看作粪土；第三，我们赢得基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面；第四，我们认识基督，经历基督。我们要经历基督，就必须在复活的大能里。不能在我们天然的生命里。我们越认识基督复活的大能，就越有分于基督的苦难，因此有同祂受苦的交通。我们若经历同基督受苦的交通，就会模成祂的死。我们模成基督的死，就被引进祂复活的大能。我们乃是藉著这复活的大能，认识基督并经历基督。
12In Philippians 3 the sequence is knowing Christ, knowing the power of Christ’s resurrection, knowing the fellowship of His sufferings, and being conformed to His death. But in our spiritual experience, the sequence is reversed. Daily we are conformed to Christ’s death; then we participate in His sufferings, know the power of His resurrection, and, by knowing the power of resurrection, we know Christ Himself. According to Paul’s sequence, first we receive the excellency of the knowledge of Christ by seeing the vision of Christ; second, we count all things to be refuse; third, we gain Christ and are found in Him; and fourth, we know Christ, experience Him. In order to experience Christ, we must be in the power of resurrection. We cannot be in our natural life. The more we know the power of Christ’s resurrection, the more we shall participate in the sufferings of Christ and thereby have the fellowship of His sufferings. If we experience the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings, we shall then be conformed to His death. As we are conformed to the death of Christ, we are ushered into the power of His resurrection. It is by this resurrection power that we know Christ and experience Him
极其需要基督的异象
THE CRUCIAL NEED FOR A VISION OF CHRIST
13我们看见基督的异象，因而以认识基督为至宝，乃是极其重要的。我能见证，因著根据歌罗西书释放许多篇关于基督的信息，我得著很大的帮助，以认识基督为至宝。这卷书所包含对基督的认识，使我有深刻的印象。照著歌罗西书，基督是所分给众圣徒的分、那不能看见之神的像、一切受造之物的首生者、身体的头、以及从死人中复活的首生者。歌罗西书里有包罗万有、延展无限之基督的启示。我们若从歌罗西书得著对基督至宝的认识，就能见证基督不但是平安和喜乐，祂也是所分给众圣徒的分、神的奥秘、和神格丰满的具体表现。不错，歌罗西书的确启示基督是我们的平安。但在这卷书中，平安不是以普通的方式启示出来。反之，在歌罗西三章十五节我们看见，基督的平安在我们心里作仲裁。单说基督是平安，不太需要对基督至宝的认识。然而，认识基督是在我们心里作仲裁的平安，的确需要对祂有至宝的认识。
13It is crucial that we see a vision of Christ and thereby receive the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. I can testify that by giving so many messages on Christ from the book of Colossians, I have been greatly helped to have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. The knowledge of Christ contained in this book has made a deep impression on me. According to Colossians, Christ is the portion of the saints, the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation, the Head of the Body, and the Firstborn from among the dead. In Colossians we have a revelation of the all-inclusive and all-extensive Christ. If we have gained the excellency of the knowledge of Christ from Colossians, we shall be able to testify not only that Christ is peace and joy, but that He is the portion of the saints, the mystery of God, and the embodiment of the fullness of the Godhead. Yes, the book of Colossians does reveal that Christ is our peace. But in this book peace is not revealed in an ordinary way. Rather, in Colossians 3:15 we see that the peace of Christ arbitrates in our hearts. Simply to say that Christ is peace does not require much excellency of knowledge concerning Christ. However, to know that Christ is the arbitrating peace in our hearts does require the excellency of the knowledge concerning Him
14在腓立比三章保罗用了好些特别的说法。在本章保罗不是说，基督是我们的喜乐、平安或安息。他乃是说到赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在祂里面；说到认识基督、并祂复活的大能、以及同基督受苦的交通；又说到模成祂的死。首先，我们需要看见这一切事。然后我们需要祷告，求主给我们恩典经历祂。许多基督徒不认识歌罗西书和腓立比书中所启示的基督。他们认识主耶稣是他们的救主和救赎主，也是他们的喜乐、平安和安息。但他们还没有认识祂是所分给众圣徒的分、神的像、一切受造之物的首生者、或从死人中复活的首生者。哦，我们何等需要对基督有至宝的认识！在这一切方面认识基督，实际上就是经历祂并享受祂。我们需要享受同基督受苦的交通，使我们模成祂的死，并认识祂复活的大能。为此，我们需要忘记背后，努力面前的。（腓三13。）愿我们众人都忘记背后的，往前到关于基督更高、更深、更奥的事。
14In Philippians 3 Paul uses a number of extraordinary expressions. In this chapter Paul does not say that Christ is our joy, peace, or rest. Rather, he speaks of gaining Christ and being found in Him; of knowing Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings; and of being conformed to His death. First, we need to see all these matters. Then we need to pray that the Lord would grant us the grace to experience Him. Many Christians do not know the Christ revealed in Colossians and Philippians. They know the Lord Jesus as their Savior and Redeemer and also as their joy, peace, and rest. But they have not yet come to know Him as the portion of the saints, the image of God, the Firstborn of all creation, or the Firstborn from among the dead. Oh, how we all need the excellency of the knowledge of Christ! To know Christ in all these aspects is truly to experience Him and enjoy Him. We need to enjoy the fellowship of Christ’s sufferings that we may be conformed to His death and know the power of His resurrection. For this, we need to forget the things which are behind and stretch forward to the things which are before (v. 13). May we all forget the things behind and go on to something higher, deeper, and more profound concerning Christ
15更多的认识为著更多的经历从七节到十一节，保罗带我们步步高升。这些经文不是都在同样的水平上，乃是如同向上的台阶。每一节带我们步步高升，一直达到十一节的顶点。我鼓励圣徒们仔细、详细思考这些经文里的要点。我们需要藉著多方祷告和祷读来默想这些要点，使我们的认识能越发加增。我们对属灵的事物不该满意于初步的认识。我们需要学习甚么是以认识基督为至宝，将万事看作粪土是甚么意思；甚么是赢得基督，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面；甚么是认识祂、并祂复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通。我们也需要领略模成基督的死是甚么意思。我们需要求主给我们看见这一切事。关于这些经文里的每件事，我们都需要求问祂。因为这些事很深，所以我们无法迅速或容易的领会。
15MORE KNOWLEDGE FOR MORE EXPERIENCE In verses 7 through 11 Paul brings us higher and higher. These verses are not all on the same level, but are like ascending steps of a staircase. Each verse brings us higher and higher until we reach the peak in verse 11. I would encourage the saints to consider the points in these verses carefully and in detail. We need to ponder them with much prayer and pray- reading so that our knowledge may increase more and more. We should not be content with simply an elementary knowledge of spiritual things. We need to learn what is the excellency of the knowledge of Christ and what it means to count all things to be refuse; what it is to gain Christ and be found in Him; what it is to know Him, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings. We also need to grasp what it means to be conformed to the death of Christ. We need to ask the Lord to show us all these things. We need to inquire of Him concerning every matter in these verses. Because these matters are deep, we cannot understand them quickly or easily.
16我们不该满意于一直作肤浅的基督徒。腓立比书不是小学的著作，乃是属灵经历『研究所』的书。因此，我们对这卷书不该仅仅满意于笼统的认识。反之，我们需要熟悉保罗在这封书信中所用特别的辞句。在我们能有经历以前，我们必须熟悉保罗的用辞。这会带我们脱离老旧，并拯救我们脱离讲说基督时的老生常谈，陈腔滥调。愿主怜悯我们，使我们对基督有更多的认识，为要对祂有更多的经历。
16We should not be satisfied to remain superficial Christians. The book of Philippians is not an elementary writing; it is a book in the “graduate school” of spiritual experience. Thus, we should not be content merely with a general knowledge of this book. On the contrary, we need to become familiar with the extraordinary expressions Paul uses in this Epistle. Before we can have the experience, we must become familiar with Paul’s expressions. This will bring us out of our oldness and save us from being so common and general in speaking of Christ. May the Lord grant us mercy that we may have more knowledge of Christ in order to have more experience of Him