腓三8 …我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝；我因祂已经亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督。

　　　　10 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。

　　Phil. 3:8 …the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ.

　　 10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.

　　我们首先必须要认识基督。在腓立比三章十节，保罗说到“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”。认识基督不是一件简单的事；…我们在这里所说的认识基督，不是普通的认识，乃是要特殊的认识。基督所是的丰富，是追测不尽的（弗三8），但其中最主要的，有以下四点，是我们必须特殊认识的。

　　第一，我们必须特殊的认识，基督是神而人者。…祂是神成为人，所以祂是神又是人。总括来说，祂乃是神人。

　　第二，我们要认识，因着基督是神而人者，所以祂具有神人二性。

　　第三，我们要认识，基督在祂的人性里，借着死完成了祂法理的救赎。…基督必须受死，神法理的要求才能得着满足（来九22）。所以基督的救赎乃是法理的救赎，是在祂的人性里，借着祂的死，照着神的法理，就是照着神公义律法的要求完成的。

　　第四，我们也要认识，基督在祂的神性里，在复活中正在作出祂生机的救恩。…罗马五章十节上半说，“我们…借着神儿子的死得与神和好；”这是指祂的救赎。十节下半说，“就更要在祂的生命里得救了；”这是指祂的救恩。生机的救恩乃是基督在祂的神性里，在复活中正在作出的。…法理的救赎已经完成了，生机的救恩如今正在进行。

　　We must know Christ. In Philippians 3:10 Paul spoke about knowing Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. To know Christ is not a simple matter…; To know Christ is not to know Him in a common way but to know Him in a particular way. The riches of what Christ is, are unsearchable (Eph. 3:8), but among them, there are the four following items which we need to know in particular.

　　First, we must know particularly that Christ is both God and man...He was God and He became man, so He is both God and man. Thus, He is a God-man.

　　Second, we need to know that since Christ is a God-man, He possesses both divinity and humanity.

　　Third, we have to know that in His humanity Christ accomplished His judicial redemption through His death...Christ must be sacrificed, to fulfill the requirement of God's judicial redemption (Heb 9:22). Hence, Christ's redemption is the Judicial Redemption, accomplished in His humanity, through His death. This Redemption is accomplished according to God's judicial requirement, which is the requirement of God's righteousness.

　　Fourth, we also need to know that in His divinity Christ is carrying out His organic salvation in His resurrection...Romans 5:10a says that we "were reconciled to God through the death of His Son"; this refers to His redemption. Romans 5:10b says, "Much more we will be saved in His life"; this refers to His salvation. The organic salvation is being carried out in resurrection by Christ in His divinity...The judicial redemption has been accomplished, but the organic salvation is being carried out.

　　〔我们〕首先要认识基督，其次要凭基督丰满的职事，经历并享受基督。我们必须先有认识，然后有经历和享受。这样经历并享受基督，就是赢得基督。保罗在腓立比三章八节说，“我因祂已经亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督。”说“得着”还不够，乃是要“赢得”。赢得基督是需要出代价的。赢得基督就是出代价以经历、享受、并支取祂一切追测不尽的丰富。这不是那么简单。所以保罗接着说，“这不是说，我已经得着了，或已经完全了，我乃是竭力追求，…我不是以为自己已经取得了，我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的，向着标竿竭力追求。”（12～14上。）一场比赛不容易赢得奖赏，一场战争也不容易得着胜利；这需要我们忘记背后，努力面前，竭力追求。照样，我们也要凭着基督丰满的职事，经历并享受祂，借此赢得祂（如何作同工与长老，并如何履行同工与长老的义务，七至一一页）。

　　We need to know Christ first, then we need to experience and enjoy Christ in His full ministry in His three divine and mystical stages. First, we have the knowledge, and then we have the experience and enjoyment. To experience and enjoy Christ is to gain Christ. In Philippians 3:8 Paul said, "...Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ." To "have" is not sufficient; we need to "gain." To gain Christ requires paying a price. To gain Christ is to experience, enjoy, and take possession of all His unsearchable riches by paying a price. This is not so simple. Hence, Paul went on to say, "Not that I have already obtained or am already perfected, but I pursue....I do not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal" (vv.12-14a). It is not easy to win a game, and it is also not easy to win the victory in a war. These require us to pursue by forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before. Likewise, we need to gain Christ by experiencing and enjoying Him in His full ministry.

　　(How to be a Co-worker and an Elder and How to Fulfill Their obligations)