腓二2　你们就要使我的喜乐满足，就是要思念相同的事，有相同的爱，魂里联结，思念同一件事。

　　四4　你们要在主里常常喜乐，我再说，你们要喜乐。

　　我们要来区别经历基督与享受基督的不同。经历基督主要是在我们的灵里，而享受基督乃是在我们的魂里。……以吃东西为例，把食物吃进去是一回事，而享受食物又是另一回事。有时候父母强迫他们的孩子吃东西，孩子可能因怕受惩罚而吃，但他们没有享受所吃的食物。反之，他们吃的时候是在受苦。有时我们经历基督，但不是以享受的方式，而是以受苦的方式。我们可能说，“我必须接受基督作我的生命，并凭祂活着。我必须经历基督。”这不是享受基督。我们就像那些〔被迫〕吃食物而没有享受食物的孩子，许多时候我们经历基督而没有享受基督。我们没有享受基督，反而是在受苦。因此，我们可能经历基督而没有享受基督。这里的难处是在于我们的魂（李文集一九七八年第一册，四三五至四三六页）。

　　Phil. 2:2 Make my joy full, that you think the same thing, having the same love, joined in soul, thinking the one thing.

　　4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

　　We can make a distinction between the experience of Christ and the enjoyment of Christ. The experience of Christ is a matter primarily in our spirit, but the enjoyment of Christ is in our soul…. Consider the example of eating food. It is one thing to eat food and another thing to enjoy it. Sometimes parents force their children to eat certain foods. Although the children may eat out of the fear of being disciplined, they do not enjoy the food they are eating. Rather, they suffer as they eat. Sometimes we experience Christ not in the way of enjoyment but in the way of suffering. We may say, “I must take Christ as my life and live by Him. I have to experience Christ.” But this is not the enjoyment of Christ. Like children who eat without enjoying their food, many times we experience Christ without enjoying Him. Instead of enjoying Christ, we suffer. Thus, we can have the experience of Christ without the enjoyment of Christ. The problem here is with our soul. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 338-339)

　　腓立比书不仅论到经历基督，也论到享受基督。在三章八节下半，保罗说他因基督将万事看作粪土。这不仅是经历的事，更是享受的事。以认识基督为至宝（8上），也指明了享受。至宝主要不是为着经历，乃是为着享受。……在对基督的享受上，应当有令人愉悦的品尝。

　　虽然腓立比人很好，但他们失去了对基督的享受。他们可能有正确的灵，但他们的魂里有难处。他们可能曾经在灵里是一，但他们在魂里确实不是一。这就是腓立比书的背景。

　　新约中每封书信都是为着特别的原因写的。保罗写信给腓立比人，原因是他们虽然为着主并顾到主的仆人，他们的灵也非常好，但是他们在魂里有难处，因为他们没有思念相同的事。他们在思想上有难处。因此，保罗写这封书信劝告他们，甚至求他们，要在魂里是一。

　　我们今天的需要和腓立比人很相似。在一章保罗对腓立比人说，“我每逢想念你们，就感谢我的神；每逢为你们众人祈求的时候，总是欢欢喜喜地祈求。”（3~4）我对主恢复里亲爱的众圣徒也有同样的感觉。我能真诚地说，我为着众圣徒赞美主。虽然如此，我多少担心你们对基督的享受可能不是那么多。也许你头一次到你当地的召会时，你对基督有相当的享受。但过了一段时间，你可能就失去了这享受。这原因乃是你在魂里有问题。不是姊妹们太在情感里，就是弟兄们太在心思里。并且我们都有顽梗意志的难处。我的负担乃是：这顽梗的意志必须受对付。许多在主恢复里多年的人，就像吃食物而没有享受食物的小孩一样。他们刚来的时候，一切都是可享受的；但今天许多人没有这种享受了。许多人失去了对基督的享受，原因是他们在魂里有难处。青年人可能在校园非常活跃地传福音；他们祷告赞美，又喊阿利路亚。但这一切可能变成仅仅是履行义务，而对基督没有多少的享受。你们若对基督没有很多的享受，就指明你们没有在魂里是一，你们的思想和情感与别人不同。友欧底亚和循都基二人不合的原因，就是她们在魂里有难处。她们没有思念相同的事（李文集一九七八年第一册，四三七至四三九页）。

　　参读：经历基督，第四章。

　　Philippians is a book not only on the experience of Christ but also on the enjoyment of Christ. In Philippians 3:8 Paul says that for the sake of Christ he counted all things as refuse. This is not only a matter of experience but also a matter of enjoyment. The excellency of the knowledge of Christ (v. 8) also indicates enjoyment. Excellency is not mainly for experience but for enjoyment….With the enjoyment of Christ there is a pleasant taste.

　　Although the Philippians were good, they had lost their enjoyment of Christ. They may have had a proper spirit, but there was a problem in their soul. They might have been one in spirit, but they were definitely not one in soul. This is the background.

　　The reason for writing the Epistle to the Philippians was that, although they were for the Lord and cared for His servant and were very good in their spirit, they had a problem in their soul because they did not think the same thing. In their thinking they had a problem. Hence, Paul wrote this Epistle to advise them and even to beg them to be one in soul.

　　Our need today is very similar to that of the Philippians. In chapter 1 Paul said of the Philippians, “I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you, always in my every petition on behalf of you all, making my petition with joy” (vv. 3-4). I feel the same way toward all the dear saints in the Lord's recovery. I can sincerely say that I praise the Lord for all the saints. Nevertheless, I am somewhat concerned that you may not have very much enjoyment of Christ. Perhaps when you first arrived in your locality, you had considerable enjoyment of Him. But as time has gone by, you may have lost this enjoyment. The reason for this is that there is a problem in the soul. Either the sisters are too much in the emotion, or the brothers are too much in the mind. But we all have a problem with our stubborn will. My burden is that this stubborn will would be dealt with. Many of those who have been in the Lord's recovery a long time are like children eating food without enjoying it. When they first came, everything was enjoyable, but many do not have this enjoyment today. The reason many lose the enjoyment of Christ is the problem they have in the soul. The young people may be very active in preaching the gospel on the campuses. They may pray, praise, and shout Hallelujah. But all this may become merely the carrying out of a duty. There may not be much enjoyment of Christ. If you do not have much enjoyment of Christ, it indicates that you are not one in soul. Your thoughts and emotions differ from those of others. The reason Euodias and Syntyche were not one was that they had a problem in the soul. They were not thinking the same thing. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 340-341)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” ch. 4