加二20　我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命，是我在神儿子的信里，与祂联结所活的，祂是爱我，为我舍了自己。

　　林前二2　因为我曾定了主意，在你们中间不知道别的，只知道耶稣基督，并这位钉十字架的。

　　我们凭着耶稣基督之灵，就能像耶稣一样降卑；我们凭着耶稣基督之灵，就能看别人比自己强。我们行事若出于争竞，或想与别人一较高下，耶稣基督之灵就不得彰显；但我们若看别人比自己强，我们就享受耶稣基督之灵的供应。基督这榜样在我们里面，作为耶稣基督之灵从我们里面活出祂自己。基督不仅是我们的榜样，更是我们的生命。我们里面有一个生命绝不坚持任何事，反而总是倒空自己、采取低微的地位、并降卑自己。我们需要享受基督在我们里面作这个生命（新约总论第十二册，二一页）。

　　Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

　　1 Cor. 2:2 For I did not determine to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this One crucified.

　　By the Spirit of Jesus Christ we can be as humble as Jesus was, and by the Spirit of Jesus Christ we can consider one another more excellent than ourselves. When we do things out of rivalry or in competition with others, the Spirit of Jesus Christ is not expressed, but when we consider one another more excellent than ourselves, we enjoy the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Christ as the pattern is in us, living Himself out from within us as the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Christ is not only our pattern but also our life. We have within us a life that never insists on being anything but always empties itself, takes a lower place, and humbles itself. We need to enjoy Christ as such a life within us. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3496)

　　主的降卑有七步：　倒空自己；　取了奴仆的形状；　成为人的样式；　降卑自己；　成为顺从的；　顺从至死；　且死在十字架上。……腓立比二章五至八节所陈明的榜样，如今就是我们里面的生命，我们称这生命为钉十字架的生命。基督降卑的七步是钉十字架生命的各方面。虽然基督有神格的彰显，祂却把这个彰显摆在一边；然而祂没有丢弃祂神格的实际。祂撇弃了较高的形状—神的形状，取了非常低的形状—奴仆的形状。祂是这样倒空自己。这当然是十字架生命的印记。祂成为人且显为人的样子之后，就降卑自己，以至于死，且死在十字架上。这就是钉十字架的生命，完满且绝对地活了出来。

　　每当我们经历基督并活基督时，我们不知不觉就活出这种钉十字架的生命。这意思是说，当我们活基督时，我们就是活那作钉十字架生命之榜样的一位。……我们里面的确有能倒空自己并降卑自己的生命；这个生命从来不以什么东西为强夺之珍而紧持不放；相反的，它总是乐意舍弃地位、舍弃头衔。

　　二章给我们看见，我们应该过钉十字架的生活，使我们得以享受复活的大能。我们应该以五至八节钉十字架的生活为我们的榜样，好叫我们能经历那将基督升到宇宙至高之处（9）的复活大能。我们经历基督作钉十字架生活的榜样，并经历那将基督高举的复活大能，都是无穷尽的。日复一日，我们需要过钉十字架的生活；这就是活基督作我们的榜样。我们应该过倒空自己并降卑自己的生活，而不该私图好争，不该贪图虚荣。这就是过钉十字架的生活。借着这种生活，我们就被带进将基督高举的复活大能里。

　　地上最高的生活，乃是钉十字架的生活，这生活就是那倒空自己并降卑自己的基督。每当我们过钉十字架的生活时，神就会带我们进入复活的大能；在这大能里，我们就要得着高举。……我们必须为着主的见证站立得住。然而，我们不该为自己争取任何地位、头衔或身分。争取这些绝不能把我们带进复活的大能里。我们需要以钉十字架的生活为我们的榜样。至终，我们会进入复活的大能，在其中经历神的高举。我们不该寻求自己的荣耀，乃该寻求基督，并且单一寻求祂；这样，我们就经历钉十字架的生命（新约总论第十二册，一五至一八页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第三百四十七篇；由基督与召会的观点看新约概要，第十八章。

　　The Lord's humiliation involved seven steps: (1) emptying Himself; (2) taking the form of a slave; (3) becoming in the likeness of men; (4) humbling Himself; (5) becoming obedient; (6) being obedient even unto death; and (7) being obedient unto the death of the cross. The pattern presented in Philippians 2:5-8 is now the life within us. This life is what we call a crucified life. The seven steps of Christ's humiliation are all aspects of the crucified life. Although Christ had the expression of deity, He laid aside this expression. However, He did not lay aside the reality of His deity. He laid aside the higher form, the form of God, and took on a much lower form, the form of a slave. In this, He emptied Himself. Surely this is a mark of a crucified life. Then, after becoming a man and being found in the appearance of a man, Christ humbled Himself even unto the death of the cross. This was the crucified life lived out in a full and absolute way.

　　Whenever we experience Christ and live Christ, we automatically live such a crucified life. This means that when we live Christ, we live the One who is the pattern of a crucified life. We have a life within us that truly is a self-emptying and self-humbling life. This life never grasps at something as a treasure. Instead, it is always willing to lay aside position and title.

　　In Philippians 2 we see that we should live a crucified life so that we may enjoy the power of resurrection. We should take the crucified life in verses 5 through 8 as our pattern so that we can experience the power of resurrection, which exalted Christ to the highest peak in the universe (v. 9). Both the experience of Christ as the pattern of a crucified life and the experience of the resurrection power that exalts Him are endless. Day by day we need to live a crucified life. This is to live Christ as our pattern. Instead of having a life of rivalry and vainglory, we should live a life of self-emptying and self-humbling. This is to live a crucified life. By means of this life, we are ushered into the power of resurrection by which Christ is exalted.

　　The highest life on earth is the crucified life, that is, Christ Himself as the One who emptied Himself and humbled Himself. Whenever we live a crucified life, God will bring us into the power of resurrection, and in this power we will be exalted…. We must stand firm for the Lord's testimony, yet we should not claim any standing, title, or position for ourselves. Making such claims will never bring us into the power of resurrection. We need to take the crucified life as our pattern. Eventually, we will enter into the power of resurrection where we experience God's exaltation. Instead of seeking glory for ourselves, we should seek Christ and Him alone; then we will experience the crucified life. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3491-3493)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1964, vol. 2, “A General Sketch of the New Testament in the Light of Christ and the Church (Part 2—Romans through Philemon),” ch. 18