弗一18~20　……使你们知道……祂的能力向着我们这信的人，照祂力量之权能的运行，是何等超越的浩大，就是祂在基督身上所运行的，使祂从死人中复活，叫祂在诸天界里，坐在自己的右边。

　　腓三10　使我认识基督、并祂复活的大能、以及同祂受苦的交通……。

　　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。死乃是复活的基础。我们要经历基督复活的大能，就需要照着祂生活的榜样，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（腓立比书生命读经，二○八页）。

　　Eph. 1:18-20 ...That you may know...what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the operation of the might of His strength, which He caused to operate in Christ in raising Him from the dead and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies.

　　Phil. 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings...

　　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. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 174-175)

　　“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）。……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，然后借着这大能，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，主要的是为着产生并建造基督的身体。

　　模成基督的死是经历基督的基础。我们若没有模成基督的死，就没有经历基督的基础。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。我们借着有分于基督的苦难，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（腓立比书生命读经，二○八至二○九页）。

　　如果不信者把自己摆在一边，什么也不会余留，因为他们没有那灵留在他们里面，我们却不同。我们若把自己摆在一边，就有那灵在我们里面留下。摆在一边的是己，留下的是那灵。如果一位弟兄在妻子与他争吵时把自己摆在一边，那灵就会出来。这就是复活的大能。我们只需要作一件事— 一直把自己摆在一边。这样作就是把己摆在死底下，把己留在十字架上。若是这样，我们就过钉十字架的生活，并且让复活的大能有根基得以显明出来。

　　享受基督复活的大能是美妙的，但复活的大能主要不是为着我们的享受。在神的经纶里，没有自私的享受。基督复活的大能乃是为着产生并建造基督的身体。神的心意不是要借着一些个人来彰显祂，乃是要借着许多信徒所组成的身体来彰显祂。……〔这彰显〕乃是团体的。假如我们把自己摆在一边，并留在十字架的死底下，我们就会享受复活的大能。立刻，复活的大能就会产生身体。这个产生并建造身体的目标，激起了反对。撒但惧怕这目标，就激起反对来抵挡。……当反对来到时，我们就受苦。我们乃是这样进入同基督受苦的交通。……按照歌罗西一章二十四节，这些苦难乃是为着身体（李文集一九七八年第一册，五八○、五八三页）。

　　参读：经历基督，第十五至十六章；基督徒的生活，第十五篇。

　　The 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.... 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. (Life-study of Philippians, p. 175)

　　If unbelievers set themselves aside, nothing will remain, for they do not have the Spirit as the remainder in them. We are different. If we put ourselves aside, we have the Spirit as the remainder within us. What is set aside is the self, and what remains is the Spirit. If a brother will set himself aside when his wife is arguing with him, the Spirit will come out. This is the power of resurrection. We need to do only one thing—always put ourselves aside. To do this is to put the self under death and to keep it on the cross. When we do this, we live a crucified life and have a base for the power of resurrection to be manifested.

　　Although it is wonderful to enjoy the power of Christ's resurrection, the power of resurrection is not mainly for our enjoyment. In God's economy there is no selfish enjoyment. The power of Christ's resurrection is for the producing and the building up of the Body. God's intention is not to express Himself through certain individuals; it is to express Himself through a Body composed of many believers.... [It is] a corporate matter. If we put ourselves aside and remain under the death of the cross, we will enjoy the power of resurrection. Immediately, the power of resurrection will produce the Body. This goal of producing and building up the Body stirs up opposition. Satan knows of this goal, and he stirs up opposition against it.... When the opposition comes, we suffer. In this way we enter into the fellowship of Christ's sufferings.... According to Colossians 1:24, these sufferings are for the Body. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 450, 452)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” chs. 15-16; CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Christian Life,” ch. 15