11我们说话时若不与被击打的基督联合为一,我们的说话,甚至我们的赞美和祷告,都会是天然的。我们需要真实且实际地与基督是一。然后我们将经历天然的生命被击打,那是在祂里面并同着祂,在祂钉十字架时所发生的。我们若……与被击打的基督联合为一,生命水就不是以天然的方式,而是以纯净、毫无掺杂的方式流出来。在祷告、赞美或见证中,从我们所流出的将是纯净的神圣生命的水流。
11If we speak without being identified with the smitten Christ, our speaking, even our praise and prayer, will be natural. We need to be one with Christ in a way that is actual and practical. Then we shall experience the smiting of the natural life which took place in Him and with Him at the time of His crucifixion. If we are identified with the smitten Christ…, the water of life will flow not in a natural way, but in a way that is pure, without mixture. Whatever issues from us in prayer, praise, or testimony will be the flow of the divine life in its purity.