6现在我们必须进一步的问,作我们榜样的基督在哪里?祂在天上,还是在我们里面?腓立比二章九节清楚地指明,神已经将基督升为至高。因此,毫无疑问的,作我们榜样的基督乃是在天上。祂已被高举到宇宙的至高之处,就是神所在的地方。这与榜样客观的一面有关。然而,如果基督只是客观地在三层天上,今天我们怎么能够以祂为我们的榜样?我们在地上怎么能够跟随那已被高举,现今在天上的一位?这是不可能的。我们若要以基督为榜样,这榜样必须是主观的(腓立比书生命读经,九八页)。
6Now we must go on to ask where is this Christ who is our pattern. Is He in heaven, or is He in us? Philippians 2:9 says clearly that God has highly exalted Christ. Thus, there can be no doubt that as our pattern Christ is in heaven. He has been exalted to the highest peak in the universe, where God is. This is related to the objective aspect of the pattern. However, if Christ were only in the third heaven objectively, how could we take Him as our pattern today? How could we, who are on earth, follow One who has been exalted and who is now in heaven? It would be impossible. In order for us to take Christ as our pattern, this pattern must be subjective. (Life-study of Philippians, p. 83)