Section 11
We need to put this understanding into prac tice by coming daily to the word of life, the Bible. Whenever we come to the Word, we should also come to God. This, however, is not to regard the Bible as God Himself. But we should not sepa rate God from His Word, for God is embodied in the Word. Because God is mysterious, it is difficult for anyone to apprehend Him. How we thank Him that He has embodied Himself in the Word, the Bible! The Word is the condensation of the invisible and mysterious God. Many of us can testify from our experience that whenever we come to the Bible and open ourselves, we touch God, and God works within us. Whenever we touch the word of life, we experience God oper ating in us, moving in us, to produce a reprint of the pattern. This is our practical salvation.
Now we can see that Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life are one. Furthermore, to ex perience Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life in the way we have described is to live Christ.
THE SPIRIT AND THE WORD
Paul speaks of salvation both in Philippians 1:19 and in 2:12. In 1:19 Paul could say that his circumstances would turn out to him for salva tion. This indicates that even in his imprisonment