Section 10
life is now held back. Many of us can testify that this is precisely our situation.
The reason for our lack of progress is that we have not been conformed to Christ's death in a full way. Years ago, you may have had much more conformity to Christ's death than today. Because you have not progressed in being conformed to the death of Christ, your growth in life has been held back, and your experience of the power of Christ's resurrection has been severely limited. This hinders you from further and higher expe riences of Christ. Thus, instead of speaking of up-to-date experiences, you try to live on your past experiences and speak of them again and again.
PROCESSED IN RESURRECTION
In Philippians 3:11 Paul goes on to say, "If by any means I may attain to the out-resurrection from among the dead." To attain means to arrive at. This requires us to run triumphantly the race for the prize (1 Cor. 9:24-26; 2 Tim. 4:7-8).
The out-resurrection from among the dead denotes the outstanding resurrection, the extra- resurrection, which will be a prize to the over coming saints. All believers who are dead in Christ will participate in the resurrection from