In Philippians 3:10 Paul goes on to speak
In Philippians 3:10 Paul goes on to speak of the fellowship of Christ's sufferings and of being conformed to His death. The fellowship of Christ's sufferings is our participation in His sufferings. During His entire life, Christ under went a process of breaking so that the life power could be released from within Him. In particu lar, He was broken when He died on the cross. The divine life seed has been planted into our being. Now we also need to be broken that the life power within the seed can be released. If our outer man is broken, the seed within us will be able to release its life power.
Eventually, this process of the breaking of the outer man will result in full conformity to the death of Christ. In this way the death of Christ becomes a model, or pattern, for our breaking. Then in our daily life we shall be able to apply Christ to our every need. If we need power, He will become power to us. If we need patience, He Himself will be our patience. This is to know Christ, to experience Him, and to enjoy Him.
In Philippians 3:10 Paul uses the expression "being conformed to His death." This expres sion indicates that Paul desired to take Christ's death as the mold of his life. Christ's death is a mold to which we are conformed in much the