新的身份
约翰福音五章21至26节
21父怎样叫死人起来，使他们活着，子也照样随自己的意思使人活着。
22父不审判甚么人，乃将审判的事全交与子，
23叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一样。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子来的父。
24我实实在在地告诉你们：那听我话、又信差我来者的，就有永生，不至于定罪，是已经出死入生了。
25我实实在在地告诉你们：时候将到，现在就是了，死人要听见神儿子的声音，听见的人就要活了。
26因为父怎样在自己有生命，就赐给他儿子也照样在自己有生命。
信息分享
耶稣基督怎么说呢？请再看第24节。一个真正的信徒，就是那些听了基督的话、相信它、信靠它，且让它进入心中的人。
在我们相信基督的那一刻，会有三件重要的事即时发生，它们不单是「附带福利」；它们更是绝对真确和属于我们的。
首先，根据约翰福音五章24节所说，信徒会获得一份新的产业，那就是永生。我们与神建立的新关系，将会持续至永远。耶稣在约翰福音十七章3节也说过：「认识你独一的真神……这就是永生。」
其次，真正的信徒会得到一个新的保障，那就是不再被定罪。我们不用再站在神的审判台前，被判为有罪；我们只需站在基督的审判台前，接受祂的奖赏，而不是被定罪。因为耶稣已替代我们，在各各他山上承受了审判。
最后，真正的信徒会有一个新的身份，就是已经出死入生了。死亡意味着隔绝，灵里的死亡就是与神隔绝。但我们如今与父神建立了永活的关系，我们将永不会失去。
倘若你已听了基督的话，相信并接受它，你便获得所有这三份礼物，它们将永远属于你。让我们此刻再次同来感谢基督，因祂的受死，我们才能获得这救恩。让我们不断地感谢祂，直到永永远远。
OUR POSITION IN CHRIST
John 5:21-26
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
Message
What does Jesus Christ say? Look again at verse 24. A true believer is the one who has heard, accepted, and believed in the word of Christ, and has allowed it to penetrate into his/her heart, mind, and soul.
Three major events take place when we believe in Christ. They are more than “fringe benefits”. They are absolute certainties and are ours now.
First, according to John 5:24, a believer receives a new possession: eternal life. This is a new relationship with God which lasts forever. Jesus also says in John 17:3, “This is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God.”
Next, a true believer has a new provision: he/she will never be condemned. We will never be called to stand before the Judgment Seat of God as a guilty sinner. We all will face the Judgment Seat of Christ for rewards, but not for our sins. Jesus bore that judgment at Calvary.
Then a true believer has a new position: he/she has crossed over from death into life. Death means separation. Spiritual death is separation from God. But we are now in a new living relationship with the Father which we will never lose.
If you have heard what Christ had said, and believed and accepted it, you have all three of these gifts and they are yours for all eternity. Why not thank Christ again now for all that His death has made possible for you? Keep on thanking Him now and always and on through eternity.