In Christ

I was looking at John 3:16
It tells us that if we believe in Christ we shall not perish but have eternal life.

I believe that there is a difference in believing in Christ and being in Christ, the demons believe in Christ, but are not in Christ. Religion believes in Christ, but are not in Christ. The world believes in Christ, but are not in Christ.

If we are in Christ, then we are a new creature, old things have passed away and the new things come. Therefore we are to know no one after the flesh any longer. If we are in Christ we have become the righteousness of God, and there is now no condemnation.

We need to realize that the only life we have is in Christ, outside of Him we have no life. It's in Him that we live and move and have our being. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we would walk in them.

To fulfill our purpose we have to understand who we are in Christ and who Christ is in us.