在十七章三节主说，“认识你独一的真神，并你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永远的生命。”甚么是永远的生命？当我年轻时，有人告诉我，永远的生命只是将来的福气。永远的生命就是神圣的生命，这生命具有认识神和基督的特殊功能。每一种生命都有它的功能。狗生命的功能是吠叫，鸟生命的功能是飞翔，猫生命的功能是捉老鼠，鸡生命的功能是下蛋。神圣生命的功能是认识神。神和基督是神圣的。要认识神圣的人位，需要神圣的生命。信徒既由神圣的生命所生，就认识神和基督。
希伯来八章十一节说，无须教导新约的信徒认识神。为甚么没有这个必要？因为每位新约的信徒都认识神。新约的信徒有神圣的生命，神圣的生命就是认识神的生命。我们无须教导狗吠叫，因为狗的生命有吠叫的功能。同样的，我们既有神圣的生命，就不需要受教以认识神，因为神圣生命的功能就是认识神和基督。我们都可以认识基督，因为我们有神圣的生命，这生命的功能就是认识神和基督。
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In John 17:3 the Lord said, “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Him whom You have sent, Jesus Christ”. What is eternal life? When I was young, I was told that eternal life was just a blessing in the future. Eternal life is divine life with a special function – to know God and Christ. Every life has its function. The function of a dog’s life is barking, the function of a bird’s life is flying, the function of a cat’s life is catching mice, and the function of a chicken’s life is laying eggs. The function of the divine life is to know God. God and Christ are divine. To know the divine person we need the divine life. Since the believers are born with the divine life, they know God and Christ.
Hebrews 8:11 says that there is no need to teach any New Testament believers to know God. Why is there no need for this? Because every New Testament believer knows God. New Testament believers have the divine life, and the divine life is the life that knows God. We do not need to teach a dog to bark, because the dog’s life has the barking function. Likewise, since we have the divine life, we do not need to be taught to know God, for the function of the divine life is to know God and Christ. We all may know Christ because we have the divine life, the life whose function is to know God and Christ.