(Audio Book) His Love in Your Spirit
Gene Edwards teaches that God's love fully embraces believers as perfect and holy, urging them to live in the present moment by accepting His finished work and yielding to His love.
This sermon emphasizes God's high opinion of us, highlighting how everything negative ended on the cross and how He sees us as perfect, pure, and holy. It encourages letting go of past sins and imperfections to fully embrace God's love in the present moment. The focus is on accepting God's view of us and allowing His love to transform our self-perception.
Full Transcript
Most of us have a very poor opinion of ourselves. It is a Christian disease, and you would think God had an even worse opinion of us. He doesn't.
Why does He have such a high opinion of us? Everything negative ended on the cross. It was done, finished. He emerges from the smoke and fire, a passionate Lord.
He does not care what you were. He is not interested in the old creation, or its fall, or what used to be here. Is God enamored, then, with what He did for you? I am utterly amazed at the way He forgot it all.
He does not care about what He did on the cross. It is over. It is done.
It is finished. He got what He wanted. You are part of His bride.
You are perfect, pure. You are holy. You are a virgin.
He is only wanting one thing. He wants you to start loving Him. Now, hang the future.
Forget the past. There is only one thing left, and it is right now. Lord Jesus, you said I was beautiful.
I am not going to argue the point. I am beautiful. You, Lord, cannot see that I am a fallen being.
You are no longer capable of that. I see I am. I feel I am.
I know I am. But, Lord, You do not know these things. I am just going to stop being bothered by it all.
I know about my terrible state. I am going to take Your view. I am not here to be a forgiven sinner.
I am not here to know that I have been made perfect. I have been made perfect. Today, I sin, but for Your sake, I must not let that get me down.
In some amazing, incredible way, these things do not even bother You. You see me on a different plane, in a different dimension, in another creation. Lord, You want just one thing out of me.
You want me to stand here and let You love me. You want me more than anything in the universe. As of right now, You've got me.
You have forgotten everything. I forget everything. Do what You wish.
Love me. What we are dealing with are things we just do not want to believe. You are almost repelled by such an idea, and yet You want to believe it.
If You ever do start believing it, there will be no event that ever happens to You but what You will sit down in front of it and rest. I heard someone pray, Lord, we are not worthy of this love. That has got to go.
I heard someone else, teach me to love You and receive Your love. That has got to go. There is no more future.
There no more, Lord, teach me. There is no more, Lord, my sinfulness. Now is a big word in God's universe.
Get to the now. Love Your Lord, now. With all Your heart, now.
The Lord Jesus Christ is looking for someone who will turn around and say, Lord, I am blind to what I know about myself and to what is a space-time reality. I am open to all that You do not know or things You think are true which I believe cannot be true. I forget that You made a great mistake in educating me.
I believe what You believe about me. I believe You love me. I open my being to You.
I embrace You. I yield utterly. You are free to love me.
Let love begin. It is like He is waiting for someone in the universe to be so daring as to dare to believe the absurd, to believe the ridiculous, to dare to believe what He sees. In that moment He gets His bride.
Either God is God or He is not. Either He loves you or He does not. Either He died for you and it is finished or it is not.
Either you are a holy, precious, beautiful, flawless, blameless, perfect, glorious virgin or you are not. Either He wishes to pour out His love on you right now or He does not. It is so easy to find out what is real.
How? Yield. No. Crumble.
Sermon Outline
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- Addressing the common Christian struggle with self-opinion
- God's high opinion of believers despite their past
- The finished work of the cross and its implications
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- Believers as perfected, holy, and pure in God's sight
- The call to forget past sin and embrace present identity
- God's desire for believers to love Him now
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- Rejecting self-condemnation and embracing God's perspective
- Living in the present moment with faith and surrender
- The challenge to believe the 'absurd' truth of God's love
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- The choice to yield fully to God's love
- Understanding the reality of God's finished work
- Invitation to rest in God's love and let it transform
Key Quotes
“He does not care what you were. He is not interested in the old creation, or its fall, or what used to be here.” — Gene Edwards
“You are perfect, pure. You are holy. You are a virgin.” — Gene Edwards
“Either God is God or He is not. Either He loves you or He does not. Either He died for you and it is finished or it is not.” — Gene Edwards
Application Points
- Stop dwelling on past sins and accept your perfected identity in Christ.
- Practice yielding daily to God's love and presence in the present moment.
- Reject self-condemnation and rest in the assurance of God's finished work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does God have a high opinion of us despite our flaws?
Because everything negative ended on the cross, and God sees believers as perfected and holy, not defined by past sins.
What does it mean that 'It is finished'?
It means Jesus completed the work of redemption on the cross, so believers are fully forgiven and made perfect in God's eyes.
How can I begin to receive God's love as described?
By yielding fully to God, forgetting past failures, and embracing His love in the present moment without self-condemnation.
Why is living in the 'now' important in this message?
Because God's love and acceptance are experienced in the present, not based on past sin or future worries.
What does it mean to be God's bride in this context?
It symbolizes believers being pure, holy, and fully loved by God, called to respond with love and surrender.