Jan 10, 2026
Not an Individual… A People • Jul 01st 1997
The ONE Thing God Is After in You: Understanding Your True Identity in Christ
If you carry a constant headache of guilt and inadequacy in your faith, it’s time to stop trying to be the “Lone Christian”. The Bible teaches that the Christian life simply cannot be lived individually, and as an isolated believer, you are “bound to fail”. In this profound message on the Book of Ephesians, Gene Edwards insists we must embrace a radical shift: seeing ourselves not as individuals, but as one single person, corporately, a redeemed people. The book of Ephesians, with its dense, chaotic truths, demands a “spirit of revelation” to grasp this shared reality and our ownership over “eternity in past times”. Discover the deliverance that is found only in being the body of Christ, and lay hold of your collective inheritance that “transcends space and time”.
Swiss Conference Part 2 – The Church in Ephesus Part 1
(Ephesians 1)
I’d like to go through ones in which you use the term only once, and if I’m in error here, you just go ahead and catch me right quickly, would you? By the way, how many times did you get grace? How many? Three times? Anybody want to argue with that? Peace? Spiritual blessing is only once. Heavenlies, how many times did you get heavenlies? You got two? I got three. In Christ, I got seven. I believe Brother Abel got eight. Chosen. I guess one of the things I want to impress on you here is, first of all, excuse me for the chaotic nature of this chapter. Secondly, he has introduced so many terms without any definition whatsoever. Now I’m fascinated by that because he was writing to some brand-new Christians. In the West, we always begin with definitions. Paul doesn’t define anything. Some way he expects you to just know this. Okay.
Foundation or foundation of the world. If you have more than one, please let me know, okay?
Holy, how many times did we get holy? One.
Okay, blameless?
Predestined? I got it twice.
Adoption? Adoption, how many? You got adoption twice? I guess I only got it once.
Sons and daughters, I got once.
I have down here, not in Jesus Christ, but through Jesus Christ, I got two of those.
Kind intention, twice. If you disagree with me on this, please let me know.
His will—you got four times, I believe, didn’t you? I got three. Anybody get four?