Crucified by Christians (Part 2): Resurrection Comes Through Yielding

This message brings the teaching “Crucified by Christians” to its decisive conclusion. While Part 1 exposed the nature of spiritual crucifixion, Part 2 reveals the only way out: resurrection through yieldedness.

Gene Edwards begins by clarifying a crucial truth about Jesus Christ Himself. The Lord did not want to be crucified. He feared it. He resisted it. He had a will opposed to it. Yet in Gethsemane, He yielded completely, acknowledging the crucifixion as coming from the Father’s hand. This moment of surrender becomes the pattern for every believer who has been unjustly wounded.

The message calls listeners back to their own Gethsemane—the place where they must return to the worst event of their lives and say, “That was You, Father. I yield.” Until that yielding takes place, suffering remains only a bitter injustice. When yielding occurs, suffering becomes a true crucifixion, and only then does resurrection become possible.

A central revelation of this teaching is that there is no resurrection without crucifixion. If suffering is resisted, justified, rehearsed, or nursed, it cannot produce life. Bitterness becomes the outcome. But when the believer accepts the crucifixion fully—agreeing with the people, the circumstances, the loss of reputation, and even the permanence of the scars—God brings forth resurrection life.

Gene Edwards explains resurrection not as recovery, but as the beginning of an entirely new creation. Resurrection marks the end of one world and the birth of another. What existed before no longer exists. The believer who has truly passed through death no longer lives in reference to the old wounds, the old injustices, or the old identity. That person has died, and a new life has begun.

This message also contains a solemn warning: if one crucifixion is not dealt with, the next one will not be survivable. Unresolved suffering produces bitterness, cynicism, and spiritual paralysis. Yielded suffering produces authority, healing, and the capacity to minister Christ to others.

In a deeply pastoral conclusion, Gene Edwards leads listeners into a moment of decision—not emotional release, but spiritual resolve. Forgiveness is offered. Healing is invited. Resurrection is promised to those willing to let the past truly die.

The message closes with a charge to Christian workers and believers alike: those who have passed through crucifixion and resurrection are uniquely equipped to minister the cross of Christ. Such people are rare, but desperately needed. Their authority does not come from position, gifting, or training, but from having died—and risen.

If you have been wounded by Christians and long to walk again in freedom, trust, and joy, this message offers a path that is difficult—but glorious.