The Love of God – Mary Magdalene- John 20:1-19 Part 1

What if the greatest force in the universe is not judgment, but a passionate love that drove God to become a creature just to get His counterpart? This radical truth explores how the Lord fell “madly in love” with a select few creatures even before the human race was made. Gene Edwards powerfully unpacks the paradox of God’s eternal being: being love yet needing a place for that love to go, determining that His bride would come only from the fallen race. The sermon focuses on the “driving force” of this passion that compelled Christ to the cross, where every enemy—the whole fallen creation—was put away forever. This message challenges us to view reality from God’s perspective, where He declares the old creation is “all gone” based on the finished work. Finally, Gene Edwards holds up Mary Magdalene’s fierce, passionate love for Jesus—who followed Him even when He was utterly dead—as the perfect picture of the devotion God seeks in return.