Jan 10, 2026
The Living Word – Spirit, Soul, & Union with Christ • Jun 01st 1969
The Word of God
In this profound message, Gene Edwards reveals that the Word of God is not just intellectual—it is “spirit and life”. Learn the crucial difference between the soul’s limitation and the spirit’s capacity to receive God’s Word. This video explores the believer’s spiritual union with Christ, offering powerful insight into living beyond superficial faith and into a deep, transformative life in the Spirit.
For the first time, let’s not turn to Genesis, okay? John 6.
John 6:57 – As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit and they are life.
Now then, if I were to ask anybody in this room to say to me, What is the main thing in this passage of Scripture, I believe you would say spirit and life. Because the Lord Jesus came upon this earth as a higher life, and he came into us as that life in spirit, and we are to feed upon his life in our spirit. If you remember John 4:4, it said, Jesus speaking to the woman in Samaria, a new age has come. Man will no longer worship on the mountains of Samaria, nor will man worship in Jerusalem, but in the future, and even now, he that worship the Father will worship him where? In spirit.
Now, does that mean whoopee kind of spiritual? No. What does that mean? That is a geographical location. They will worship Him in spirit. God is a spirit. And those who worship Him will worship Him. Show me real quick. Where? Show me. Right there. All right. Thank you, sister. They will worship Him in spirit.
Now, the burden that we have tonight is how can we touch that spirit? Where is the switch? Well, we have said that the switch is the human spirit. And all day long, we have got to learn to switch on. We have got to learn to turn to the spirit. But the question is, where is it? Alright, it’s down there somewhere. But how can we really feed on Christ? How can we worship him in our spirit? He in our spirit?
Well, brothers, there is another word in this verse. We’ve been using it now twice. Twice. Last month and this month. There’s another word in there. What is that word? Can you see another word? An important key word. What is that word? The word. Word.
The words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. The words which I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. Now the Lord Jesus came, according to Genesis 1:1 and John 1, He came as what, He came as the Word. Alright, brethren, tonight we have to really see something of the Word. The Word. Okay, I need some help. Alright, let’s see.
John 7:37, okay? Matthew 15:26. II Corinthians 3:6. I Corinthians 15:45. And I Corinthians 6:17. Now that’s our first batch of scripture. Okay, are you ready? Let’s hear them.
John 7:37 – Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.” Alright, He said, of the drinking, let him come to me and drink. Now, in this passage, he said, Let him eat. Now, somewhere in here, there is a difference in the drinking and the eating.
Alright, we’ll go on. Go ahead, sister.