Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Romans 8:37

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”

Now we are getting towards the climax of Romans 8, and there are some wonderful verses just ahead of us. This is one of them: knowing that we are more than conquerors. What does this mean? Well, to be a conqueror means to have fought against something and overcome it. We are more than conquerors, because Jesus has fought and overcome on our behalf.
What things have we overcome? The things mentioned by Paul in v35: trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, sword. Through Christ we are able to come out on top of any trials that happen in our lives. If we are in Christ, we have overcome the world by faith (1 John 5:4-5). This is because Jesus Himself first overcame the world (John 16:33). We are no longer under the power of the world, being compelled to live according to its mores. We are no longer under the power of sin, helpless to resist it. We have also overcome the evil one, Satan, and his followers (1 John 4:4, 1 John 2:13-14). Again, this is because Jesus has conquered his power. Satan has no claim to ownership over us. We are free.
And once again we read of the reason why we are made to be conquerors through Christ: because He loves us.

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