MORE THAN CONQUERORS

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” - Romans 8:35-39

I’ve been hearing this a lot lately.  I was intrigued because I've only ever focused on the last verses; this weekend I’ve really only heard verse thirty-seven. It’s pretty crazy the way God does that – speaks different things clearly sometimes and other things clearly at other times.

The word “conquer” is pretty legit already:

·         To be victorious; win.

·         To defeat or subdue by force.

·         To gain possession or control of.

·         To overcome; defeat or surmount

All that stuff IS great. But, the Bible says we are MORE than conquerors – My favourite definition was that even came *close* to defining that was: “To gain a surpassing victory.” We have no right to be that superior, it’s only through HIM who loved us; our relationship with Him has given us victory over death!

Another favourite definition was: “We are pre-eminently victorious”

Pre-Eminently: Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.

Right now, I am completely and totally in awe of Jesus Christ and His all-consuming love!!!(: