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Romans 8:37-39, Yet in all things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Take a moment today to consider how much God loves you.  John 3:16, ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”  Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”  These are wonderful verses that tell us God initiated His plan of redemption for all mankind.  Someone reading this today needs to know that God loves you; He has reached out to you through His Son to save you from your sinful life.  You did not need to clean yourself up from sin before He accepted you into His kingdom.

I really enjoy Romans 8 because there is so much hope in it.  For example, verses 31-34 tell of God’s divine grace and love toward those who have believed in His Son.  Verses 35-39 tell that no external forces or overwhelming adversity can separate Believers from the love of God.

Paul is saying that in all these adversities we are more than conquerors and we will be victorious through the Lord Jesus Christ.  Notice again, we are not always kept from the fire but we are victorious as we go through it.

It is interesting in the verses 37-39, that Paul begins with “I know” and then uses the words “I am persuaded”; knowing truth and being persuaded by it are very different things.  Paul knows God’s Word, but he also had experienced much of what he was writing about in these verses.  You and I have so many resources available to us to know God’s Word; we might not have experienced hardships or that which causes us to really be convinced or influenced that it is true.  Does that make any sense?  When Paul states that nothing can separate us from God’s love, he can say that with confidence because of his experience.

We are “more than conquerors” comes from the Greek word hupernikomen which means we are super conquerors (huper means “over, above” and nikomen means “victors, conquerors”).  So, Paul is telling Christians that instead of victims in a fallen world (remember the persecution of Christians at this time), in Christ they were over and above conquerors.   It is God’s love given to us through Jesus Christ who gained the victory for us at the cross.  It is because of His victory and the Holy Spirit living in us that we are able to be “more than conquerors” in our struggles of life. 

Let’s go back to how we began today.  Consider how much God loves you; nothing can separate you from His love.  We just need to live like it.

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