He poses a question to the church and all of us Christians. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake, we are being killed all the day long we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered” ( Romans 8:35-36). If we read the verses right before Romans 8:37, we see a long list of possible obstacles that the Christians may have to go through in their lives. He wanted to take a moment and remind them who they were in Jesus. Paul wrote this book to the Church of Rome to encourage them through persecution and struggles that they had been walking through. Being More than a Conqueror Means That Darkness Cannot Stop Us The very places that are the hardest and darkest in the world can now be turned into hotspots for revival for Jesus. We get to take the spoils of war from the Devil. Even if we die, we go to heaven and have the ultimate victory. Persecution, tribulation, and even death itself cannot conquer you because Jesus already has defeated them. The Devil’s authority has been overthrown in the Christian’s life. He is saying that the Devil and Death themselves have been conquered. ![]() When Paul says that you are a conqueror, it isn’t some nice basketball game win. It meant that you got to live another day, go home to see your family and that the enemy who was trying to kill you and your home was destroyed forever. Today, when we think of winning, we think of just going home and celebrating an excellent, challenging game won. They not only survived, but gained gold, treasure, overthrew the enemy king, and carried him off as a prisoner. In a war, it was the word used for the winning nation, who not only won the battle but carried off the spoils of war. It means “to conquer, carry off the victory, and come off victorious.” Paul’s word for “conquerors” is the Greek word “nikao,” and it is where we get the name “Nike” from. ![]() This is the chapter where we find the famous verse that says, “we are more than conquerors through him who loved us” ( Romans 8:37).īut in what things are we conquerors? What does that really mean? 'We Are More Than Conquerors' Verse Meaning It is filled with some of the most significant declarations that I believe every Christians should regularly speak over their lives and remind themselves of. ![]() Romans 8 is one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. Often, we are encouraged and told that we are “more than Conquerors, in Christ Jesus.” It sounds cool and feels nice, but have you ever stopped to ask, “How am I more than a conqueror?” Today, we will look at what this means and how we apply it to our everyday lives.
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