“Nay, in all
these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” Romans
8:37
This passage of scripture is very exciting for every
believer in Jesus Christ. What a blessed Saviour we indeed have, and in our
Father, it makes us speechless. The question asked is found in verse 35 “Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ?” if you study the verses from 35
thru 39 you will learn nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” What a true blessing, nothing in existence
can separate us from the love of Christ, not even ourselves. See this is not
our love for God, it is not our love for Christ Jesus, oh no, this is God’s
love for us which is Christ Jesus. The truth is, we have no love for God the
Father or Jesus Christ if they do not have it for us. We are not the ones who
has the faith or the love, oh no, it is God who loved us first and that love was
extended to us through the love of Jesus Christ. “We love him, because he
first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 God’s love is eternal, yes, it is eternal, and
God cannot change therefore there will never be a time that God will not love
us, nor a time when we will not love God and His Son Jesus Christ. God loved us
and chose us before the foundation of the world and therefore He can never not
love us. It is because of this love from Him that we are “…more than conquerors
through him that loved us.” Folks, we are not conquerors but more
than conquerors. This word “conquerors” means - to vanquish beyond, that
is, to gain a decisive victory – now let’s have some thought on these other
words. The word “vanquish” means – to defeat thoroughly – the word “decisive” means
- producing a definite result – wow, what a blessed conquering we indeed have
as believers in Jesus Christ and in Gods love. It doesn’t seem like the
Christian has anything to concern themselves with. Because if being conquerors
means we are guaranteed victory then defeat is impossible. But let’s remember
God said we are MORE than conquerors meaning we extend beyond the guaranteed
victory. Not in everything in life but in Christ we will never lose His eternal
love extended to us. We have victory over life, pain, tribulations, sadness,
sin, Satan, etc. etc. etc. we cannot lose! Even if we lose our life here on
this earth we have victory, we cannot be defeated. When Jesus Christ
rose from the grave we rose with Him, we were with Him through the entire crucifixion,
death, burial, and soon the resurrection. God has already spoken of our
salvation as complete, “Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called:
and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he
also glorified.” Romans 8:30. Now our glorification will not happen until
Jesus returns. This word “glorified” means - full of glory – which will not
happen until we are resurrected and have our new GLORIFIED bodies, which will
not happen until Jesus returns for the rapture. Folks, we are more that conquerors
because God has chosen us to be His before the foundation of the world, He
chose us, called us, saved us, and will glorify us in time. This is why conquering
means a guaranteed defeating and more, we are more than that, we are guaranteed
victory because God cannot be defeated, therefore we can’t either. Praise God!!! This is why we
sing the glorious hymn “Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wrench
like me” Victory is ours through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 1 Chronicles
29:11 - 13 “Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,
and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the
earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head
above all…Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and
in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to
give strength unto all…Now therefore,
our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.”
