Satan is a very dangerous
enemy.
We are engaged in the spiritual
battle of our lives.
“Our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, but against the world forces of
this darkness, against the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).
The odds in such a spiritual
battle are not very good if you do not know Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior.
There can never be an armistice
or truce in our spiritual warfare. From the moment
we became believers in Christ Jesus we were made
targets of the world, the flesh and the devil. There
is never a moment when that is not true.
Why does the apostle Paul
consider the believers “more than conquerors” in the
spiritual battles? “In all these things we
overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us”
(Romans 8:37).
Tribulations, distress,
persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, sword, and
the list could go on and on. “In all these things we
overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.”
There is no other way to
conquer. Only Jesus Christ can give us the spiritual
victory in life.
The apostle Paul is stressing a
“superlative of victory.” Everything may appear to
be just the opposite, but it only places the reality
of the victory in bolder relief. Martyrdom only
appears to be defeat, but when seen through the eyes
of God it declares “more than conquerors” in Christ.
It is an unqualified victory through the love of
Jesus Christ demonstrated at Calvary. The basis of
all spiritual victories took place at Calvary (Col.
2:15).
We win the victory through Him
who loved us, and died for us. Christian joy comes
to us in spite of tribulation, disappointments, sin,
defeat, persecution, etc. We have victory even when
life and death have done their worst.
In all of the chances, changes
and circumstances in life we are coming off
constantly with more than the victory through the
One who loved us.
The apostle Paul has come
through the process of persuasion to the settled
conclusion that neither death nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor things present, nor things
about to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other created thing will be able to separate
us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord. None of these things are capable of severing
or even damaging that relationship with God in
Christ.
Yes, “we are more than
conquerors,” “we overwhelmingly conquer through Him
who loved us.”
No matter what the
circumstances or situation in life, God will always
keep the Christian secure in His great love. Nothing
in life or death can stop God from loving us.
Angels, demonic rulers in spiritual realms, heavenly
beings or earthly rulers, regardless of what you can
imagine in heaven or earth, good or bad, cannot stop
the conquering love of God for us.
We may only see crowns of
thorns in this life, but when Jesus Christ comes we
will receive incorruptible victory crowns of glory.
Time and space are powerless
against the Christian because whatever life brings,
the love of God triumphs over it. “No angelic power
of any sort can separate us from God.” Nor anything
else you can think of can separate us from God’s
love for us. Life, death, angels, demons, or all of
them combined cannot separate us from His love.
This wonderful love from which
we cannot be separated is the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord. It can be experienced only
in Christ Jesus. God demonstrated that majestic
sacrificial love at Calvary.
Yes, believers are all
“super-conquerors,” “more than conquerors” in Jesus
Christ. We are “super-overcomers” in Christ by His
enabling grace.
Selah!
Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006
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Wil is a graduate of William Carey University, B. A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. M.; and Azusa Pacific University, M. A. He has pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. S, and served for over 20 years as missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. He had a daily expository Bible teaching ministry head in over 100 countries from 1972-2005. He continues to seek opportunities to be personally involved in world missions. Wil and his wife Ann have three grown daughters. He currently serves as a Baptist pastor and teaches seminary extension courses in Ecuador.
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