Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Reading through Romans-Victory is mine through Christ!!

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Romans 8:37, "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."
Fortunately though, Paul has some good news in 8:37: “But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.” Paul is so excited that he coins a Greek word (hupernikao). The word translated “overwhelmingly conquer” is a word that contains the prefix “above” (huper) and the verb “conquer” (nikao). The root of this verb is the word nike.I share this with you so that when you see the Nike emblem or watch a Nike commercial, you will remember Romans 8:37. Through Christ, we are not just victorious, we “overwhelmingly conquer!” And notice that this phrase is in the present tense, which means right now this is true. Once again, the reason that you can have such confidence in your present and future experience is because of God’s sovereign choice and actions. The tense of the phrase “through Him who loved us” is a past tense. It is not simply that God loves you, although that is true. Paul’s point is that God has already done everything that needs to be done for your total security! This is a wonderful mixed metaphor, “conquering sheep.” Believers are conquerors through Christ.
Dear Holy God, thank you for doing everything that needs to be done for me to be totally secure in my eternal life with you.  I am secure and overwhelmingly victorious!!!  Praise be to your Holy name!!

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