Song:
We are more than conquerors thro' Him that loved us so.
The Christ who dwells within us is the greatest power we know.
He will fight beside us tho' the enemy is great;
Who can stand against us, He's the Captain of our fate.
Then we will conquer, never fear, So let the battle rage.
He has promised to be near until the end of the age.
We are more than conquerors thro' Him that loved us so;
The Christ who dwells within us is the greatest power we know.
[Word & Music: Ralph Richard Carmichael]
Romans 8:37
KJV: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. NCV: But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us.
What is conquer? The dictionary says: 1. get by fighting; win by war: conquer a country. 2. overcome by force; defeat; get the better of: conquer an enemy, conquer a bad habit. 3. be victorious; be the conqueror. In order for us to understand the key verse of Roman 8:37, we need to read Romans 8:31-39.
The Spirit communicates God's love.
Romans 8:31-39 NCV
So what should we say about this? If God is with us, no one can defeat us. He did not spare his own Son but gave him for us all. So with Jesus, God will surely give us all things. Who can accuse the people God has chosen? No one, because God is the One who makes them right. Who can say God's people are guilty? No one, because Christ Jesus died, but he was also raised from the dead, and now he is on God's right side, begging [make intercession to] God for us. Can anything separate us from the love Christ has for us? Can troubles or problems or sufferings or hunger or nakedness or danger or violent death? As it is written in the Scriptures: "For you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed." [Psalm 44:22] But in all these things we have full victory through God who showed his love for us. Yes, I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor ruling spirits, nothing now, nothing in the future, no powers, nothing above us, nothing below us, nor anything else in the whole world will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Dorothy: I pray that Holy Spirit open our hearts to understand the deep meaning of this verses. Jesus said, "Pray for strength against temptation". As for Paul, there are temptations to face, a battle to fight and things that could have made Paul give up serving God. But Paul said, "We are more than conqueror" which means, we can beat this thing. We do not allow things to defeat us. We do not give up. How do we do that? Through the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, and also that is in us. It takes love of Christ in us to conquer things that tried to destroy us. What things that Paul said to overcome? We need to read Roman 8:38-39 again because it explains what things that can stop us from serving God and also from having the love of Christ in us. Paul said that nothing would stop us from having Christ's love in us. We can be more than conqueror. Holy Spirit is the One who help us beat the temptation of things and keep Christ in our hearts against anything that tries to make us give up. Jesus said,'Pray for strength against temptation.' May the Holy Spirit gives us strength to fight things and to conquer or be victorious over it. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen!
