MORE THAN CONQUERORS

Passage: Romans 8:35-38

Key verse: 37

NIV

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?(A) Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(B) 36 As it is written:

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[a](C)

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(D) through him who loved us.(E) 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither the present nor the future,(F) nor any powers,(G)

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Footnotes
  1. Romans 8:36 Psalm 44:22
  2. Romans 8:38 Or nor heavenly rulers
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ESV

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than (C)conquerors through (D)him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

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1. Victory in Jesus (35-37)

God does not promise his children an easy, trouble- free life. Paul encountered trouble, persecution, hardship, famine, nakedness, and even the sword. But he was victorious in life and in death because he never doubted the love of God. Those who encounter the storms of life without God suffer terrible defeat. But when we hold on to God's love in every changing scene of life, we are more than conquerors through him who loves us.

2. Nothing can separate us from God's love (38-39)

The problems and trials of life do not separate us from God's love-they draw us closer to him. Paul shares with us his conviction that neither the sorrows or joys of life, nor the victories or defeats, neither angels nor demons, neither life nor death nor anything else can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for the assurance that nothing can separate me from you. Thank you for victory in Jesus.

One Word: Victory in Jesus