More than Conquer

“But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:37)

Paul in writing to the Romans details the things that can keep us from God’s everlasting love. Who can be against us if God is for us? (verse 31) There is not a living person who is against us that can keep us from God’s love. If while we were yet sinners, God sent Jesus to rescue us, now that we are His children in Christ, will He turn His back on us? Just the opposite, He will freely give us all things. (verse 32) Who can accuse us if God is declaring us not guilty? Although the devil slyly accuses us to God and to ourselves, the Truth is that God is stating that we are innocent. (verse 33) Jesus Who died on the cross with our sins and was raised sits at the right hand of the Father is interceding on our behalf against the devil’s judgement against us. (verse 34) Not any affliction, any anguish, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or war can come between us and the love of God. (verse 35) Not even death can separate us from God’s love. (verse 36) And so Paul asserts that even in these things we more than conquer.

How can we more than conquer? We know we can conquer through Christ and with the Word (Ephesians 6:17), but what does Paul mean we more than conquer? We have the victory over these things according to the Word of God. “But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Corinthians 15:57) But eternally we will be with our Lord and God. “He who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.” (Revelation 21:7) And our enemy will be thrown into the pit of fire forever. “And the devil who deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet were . And he will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Revelation 20:10)

While we think on the present and the enemy keeps us occupied with the present, God’s victory is eternal. We conquer for eternity. “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God, even our Father, who has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.” (2Thessalonians 2:16-17) The Father is always thinking eternally because He sees into eternity. This is something we cannot do which is why we must depend on the Lord and trust Him in all things. “For the lightness of our present affliction works out for us a far more excellent eternal weight of glory, we not considering the things which are seen, but the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are not lasting, but the things which are not seen are everlasting.” (2Corinthians 4:17-18) And we will reign forever. “And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.” (Revelation 22:5) They are the servants of the Lord mentioned two verses before in Revelation 22:3. We are the Lord’s servants. The word used means bond servants. A bond servant has pledged himself to forever be a slave. In the Old Testament when a slave declared his undying love and lifelong loyalty to his owner his ear was pierced with an awl. “And if he says to you, I will not go away from you, because he loves you and your house, because it has been good for him with you; then you shall take an awl and put it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. And also to your slave-girl you shall do so.” (Deuteronomy 15:16-17) Jesus was pierced for us so that we could become bond servants to our Lord and God. We declare our undying love to our Lord and God and commit our lives forever to Him.

In short, as bond servants we commit ourselves, our lives, our love and loyalty forever to the Lord. And because of this we more than conquer in all things in this temporal world to be revealed in glory with Jesus forever and eternally.