DCLM Higher Everyday 17 May 2024 — More Than Conquerors
Topic: More Than Conquerors
Text: Romans 8:35-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Key Verse: “Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us” (Romans 8:37).
Message
To conquer is to be victorious over an adversary. To be “more than a conqueror” means we not only achieve victory, but we are overwhelmingly victorious. If the final score of a basketball game is 142 – 6, we know that the opposition put up a fight, but they were no match for the victors. The win was beyond the scope of a regular victory.
There are many cases in the Old Testament in which God brought miraculous victory to His people, Israel. Humanly speaking, Israel was no match for their enemies. But God cautioned them not to be afraid, that He would fight their battles for them (Exodus 14:14). Satan is our adversary. He sends all kinds of missiles against God’s children. Many of those attacks are listed in Romans 8:35–39. Paul encourages us to stand firm in our faith, reminding us of our present and ultimate victory through Jesus Christ. Definitely, Satan cannot separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. However ensure that you are a child of God to enjoy His care.
Quote: Satan is our adversary.
Challenge: We have Christ’s promise of eternal life.
Prayer for today: Oh Lord, help me to be more than a conqueror, in Jesus’s name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
