Tuesday, December 1, 2015

More Than Conquerors

  




Romans 8:31-39

"What, then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, then who could be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died, more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:  For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angles nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

What a great thing that is! Nothing in ALL CREATION can separate us from God! 
The Christian life isn't all rainbows and unicorns. It is actually harder than a non-believer's life. But we have something they don't have, and that is an eternal hope which awaits us. We know we have a God who cares, loves, nurtures, watches over us, and guides us along the path of righteousness. Even though life gets hard, and out of whack sometimes, we can always look above to the One who gave it to us, and remember the hope which we have in Jesus Christ our Lord. We must stand strong in the grace that is given in Christ Jesus, and we must walk in faith. Trouble and hardships will come, but God is enough. We can be more than conquerors, we can keep fighting the good fight, we can overcome our trials and tribulations through the power that rose Christ from the dead, because as Christians, GOD LIVES IN US!!!!!
What more could we ask? If we have Christ living in us, we have it all! 

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Stop and take a minute to realize this: "He does not treat us as our sins deserve." 
We are treated by Him like kings and queens. Really, we are. We are living the good life. We have it all. As hard as life seems at times, we are being treated a million times better than what we deserve. We deserve hell, but Jesus took our place on the cross for us!!!!! How awesome is that? Because of God's unfailing love, we are no longer condemned to death, but now we are set free from sin because Jesus Christ took our punishment for us!! 



2 comments:

  1. Hallelujah! What a glorious hope we have in the Lord.

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  2. Emma, this is one of your best posts so far. What a privilege it is to know that even when we feel so far away, God is HERE. There have been times in my life, as well, when I can only trust that what He says is true, that His Word never fails; and yes, it does give me great comfort. Thanks be to our great and glorious God.

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