More Than Conquerors

Romans 5; Romans 6; Romans 7; Romans 8
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More Than Conquerors

Romans 8

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 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? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? 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. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Observation

I just finished reading the book; “Back to Jerusalem” if you haven’t yet read it I believe that it should be the very next book you read. Let me just say that those that the book is written about understand this passage way better than we do here in America. We don’t have a clue what it is like to suffer for our faith. But to those around the world that are dying for their faith in Christ this passage is especially for them. Will I die for my faith or will I just die of some sickness brought on by my easy lifestyle? I know that if I continue to live in the USA and unless something drastically changes in our country I will probably die of cancer or a heart problem or something like that but not from suffering because of my faith. We have all the freedom and resources in the world to share our faith right here but do we?

Application

I am going to make changes in my daily schedule to share my faith everyday.


Prayer

Heavenly Father, I pray for your church in places where they are dying and where they are being persecuted for you. I pray that you will raise up thousands to take the Gospel to the world that still needs to hear about you. I pray for our World Missions Conference at our church that begins this weekend. Use these missionaries to call out more laborers to reach the harvest. Change me to make me more like the Christians that are sacrificing everything for the Gospel. Amen.


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