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More Than Conquerors

Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

What does it mean to be "more than conquerors"?  To conquer something means to overcome it, to defeat it.  It means you've won through force by your effort.  Paul says we are more than conquerors over sin.  What he meant was not that we have to overcome our sin, but rather that we have no need to defeat sin in our lives.  Jesus defeated sin at the cross, therefore our battle has already been won.  There is no need for us to conquer sin because the victory has been won and we get to claim the victory as our own.  Living in the victory of the cross is very different than living in the defeat of sin.  Living in victory means we focus on what is ahead of us.  We look to the glory revealed through the resurrection and face every day knowing we have a part in that glory.  If we live in the defeat of sin, we continually strive to overcome the sin in our lives.  We look at the past and focus on where we have been, rather than where we are headed.  We become conquerors of sin.  My journey has given me the opportunity to see living in victory in a new light.  It is about looking ahead without ignoring the past.  It is about recognizing the past as an important part of the journey, seeing that the struggle and pain have everlasting effects which draw me nearer to God.  To live in victory is to understand that we are more than conquerors because we live in the finished work of the cross.

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