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Romans is one of the most powerful books in the Bible; chapter 8 is the capstone of the entire book, and these verses we’re studying today are the great crescendo. Chapter 8 is about victory, but in these verses, Paul declares that you are more than conquerors - through Him who loved you.
You become more than conquerors when you 1) understand who you are in Christ; and 2) understand what God has done for you in Christ, and then 3) respond by having faith in Him; a faith that is sure and steadfast through every storm; and 4) by loving Him in response to the greatness of His love for you.
Paul has been building up to this through all the previous chapters. You were born in the sin of Adam, you were born with this flesh and will die with it, but you can be victorious; He has given the Spirit to transform you by changing your heart and your mind.
This is an important key; you cannot be victorious until you’re victorious in your mind. Therefore, what your mind and your heart take hold of will determine whether you’re victorious or defeated. “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ,” Paul says. In other words, when you hear the truth, the truth can set you free. When you hear the words of Christ you can defeat the doubts, the fears; the lies of the enemy and the world.
For example, Paul wrote that you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received the spirit of adoption as sons by which you may cry out, “Abba! Father!” When you take hold of that truth and write it on your heart, it will transform your faith.
Paul is then straightforwardly honest; there’s a lot of suffering in this present world. The creation itself groans and suffers the pains of childbirth longing to be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. We also groan within ourselves longing for something better because we live in a broken and evil world.
But God helps us in our weakness. We do not even know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Then, in verse 28, we read those famous words, “We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” If you know this great truth, if you have strength of faith to stand on this great truth, you’ll look for it, you’ll watch for it. If you believe that God brings beauty out of ashes, then you’ll eagerly wait for that beauty and be watching. If you don’t believe, you’re left with ashes and are waiting for nothing. That is defeat.
But you can be “more than a conqueror.” What does it mean to be more than a conqueror? That phrase is a translation from the Greek. It’s one word and we can understand its meaning without much difficulty – Hyper-Nikeo. It’s not just victory, it’s surpassing victory.
I. Be Convinced that God is for You…
 If you take hold of this truth and write it on your heart, and live according to it, you will be more than a conqueror.
 If God is for you, who can be against you? There are many things and many people that may be against you, but Paul’s point is that if God is for you, none of those things can defeat you.
 In other words, the fact that God is for you has a greater significance than anything being against you. This is a rock on which to stand.
Psalm 27:1-3, The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread? When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; the war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident.
 Those verses show the distinction between defeat and victory. It’s all about faith. You’re defeated when your faith is shipwrecked, and fear makes you it’s slave.

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