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Romans 8:36
36As it is written:“For your sake we face death all day long;we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”Psalm 44:22
36As it is written:“For your sake we face death all day long;we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”Psalm 44:22
The enemies of God cannot assault God Himself, although Satan tempted Jesus and blinded men in order to crucify the Son of God. Rather, the Enemy seeks to grieve God and glorify sin as the human race is led into further and further corruption, lawlessness, and rebellion. In response to this, we have a beautiful and powerful truth that makes demons shudder -- Christ came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8). The adversary knows that his time is short (Revelation 12:12) and so we are told that the inhabitants of the earth should mourn. The reason? We will experience Satan's wrath and fury. However meager Satan's power is when compared to the all-saving power of Christ in us, it is still a power that God allows to work in this present age. Satan may kill us, and certainly has targeted every Christian as an object of destruction (1 Peter 5:8). But all we must do is be sober-minded and watchful, as Peter says. Our God is a great shield and His Spirit casts away all darkness. What a victory we have in Jesus our Lord, before whom demons shudder! He will destroy God's enemies with the breath of his mouth (Isaiah 11:4, 2 Thessalonians 2:8), and will bring us finally to Himself forever and ever. Jesus has given us the word: "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matthew 16:18-19).
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Romans 8:37
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
In every bit of suffering, in every trial, in every part of life in which we share in Christ's sufferings, we who live by faith in the Son of God are 'more than conquerors'--we are victors! Not because of our strength, wisdom, or giftedness; for we know that we must give these up before we can clothe ourselves with Christ. We are victors only because Jesus loved and gave himself up for the Church, His Bride, "so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish" (Ephesians 5:25-27). If we have been sealed by the Holy Spirit -- if Christ's loved has been poured into our hearts by that same Spirit -- then we are assured that He will finish the good work that He began in us by that same Spirit (Philippians 1:6). In the midst of describing the great suffering and hardship he endured in Asia, Paul rejoiced before the Corinthians because of this sustaining love of Christ: "But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere" (2 Corinthians 2:14). But if we will not suffer for the sake of the Gospel and will not give up our lives for the sake of knowing Christ, we will never understand this verse or even this chapter. Holy Spirit, come, and fill the hearts of Your faithful!
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