More than conquerors

Rom 8:37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Rom 8:38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Rom 8:39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

A conqueror.   When a person is in a battle they are fighting to win that battle, they are fighting to become a conqueror.  To be MORE than a conqueror means what?  We like to embellish things and say 110%, when everyone knows there is only 100%. We say 110% because we want to emphasis just how amazing something or someone is.  We embellish to portray how much we want to get across how we feel.
 

MORE than conquerors.

We are MORE than conquerors with CHRIST JESUS our SAVIOR.

Not death.

Not life.

Not angels.

Not principalities.

Not powers.

Not things present.

Not things to come.

Not height.

Not depth.

Not any creature.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can separate us from the LOVE OF GOD- which is in CHRIST JESUS our LORD.

God will FOREVER love us. This does not mean He will force us to love Him in return.  He doesn't force our love. This means that God will NOT force us into eternal life. And make NO mistake, to force someone into eternal life would ultimately make them miserable.  You can't force someone to love.  And that is what God wants from us love. No one can have eternal life without love.  An eternal life with sin would be the worst thing ever and God will not allow that.

There will be NO ONE experiencing eternal life who chooses willfully, knowingly not to love.

God is not being a horrific being by not allowing everyone to have eternal life- good and evil.

We are ALL sinners! None of us DESERVE eternal life! NONE of us are GOOD ENOUGH to deserve eternal life. There is not a single person who will enter eternal life who will be able to say they deserved it, NOT ONE!  Christ and Christ alone deserved eternal life.  Those who will gain eternal life will do so because they comprehend that they need to let themselves be SAVED by Christ.  Those who will not gain eternal life will not because they do not comprehend their need of a Savior-Jesus Christ.  And that Savior is LOVE- selfless love!

By the mercy and grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ may we comprehend our NEED to be saved by LOVE.

Amen.