When Lord Nelson reported to the British Office of Admirals his great victory over the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile, he said that “victory” was not a large enough word to describe what had taken place. When Paul spoke of the victory which through Jesus Christ he had won over all the ills and adversaries and temptations and woes of life, that greatest of all words, “conqueror,” was not sufficient to describe it; and therefore he said, “more than conquerors, through him that loved us.” ¹ Today, we are going to answer the question, Are you a colossal conqueror through Jesus? He thinks you are. The question is, do you agree with Him?

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Romans 8:35–37 (NKJV) 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

• Paul’s echoes his response to the question can tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or sword separate us from the love of God?
• He lifts his voice against the thought that believers are targets for slaughter.
• He comes against it all with a resounding, NO.
• The King James Elizabethan English has it as Nay.
• ‘Nay’, ‘no’, or however ‘no’ is spoken in any language in the world the sense is the same.
• Slaughter because of demon-inspired difficulties is not the standard of heaven.

Heaven’s Standard

• Paul expresses heaven’s expectations with these words, ‘In all these things we are more than conquerors.’
• The Greek word ‘conquerors’ is a must to understand.
• It means to have complete victory, to prevail totally, to vanquish.
• The word doesn’t imply ‘barely, rake by scrap by, type of Christianity.
• Believers are wired for overcoming.
• We always triumph in Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

• The word ‘always’ is key in this verse.
• The word means at all times; all the time and on every occasion.
• The enemy may try to tell you that you’re not going to make it this time.
• He will do his best to convince you that you are going down for sure.
• But Satan is a liar.
• Always has been, always will be.
• You are a conqueror.
• Not just any old conqueror.
• But his conqueror, his master.
• Another important word in 2 Corinthians 2:14 are the words ‘lead us in triumph’.
• The four words are all one verb in the Greek meaning to parade triumphantly, to parade conquered enemies on a public thoroughfare as a sign of subjugation and humiliation.
• Every victory you enjoy in Christ is a public humiliation of Satan and his works.
• Every win, every successful conquest, is parade worthy.
• Work in conjunction with the Spirit of God.
• Enforce Satan’s defeat.
• Give the angels an opportunity to strike up the band.
• God gets the glory when we by the hand of God, overcome tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword.
• In the middle of these things, we are more than conquerors.

More Than a Conqueror

• We looked at the word ‘conqueror’ above as a word which means greatly victorious.
• Paul goes on to add even more emphasis to this theme as if there could even be something greater.
• He states, by the Spirit of God that we are not just conquerors but more than conquerors.
• Since the word ‘conqueror’ is already such a powerful overcoming term, what can be more?
• What is more than complete victory?
• What is more than prevailing totally?
• What is more than vanquishing?
• What is more than a conqueror? How about a dominator? How about an annihilator?
• The sense here is that in the middle of difficulties we don’t just have the victory but an attitude of complete mastery in Christ.
• We take on tests as one who would chew nails and spit them out.
• We are not afraid.
• We are not worried.
• The Greater one lives inside of us.
• He puts us over.
• He makes us a success.
• Even when we are weak, even when we are seemingly on the ropes, we are anything but defeated because of God’s grace.

It’s All Through Jesus

• And all of this ‘always and overwhelming conquest’ works through him that loved us.
• Aren’t you glad Jesus loves you?
• Aren’t you ecstatic the Father God cares for you so?
• The awareness of dominating circumstances instead of allowing circumstances to dominate is not based on arrogance.
• It certainly isn’t based on personal talent or any natural ability one may possess.
• Our confidence stands on solely on one point, that fact that He loves us.
• He loves us too much to leave us in the condition we are in.
• He loves us too much to see us go down in flames.
• As long we trust Him, as long as we depend on Him for grace to help in time of need, we can have the assurance of deliverance.
• God loves believers way too much to leave them in a persecuted, distressed, poverty stricken, or violently abused state.
• No, God will rise up and He will bring you through.
• And, He will do it more than victoriously.

Call to Action:

Change the way you view yourself. You are not a slave to circumstances. You are God’s child and He is Lord of all. Walking in victory is a family trait and one you can enjoy in your everyday life.

Question: Please share your ‘more than a conqueror’ testimony in the comments section below. Thank you for allowing the Lord to use you to encourage someone else.

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