We Are More Than Conquerors

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Romans 8: 37 NKJV

Who is a Conqueror?

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a “Conqueror” is someone who “conquers, one who wins a country in war, subdues or subjugates a people or overcomes an adversary.”

The Greek word for “conqueror” is “nikao”. That is where the word “Nike” comes from. However, Apostle Paul was not just content in calling us conquerors. He added the word “hyper” to the word “nikao”, to make it one word or “hypernikao”. We are more than Conquerors!

In Biblical times, when nations fought wars, the winner did not just defeat another nation. They came back with the spoils of war. That means that they returned richer than when they went into battle, because of all the goods, money and men that they captured and brought back home. They also captured land and territories, so it was a time of expansion.

When Jesus defeated the devil, he drove darkness far away from us. Today, it’s no longer a battle of light against darkness. Remember, when you flip on the light in a room, darkness immediately disappears. Darkness does not contend with light or think of whether it should move or shift. It automatically disappears. That is the power of Jesus over darkness!

No controversy! Jesus is Lord!

Every child of God is more than a Conqueror because of the price Jesus Christ paid for us on the Cross of Calvary. We are “hyper conquerors!”

We love the hymn written by Mrs C.H. Morris (1862-1929) titled:

Conquerors and Overcomers now are we.

“Conquerors and overcomers now are we,

Thro’ the precious blood of Christ we've victory,

If the Lord be for us, we can never fail;

Nothing 'gainst his mighty pow'r can e'er prevail.

Refrain:

Conquerors are we, thro’ the blood, thro’ the blood;

God will give us victory, thro’ the blood, thro’ the blood,

Thro’ the Lamb for sinners slain,

Yet who lives and reigns again,

More than conquerors are we,

More than conquerors are we.

So, who is a Conqueror and who is more than a Conqueror?

To answer this question, let’s use an illustration.

Let’s suppose that there is a boxer who has a wife and is preparing for a big boxing match. He practices every day, and his wife encourages him with words and making the right meals. On the day, that was set for the match, the wife cannot bear to watch him taking blows in the ring, so she decides to stay at home and watch the match on television. The match commences and of course the husband takes some punches to his face, his eyes are swollen, and he can hardly see. At the end of the match, he is declared the winner! His wife is so happy and is jumping up and down at home. Then her husband comes home and gives her the prize money!

You see, the husband is a Conqueror. However, the wife is more than a Conqueror! The husband took all the blows and is a winner. The wife did not throw a single punch, she was not even present at the event, yet she gets to keep the money.

Using this same analogy, Jesus Christ is the Conqueror and our Champion. He took the blows, the slaps, the spitting and shame for our sake. He was nailed to the cross and paid the price for us. On the other hand, we are more than Conquerors.We did not go through all the suffering that Jesus Christ went through, yet today, we are enjoying the fruits of his suffering.

So, what are some of the things that we enjoy because of the price Jesus Christ paid for us that makes us more than Conquerors?

First is the love of Christ. In Romans 8:31-39:

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” NKJV