得勝有餘More than Conquerors
得勝有餘
感謝神，使我們借著我們的主耶穌基督得勝（哥林多前書15:57）
親愛的弟兄姊妹們，勝利者！得勝有餘！這是聖經應許給我們的。我知道你已經聽過很多次這樣的話了，可是今天，我希望你能真正透徹地領受它，我希望你能付出時間來默想這些專詞的實際意義。
字典上說，勝利的意思是：在交戰或戰爭中，取得最終的、徹底的主權或最大優勢，在任何的競爭或鬥爭中取得成功，包括擊敗對手或戰勝阻礙。
一旦你將這些定義牢記於心，你就會認識到在主耶穌里你已經握有去往天國的最佳門票，你也會懂得，此時此刻，你活在世上已經擁有了最好的，就是靠著主耶穌，你已經打敗了世界、掌握了世界、壓制了世界、勝過了世界。
難怪哥林多前書15:57高呼道：「感謝上帝！因祂將勝利賜給了我們，使我們借著我們的主耶穌基督常常得勝！」
既然如此，你為何不現在就跟著這樣高呼呢？今天就高呼感謝上帝，使你能成為勝利者；高呼讚美上帝，使你能與那位勝了世界、勝了肉體、勝了魔鬼的耶穌基督聯合在一起；高呼「哈利路亞」，歡慶這由上帝而來的勝利！
研經：羅馬書8:29-39
8:29因為祂預先所知道的人，就預先定下效法祂兒子的模樣，使祂兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。
8:30預先所定下的人又召他們來，所召來的人又稱他們為義。所稱為義的人，又叫他們得榮耀。
8:31既是這樣，還有甚麼說的呢？神若幫助我們，誰能敵擋我們呢？
8:32神既不愛惜自己的兒子為我們眾人舍了，豈不也把萬物和祂一同白白地賜給我們嗎？
8:33誰能控告神所揀選的人呢？有神稱他們為義了。
8:34誰能定他們的罪呢？有基督耶穌已經死了，而且從死里復活，現今在神的右邊也替我們祈求。
8:35誰能使我們與基督的愛隔絕呢？難道是患難么、是困苦么、是逼迫么、是飢餓么、是赤身露體么、是危險么、是刀劍么？
8:36如經上所記：『我們為你的緣故終日被殺，人看我們如將宰的羊』。
8:37然而，靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上已經得勝有餘了。
8:38因為我深信，無論是死、是生、是天使、是掌權的、是有能的、是現在的事、是將來的事、
8:39是高處的、是低處的、是別的受造之物，都不能叫我們與神的愛隔絕，這愛是在我們的主基督耶穌里的。
Morethan Conquerors
1 Corinthians 15:57 (NIV)
57 But thanks be to GOD! HE gives us thevictory through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Victors! More than conquerors! That"swhat the Bible says we are. I know you"ve heard that many times before, buttoday I want you to let the reality of it really sink in. I want you to spendsome time meditating about what those terms actually mean.
The dictionary says that victory means"final and complete supremacy or superiority in battle or war, success inany contest or struggling involving the defeat of an opponent or the overcomingof obstacles."
To conquer means "to get the betterof in competition or struggle, to master, suppress, prevail over, overwhelm,surmount, to gain superiority, to subdue, to vanquish, to crush, todefeat."
Once you get those definitions firmly inmind, you"ll realize in JESUS you"ve gotten much more than a ticket to heaven.You"ve gotten the best of the world you"re living in now. Through HIM, you"veovercome it, mastered it, suppressed it and prevailed over it.
No wonder 1 Corinthians 15:57 shouts,"Thanks be to GOD! Because HE gives us the victory, making us conquerorsthrough our LORD JESUS CHRIST!"
Why don"t you shout too! Shout thanks toGOD today for making you an overcomer. Praise HIM that you are joined up withthe ONE WHO has conquered the world, the flesh and the devil. Shout hallelujahand enjoy the victory!
Scripture Study:
Romans 8:29-39 (NIV)
29 For those GOD foreknew HE alsopredestined to be conformed to the image of HIS SON, that HE might be thefirstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those HE predestined, HE alsocalled; those HE called, HE also justified; those HE justified, HE alsoglorified.
31 What, then, shall we say in responseto these things? If GOD is for us, who can be against us? 32 HE who did notspare HIS own Son, but gave HIM up for us all—how will HE not also, along withHIM, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against thosewhom GOD has chosen? It is GOD who justifies. 34 Who then is the one whocondemns? No one. CHRIST JESUS who died—more than that, who was raised tolife—is at the right hand of GOD and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shallseparate us from the love of CHRIST? Shall trouble or hardship or persecutionor famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
「For your sake we face death all daylong;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.」
37 No, in all these things we are morethan conquerors through HIM who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neitherdeath nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of GOD that is in CHRIST JESUS ourLORD.
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