In Romans 8 Paul reminds us of two great promises…
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 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 our Lord.
1. Nothing shall separate us from God’s love that we find in the cross of Christ, not even death.
2. We are conquerors of death, no, more than conquerors, through Christ.
Go back and listen to Piper’s talks again… he says that we are more than a conqueror of death because death serves us, he says “Death! Get up and serve me well!”. Death serves us by bringing us to see Christ face to face, so in him we conqueror death and make it serve us. – Isaiah 25:8
I use this verse for encouragement when it feel that my world is falling apart (after discovering my husbands been a porn addict for 20 years – probably a sex addict).
But when it gets really tough and I think Satan has claimed another victim I know that I can declare to my soul, mind, spirit that I am more than a conqueror.
That’s powerful!! He can’t take me down.
I am more than a conqueror.
Lots of christians seem to think that when you die you go into a state of nothingness and re-awake at his return. I dont believe this as this verse and others seems to point to the fact that Gods love continues for us whether we are dead or alive (nothing can separate us). Also last year my lovely Christian grandmother passed away and I felt God give me the real assurance that she was now resting in his love; just as she had been in life.
She had conquered death.
But we can proclaim this victory on our darkest days in this earth and we should.