Overcomer

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

We experience overcoming power through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 8 is called the chapter of the Holy Spirit.  There are numerous references to the Holy Spirit in Romans 8.  Verse 11 reads, “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.” The Apostle Paul continues in verse 14, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” 

We learn in verses 26-27 that the Holy Spirit helps us pray, “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.”

Verse 37 says, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” To be more than a conqueror is to live and walk in total victory.  The Holy Spirit empowers us to be overcomers.  1 John 5:4 says, “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

The following Scriptures instruct us on how the Holy Spirit empowers us to become overcomers:

•               John 16:33 – “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

•               Romans 12:21 – “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”

•               Revelation 12:11 – “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.”

•               James 4:7 – “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”

•               1 John 4:4 - “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

II Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”  The Holy Spirit empowers us to overcome every adversary opposing us.  Verse 9 instructs us to “resist him steadfast in the faith.”