How are believers more than conquerors in all these things?
Believers are more than conquerors not because of what they have or any ability in themselves, but because Christ Jesus makes them conquerors. He becomes everything. It is all of God's grace, grounded in His mercy poured out on Christ, not human merit. Nothing in them merits favor with God.
Les explains that verse 37 follows the imagery of believers being accounted as sheep for slaughter, yet in all these things they are more than conquerors. This is not based on what they have or any ability of their own; Christ Jesus is what makes them conquerors, and He becomes everything. Les connects this to Colossians: whatever you do in word or deed, do it unto Him, because that is where we live and move. He stresses there is nothing in us that can merit favor with God; it is all His grace. That grace could not have happened without mercy, and believers no longer cry for mercy because God poured out His mercy on Christ at the cross. Now He gives grace, unmerited favor, which we do not deserve.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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What does Romans 8:36-37 say about being sheep for the slaughter and more than conquerors?
Despite being counted as sheep for the slaughter, believers are in all these things more than conquerors.