More Than Conquerors Romans 8 by L. Ravenhill. More than Conquerors. Romans 8. By Leonard Ravenhill. Romans Chapter 8. Read verse 3. 7 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Applied Multivariate Statistics With Sas Software Company. This 8th chapter, as many of you know, begins a new section in this wonderful epistle to the Romans. Bird on the Wire is one of Leonard Cohens signature songs. It was recorded 26 September 1968 in Nashville and included on his 1969 album Songs from a Room. Playlist Best of Best of Leonard Cohen httpsgoo. HJdsxQ Subscribe for more httpsgoo. ZRxB22 Leonard Cohens official video for his live. How to Become a Wedding Officiant. A wedding officiant is a person who is acting of the law and certifying a marriage license for a local jurisdiction. A priest stuns wedding guests at the end of a ceremony with a pitchperfect version of Leonard Cohens Hallelujah. The 7th chapter is a chapter of gloom, the. The 7th chapter is a chapter of condemnation, the. The 7th chapter is a funeral march, the. Its the song of a soul set free, to use thephrase of a lovely hymn. Romans 7 is a chapter on the tomb. Romans 8 is a chapter on triumph. If you want to use the phrase of John Milton,The 7th chapter is the chapter of paradise lost. Its a chapter of depravity. The 8th chapter is a chapter of deliverance and delight. Now this is a magnificent chapter. If you want to make a special bonding here, chapter 7 is a chapter of misery and condemnation. Fort-Worth-Marty-Leonard-Community-Chapel-Wedding-Photos-by-Ivy-Weddings.jpg' alt='On The Way To The Wedding Leonard' title='On The Way To The Wedding Leonard' />The 8th chapter is a liberated soul. You can explain this by this fact chapter 7 is a chapter on a self centered person. The 8th chapter is a chapter about the Christ centered person. In the 7th chapter you read that first person over and over and over until you get weary of reading I, I, I, I. I want to do this but I cant., and I find Im in bondage., and so forth and so on. If you count youll discover 4. I, and no mention of the Holy Spirit. In the 8th chapter there is no mention of the I except in two verses where he says I reckon and I am persuaded where there is no alternative. But the difference in the 8th chapter is that there is all the mention in the world about the Holy Spirit. Nineteen times the Holy Spirit is mentioned. On The Way To The Wedding Leonard' title='On The Way To The Wedding Leonard' />Leonard and Pennys relationship has been a major subject in the series since the beginning of. There is therefore now no condemnation. So, the chapter begins away in the heights there is no condemnation. And it ends there is no separation. What shall separate us from the love of God But it does not say there is no tribulation. In fact, it marks tribulation out for us very, very carefully. A wretched, sin bound man in the 7th chapter and no Holy Spirit. A liberated man in the 8th chapter, and over and over again hepays tribute to the Holy Spirit of God. This is an amazing Word of God. Here is a man talking about emancipation. Hes talking about an individual having under his feet the world, the flesh, and the devil. Well get to it a bit later, but he says In all these things. He fills them in himself. I love to read the apostle Paul You know why, hed go out and snub the devilThe devil never pushed the apostle around. He pushed the devil around Im going to make a guess that when Paul died they had a half days holiday in Hell. They were so glad about it. Satan never had the victory over the apostle Paul. He tried. No man ever had such a massive theology as Paul. No man ever saw further, deeper into the pit of human depravity. I think one of the most alert writers today that is not scholarly, or sensational stuff, but a deep writer is that wonderful man of the LAbri Fellowship, Switzerland. That gracious man, Shaeffer, said in his book Death in the City, God has given up on the cities in America. Hes written Finished on them. Thats why theyre dead in their rebellion. Thats why weve got whole cities that are bankrupt. The whole world has been asking, Why is the greatest city in the greatest country in the world, New York, why is it bankrupt The millionaires of different cities are saying we are teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. But you see, our biggest problem is we are morally bankrupt We are spiritually bankruptI remember again that gracious man says, For 4. America going down the drain. Hes like Jeremiah. He saw nation after nation with fits of depression and darkness and devils. Then coming around and trying to say they were the chosen people of God. Then slumbering down in the mire again. He reminds us that eight centuries ago, every town and city in China had a thriving New Testament church. Eight hundred years ago. Where is she tonight Nobody, I say, saw the depth of depravity Paul saw. He saw that because men had rejected the message of the Son of God, God gave them up to uncleanness. If you want to read a very vivid, dramatic, stirring, disturbing account of that, read J. B. Phillips translation of the first chapter of Romans. Paul doesnt say how terrible the malady is. Hes not concerned about the malady. Hes concerned about the remedyHe said in Heb. He is able to save to the uttermost and the guttermost. Therefore, at the end of this amazing chapter he said, We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. The only reason there is an America tonight is, not because we signed the Declaration of Independence, but because 3. I quote Dr. Tozer, he said to me, as soon as man got alienated from God, he got interested in things. Now I was reading through these chapters, and I noticed how many times Paul says that, They that are after the flesh do mind the THINGS of the flesh, but they that are after the Spirit mind the THINGS of the Spirit. And then that very famous, popular verse Romans 8 2. All THINGS work together for good. Not some things. All THINGS. Losses as well as gain invisible things as well as visible those that are bitter as well as those that are sweet. All things work together for good. Mr. Chadwick used to tell us the only way to read that verse was backwards. To them that love God, to them who are the called, according to His purpose, all things work together for good. If you read it the right way, the forward way, it doesnt make too much impression. But if you read it from the back, to them that love God, all things work together for good. To them that are called according to His purpose. Now verse 3. 1, What shall we say to these THINGS If God be for us, who can be against us. He says in verse 3. Nay in all these THINGS. You can almost hear his contempt there, cant youThings. So what And then he finishes the verse there in 3. I believe he throws his shoulders back and laughs in the face of the devil and says you havent an invention in Hell that can separate me. Thats what he says, doesnt he Because he says here, at the end of verse 3. I am persuaded. Are you persuaded tonight Paul was a persuaded man. He was persuaded that God was able to keep that which hed committed unto Him. Im persuaded tonight that neither height, nor depth, nor any other creature can separate me from the love of God. For Im persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor THINGS present nor THINGS to come. If that isnt defiance I dont know what is. One day, this man was going down the Damascus Road. Look You know what A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument. He was going down the Damascus Road, breathing out threatenings. He carried documents that said he could put any Christian he liked to death. Its exactly what the blundering, blind, bankrupt world that you and I live in did, but he did not reckon with Jesus Christ Himself. And Jesus sits on His throne and met him in the road. Paul said, Who art thou Lord On that road, he said, He revealed Himself to me. He said, In the wilderness. In the school of silence. Its still open if you want to go. Itll cost you nothing. On the Damascus Road God revealed Himself to me. There in the wilderness, He revealed Himself in me. Then he soared up into heaven. I dont know all he saw except it was just so marvelous.