Fri.-Sabbath, 2/14-16/25 Devotion

Thank God—Sunday is almost here! In order to help get us into a Spirit-filled frame of mind in advance of Sabbath Worship, here are some great words from John Murray’s “The Epistle To The Romans” commentary. . . .

“ ‘More than conquerors’ [of Rom. 8:37] is a felicitous [well-chosen] rendering. What is stressed is the superlative of victory. Appearance to the contrary places the reality and completeness of the victory in bolder relief. . . . Too of-ten we look upon the outcome of conflict with the forces of iniquity as mere escape, perhaps by the skin of our teeth. In truth it is victory and that not merely but completely and gloriously. The designs of adversaries are wholly overthrown and we come off as conquerors with all the laurels of conquest.    . . . This victory is always the case—‘in all these things.’ In every encounter with adversity, even with the hostility that is unto death, the victory is unquali-fied. Unbelievable! Yes, indeed, were it not for the transcendent factors per-ceived only by faith. . . . "