A Christian is Unconquerable (Romans 8:26-39)

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us" (Rom 8:37).

"A Christian is an impregnable person. He is a person that never can be conquered." Richard Sibbes. The Bruised Reed. 17th Century. [See Notes below.]

** Memorize Romans 8:28, 8:31-32, 8:37-39.

      A Christian Cannot be Conquered because the center, core and crux of Christianity is that Christ was Crucified for the Church and the Cosmos.

1.   How aware are you of an area of weakness in your life (Rom 8:26), and of the Holy Spirit searching your heart, and being led according to the will of God (Rom 8:27)?

2.   Is there a difficult situation where you need to believe Rom 8:28? How has God worked “all things”—especially bad things—for your good? 

• Did it feel good? 
• How would God working “all things for good” express itself in your life?

3.   What does “foreknew, predestined, called, justified, glorified” mean (Rom 8:29-30)? 

• What is the ultimate “good”? 
• How has this truth helped you to overcome negative emotions?

4.   What is the common answer to each rhetorical question (Rom 8:31-35)?

• What would it look like practically to live as if “God is for us” (Rom 8:31)?
• How does the sacrifice of Jesus prove this (Rom 8:32)?

5.   What is Paul’s bold conclusion about the many potential threats (Rom 8:35-39)?

• Which “separators” (Rom 8:35) most often threaten your sense of God’s love for you? 
• How can you be more than a conqueror even while facing unbearable hardship (Rom 8:37)?

Notes: A Christian is impregnable. Their physical body may suffer, but their soul is kept in an unconquerable fortress under Christ's protection. This resilience relies entirely on divine strength, not human capability.

In The Bruised Reed, Richard Sibbes describes the Christian as an unshakeable fortress because Christ rules over all things. Thus, no worldly force can ultimately harm any Christian.

The Message of Romans, John Stott, 1994.

I. 5 Unshakable Convictions (Rom 8:28).

1. God works, or is at work, in our lives.
2. God is at work for the good of his people.
3. God works for our good in all things.
4. God works in all things for the good of those who love him.
5. Those who love God are described as those who have been called according to his purpose.

II. 5 Undeniable Affirmations (Rom 8:29-30).

1. "For those God foreknew...
2. "...he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters" (Rom 8:29).
3. "And those he predestined, he also called;
4. "...those he called, he also justified;
5. "...those he justified, he also glorified" (Rom 8:30).

III. 5 Unanswerable [Rhetorical] Questions (Rom 8:31-39).

1. "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Rom 8:31)
2. "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?" (Rom 8:32)
3. "Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies" (Rom 8:33).
4. "Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us" (Rom 8:34).
5. "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (Rom 8:35)