Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Upernikwmen

Upernikwmen - is a transliteration of a Greek word, it is pronounced, hoop-er-nik-ah'-o. The word means overwhelmingly conquer. It is used once in the entire New Testament, and that one occurrence is found in the book of Romans ch. 8 vs. 37. I love the idea found in this simple, chosen Greek word. The idea is that through Christ we conquer, in context, deth (had to mispell cause my computer is psycho and takes the real word out), life, angels, demons, things in the present or things to come, powers, height, depth or any created thing. The idea of hoopernikaho is not only that we conquer these things but that we overwhelmingly conquer, it's not even a fight. It is a word that is in the present tense indicative. That means that Christ is overwhelmingly conquering all things in the present, and will continue to, it is a simple statement of fact! He conquers all these things so that there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ. What a powerful word...

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