ALWAYS TRIUMPHANT
2 Cor 2:14
Morning Meditation 6/29/2013
This is a great text in Scripture.
2 Corinthians 2:14, "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place."
LET’S LOOK FIRST OF ALL AT THE THANKSGIVING
The word thanksgiving describes the attitude of the believer who is enjoying the victory described in this verse.
The word thanksgiving translates charis and means grace; that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness.”
All these words describe the attitude of the believer who is enjoying victory through grace. The most common definition of the word grace is the unmerited favor of God. Sometimes when we are going through trials we temporarily lose sight of the truth declared in this verse. But when we are reminded of the victory that this verse describes we have a hallelujah time.
NEXT LET’S LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF THIS VERSE
Here is the victory:” which always causeth us to triumph.” The word always is all inclusive. Even the martyr is triumphant. We see where a man who gives his life for being a Christian is, according to this text, triumphant. The thief on the cross is a good example. He prayed a simple prayer and was saved. Jesus said to him, “Today thou shalt be with me in paradise.”
The words “causeth us to triumph” in Christ are words calling for faith. We walk by faith not by sight. The word “causeth” is from a word that means “to cry aloud.” It can mean to shout for joy in the midst of the trial. God causes that.
The words in Christ” is where the victory is found. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." Every believer is in Christ. This is not a feeling but a fact declared in the Word of God. We need to learn to walk by faith in the Word of God. That is reality at it’s best.
TRIUMPH
“A triumph in Rome was a magnificent procession in honor of a victorious general, and the highest military distinction which he could obtain. It was granted by the senate only to one who had held the office of dictator, consul, or praetor, and after a decisive victory in the complete subjugation of a province. In a Roman triumph the victorious general entered the city in a chariot drawn by four horses. He was crowned with laurel, having a scepter in one hand and a branch of laurel in the other.”
It was a gala occasion. In the case of our text the believer is a trophy of grace.
- It was a triumph over sins penalty (Rom 8:1).
- It was a triumph over sins power (Rom 6:6).
- It was a triumph over sins personification (2 Cor 2:11; 2 Thes 2:3).
May the Lord bless these words to our hearts.
In Christ
Bro. White
