Peace with God Through Faith
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Rom 5:10
we were reconciled... Greek: katallasso, change from enmity to friendship, reconcile (Rom. 5:10; 1Cor. 7:11; 2Cor. 5:18-20).
When we were still God’s enemies, Christ was able by His death to reconcile us to God. Certainly, now that we are God’s children, the Savior can keep us by His living power.
In John 11:25-26 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” “And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Because He (Jesus), lives, we shall live also. Jesus is life:
In John 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Jesus is life. If we have Jesus, we have life.
Here this same truth is repeated in different words (Rom. 5:10). Reconciliation, the third great achievement of Jesus’ sacrificial death on Calvary, is presented (also Rom. 5:11). This great triumvirate — redemption (Rom. 3:24; 1Cor. 1:30; Gal. 3:13; Eph. 1:7); propitiation (Rom. 3:25 [NIV: “sacrifice of atonement”]; 1Jhn. 2:2; 4:10 [NIV: “atoning sacrifice”]); reconciliation (Rom. 5:10-11; 2Cor. 5:18-20; Col. 1:22) — is totally the work of God, accomplished through the death of Jesus Christ. Redemption pertains to sin (Rom. 3:24), propitiation (or satisfaction) pertains to God (Rom. 3:25), and reconciliation is for people (cf. we were reconciled). Reconciliation is the removal of enmity that stands between people and God (cf. “enemies” in Rom. 5:10; Col. 1:21). Reconciliation is the basis of restored fellowship between people and God (cf. 2Cor. 5:20-21).
If (Rom. 5:10) may be rendered “since”; it assumes that the reconciliation through the death of His Son is true. In addition, reconciliation was done when we were God’s enemies (lit., “being enemies”).
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