Breaking Down Romans 5:9-10

The failure to recognize the distinction between being a believer and a disciple will result in missing many important aspects of the Christian life.  The truth is found in God’s Word which is why we’re told to study it.  Working at organizing God’s word is how you learn about the full scope of this great salvation He has purchased for us.  Not by studying the words of Pastors and Theologians.  They do contribute to our knowledge of God, but only as long as what they teach matches up with what God has revealed in the Bible. 

That said, I want to break down the passage I quoted in my previous post to give an example of how I approach study.  Romans 5:9 & 10 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.  

To start with I need to verify the Biblical meaning of the words justified and reconciled.  In Romans 3:21-26 & 4:5 & 7-8 Paul explains justification a being acquitted of all charges of sin and declared righteous.  He went on to say it also includes peace with God, Romans 5:1.  2 Corinthians 2:18-19 applies those same results to the word reconciled.  God has reconciled us to Him.  So, Paul was confirming a believer has by faith in Jesus Christ been delivered from the penalty of sin while at the same time indicating salvation includes much more. 

Romans 5:9 adds deliverance from wrath.  Since justification has already resolved the issue of eternal damnation this wrath must be something else.  Most likely he was referring to the wrath mentioned in Romans 1:18. My reason is that Romans 1:16-18 identifies the overarching theme of Romans, escaping God’s present-day wrath against sin.  The salvation Paul mentioned in Romans 1:16 & 17 was much more expansive than our final destiny, it included being spared from His present wrath against sin and a wasted life.  Christ still lives! And because He does, we, by the power of His resurrection can lead a sanctified life now (saved by His life).

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.  Paul wrote that about 10 years before Romans.  Now after 10 years he is giving us an in-depth explanation of what it means.  I personally believe this is the life of freedom Jesus Christ offers disciples, believers who continue in His word (John 8:32).      

Starting in Romans 5:1-12 Paul lays out how his discovery of the truth set him free.  Chapters 6 & 7 appear to be his personal journey to the full realization of our release from the condemnation of sin.  Which he proclaims in Romans 8:1-4 - There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.  (NKJV)
​
Does this make sense to you?  Did I miss something?