Romans 5:1-11

Suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character and character hope.
How does suffering produce perseverance?
Doesn’t suffering usually have the opposite effect?
Read in context of the parable of the sower.
The seed on rocky ground – no root, when trouble/suffering/persecution comes, it wilts.
Conclusion: We need a solid grounding. Strong roots.

Since we have been justified through his blood, how much more will we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if when we were God’s enemies we were reconciled to him through the death of his son, how much more having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

What’s the idea? Saving upon justification? Saved by life, more so than by death?
Is this just an emphasis of God’s grace?
Reconciled – “made right”?
Saved –“a place in heaven”?
So, death paid for the sin. Resurrection gives us the benefits.
Why do we have that last sentence? It sounds like there’s a second reconciliation on top of the payment for sin, and the saving. Is that right? It doesn’t make sense to me.
Perhaps the emphasis should be on our rejoicing in God. Because of the aforementioned reconciliation, we rejoice!
Conclusion: Christ’s death paid for our sin. Christ’s resurrection saves us. And we rejoice in God because of this.