Reconciled and alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord !
The Elect those Christ lived and died for, are reconciled to God, put into a right relationship with Him, saved from their sins, the penalty of sin,while they are enemies, unbelievers, even while hating God Rom 5:10. Now how can this be ? How can wretched, rebellious sinners possibly in a right favorable relationship with God, as if they have never sinned ? Its because of the death of Christ for them, and its because they are in Christ their Head. Folks all for whom Christ died are in Him, or He could not have died for them, neither could have their sins been legally charged to Him, if they weren't in Him ! Now just as Christ died unto sin for them, and was raised to live unto God Rom 6:9-10
[FONT="]Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT="]10 For in that he died, he died unto sin [for His Sheep] once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God[for his Sheep].
So those He lived and died for, and was raised up for, when He was made live unto God[after death], so they also are made alive unto God through or in Him Rom 6:11
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The greek word through here is [/FONT] en, in, on, among.
[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]en (a preposition) – properly, [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]in ([/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]inside, with[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]in); (figuratively) [/FONT]"in the realm (sphere) of," as in the condition (state) [FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]in which something operates from the [/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]inside (with[/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]in).[/FONT]
[FONT=Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]They are alive unto God in their Head the Lord Jesus Christ. Its the same principle as when the Elect were alive unto God in Adam before the fall. Man was in a state of friendship/fellowship with God, in Adam the first before the transgression, likewise redeemed man is alive and reconciled to God, while being enemies, in Jesus Christ their Lord. They are just as alive to God in Christ as Christ is alive unto God, as their Surety Head so that is why the elect are reconciled to God, even while enemies ![/FONT]