I think you will find …

[elijah23]

I think you will find that righteous living leads to bliss right away. You don’t have to wait till you die.

 

[Mike]

Elijah, I have come to have tremendous respect for your faith, but I can't agree with your ever-present theme that being one with the Lord means sinning no more. Ideally, that would be best, but I don't believe it's quite possible to be living a sinless life. In this world, we are fallen and sin will be something we struggle with; whether it's impatience, lust, anger or whatever. I'm not sure how anyone can read Romans 7:7-25 and not relate to what Paul was saying.

To your OP, while I do sin, I am clothed with His Righteousness. Apart from Him, I am not righteous.

 

[Alabaster]

Elijah, I have come to have tremendous respect for your faith, but I can't agree with your ever-present theme that being one with the Lord means sinning no more. Ideally, that would be best, but I don't believe it's quite possible to be living a sinless life. In this world, we are fallen and sin will be something we struggle with; whether it's impatience, lust, anger or whatever. I'm not sure how anyone can read Romans 7:7-25 and not relate to what Paul was saying.

To your OP, while I do sin, I am clothed with His Righteousness. Apart from Him, I am not righteous.

Amen! It's all about who we are in Christ!

 

[Nacho]

"Surely there is not a righteous man on earth, who does good and doesn't sin."
Author: Ecclesiastes 7

 

[Alabaster]

Those of us who are washed in the blood of the Lamb are righteous in God's eyes. Saved, sealed and delivered.

 

[kimberlie]

I think you will find that righteous living leads to bliss right away. You don’t have to wait till you die.

Brother, how do you define bliss?

When I read about several righteous people in the Bible such as Job, Joseph, Paul, Abraham, David, Hannah, and more, they didn't necessarily lead lives of bliss. Peace, perhaps, but not all of the time. Content, yes, but not without a price.

Bliss? I having trouble seeing that. Even Jesus, Himself, said that we could expect trouble.

 

[Prince]

I think you will find that righteous living leads to bliss right away. You don’t have to wait till you die.

Lets look at the word "bliss" for a moment

bliss (bl

s)
n. 1. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
2. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.

My friend serving the Lord does not equal BLISS right away...

Sometimes yes, but serving the Lord is work His yoke may be easy but the road to salvation is narrow and there are many roadblocks, even antichrist on the way, but yes if you continue on the narrow path you will come to total and everlasting bliss.

 

[warhorse]

I think you will find that righteous living leads to bliss right away. You don’t have to wait till you die.

hmmmm but jesus said that if we follow him we will be in tribulation?

 

[Prince]

Perhaps Elijah means the blissfulness within the spirit.