And this post shows me that you make the same mistake that many do...and I did too for a long time...until I started to do my own studies. We are dead...now. We died with Christ, and are risen with Him.
But, if the foundation is off...so is the building. Resurrection life is only realized in men when the identity of who we are...in Him...is correct.
We have the mind of Christ. Dead to sin...alive to God. It actually becomes our reality. But, it takes time...and our eyes to be opened.
Is all I have time for now.
You remind me of someone from another forum.