Is A Righteous Life Worth Living?

Malachi 3:13 - 18 (NIV 1984) 13“You have said harsh things against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’ 14“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD Almighty? 15But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.’” 16Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. 17“They will be mine,” says the LORD Almighty, “in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. 18And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
Malachi 4:1 - 3 (NIV 1984) 1“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the LORD Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them. 2But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. 3Then you will trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things,” says the LORD Almighty.
Living the righteous life isn’t easy.  It takes:
self-control
patience
kindness
character
power of God 
Matthew 5
40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. 43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matt 5:38 38“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ 39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 
God looks at the heart of the people.
Malachi 1:13 (NIV) 13 “When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?”
Sin will pull us away from God 
pleasing ourselves
blaming God
sin at times can be very attractive.
Fast-paced smooth-living sells. 
Sin kills and destroys.
Gal 6:7-9 7Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit; from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 
Promises”
John 14:27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.
Matthew 13:43the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.
Romans 2:7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
I Peter 5:4 And when the Chief Shepherd appears, we will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
I John 3:22 we will receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him

I John 1:7 If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Matthew 5:3-12
3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
5“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
6“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
7“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.
8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
9“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.
10“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12“Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great;
Is the righteous life worth living the answer is a resounding YES.