The Christian is a strange fish indeed. As the Psalmist says, God gave Christians a law to follow, just like everyone else. But when we fail to keep it 100%, God still loves, forgives, and calls us blessed. How does that work? Aren’t statutes there to keep us in line, and punish us?

Sin is missing the mark. It is falling short of God’s perfect standard. No matter how much we try, we fall short of those standards.  In summary, we can’t love God enough, and we can’t love our neighbour enough.