Falling short

Heidelberg Catechism
Q & A 5
Q. Can you live up to all this perfectly?

A. No.¹
I have a natural tendency
to hate God and my neighbor.²

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This is what causes all the problems. This is what people don’t want to admit; but it’s true. Left to ourselves, we can’t live up to what God wants from us, because we aren’t bent to really love God or the people around us. We’re oriented all wrong; we need to be re-oriented and straightened out.