 Because we couldn't do it in our own strength. We couldn't do it in our own efforts. We look at the standard of God and say, no way. Fail, fail, fail. Sin, sin, sin. Why? Because he never intended that you and I live the Christian life but that Jesus lived that life through us. What is the Christian life but the expression of the very life of Jesus Christ in and through us? You see, he wants us to live every day facing every circumstance and every situation