“And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’” (Luke 18:13)
It is a humble attitude in regards to our human condition that brings us to the foot of the cross. And after we have been there by the grace of God, we will not continue in our sin over and over again ...... like we once did. But as long as we have our fleshly bodies, we will still sometimes fall short ..... or sin (let's call it what it is). "The wages of sin is death", .....both physically and spiritually. If it were possible to attain sinlessness in our flesh, our bodies would not die ..... for there is no cause for death where there is no sin. The truth of the matter is this ..... The closer we grow to our Holy God, the more we see and bemoan the filthy rags that we are in our flesh.