I agree, Dave, but we don't simply need improvement; we need an entire "overhaul." The cure for the sickness is not an antibiotic administered BY Christ; the cure is the health of Christ Himself. Read Romans 5---the whole chapter. But out of that I'll quote verse 17:
"For if by the transgression of the one (Adam), death reigned through the one (Adam), MUCH MORE those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness, there resulted justification of life to all men.
I'm off to work, but will check in tonight--- Adieu !
That's what I said, Christ is the antibiotic which cures us. Grace is a gift from God, a gift of God.
SD