That's why you need the grace that comes from God through Jesus. A great look at Martin Luther's 1518 Heidelberg Disputation dealing with human free will, its limits, and the comforts of God's grace. Interestingly, the author is not a Lutheran.
“The person who believes that he can obtain grace by doing what is in him adds sin to sin so that he becomes doubly guilty.” –Thesis 16, Martin Luther Heidelberg Disputation
Still we strive for just a teeny-weenie
bit of good deeds to gain God’s favor. This proclivity masks itself as
piety, but it’s an affront to God’s perfect work of Christ, on the
cross, for our sins. Christ’s death and resurrection is complete (it is
finished), not a supplement to our shortcomings.
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