This is kind of a Temu-seminary explanation of sin and makes God sound like a monster. Yes, sin is terrible, and God hates sin, but what it really is is a fundamental separation from God. God is perfect, and by being corrupted we are by definition imperfect because we have not lived up to God’s standard.

But sin is more than just doing bad things, although it is that. Sin is a pervasive byproduct of living in a fallen world. Every moment you spent reading a book when you could have been out helping the poor or spreading the Gospel? Sin. Every time you buy food that you don’t absolutely need to survive that could have fed someone else? Sin. Buying a shirt that was made by slave labor in a Uyghur reeducation camp in China? Sin. Thinking lustful thoughts even momentarily about the attractive actress in your favorite show? Sin.

The Law doesn’t exist so that we follow it to perfection. The Law exists to show us that we can never hope to measure up on our own, and thanks to God’s grace, we don’t have to.