>>14993848Jesus came to save us from our sin dwelling in our own life. He didn't come to improve our own life but to die to it so we can live His Life, the Life that is reconciled to the Father or the eternal Life. Obeying His words/teaching will lead us to deny our own self or die to our own life so we can live His Life.
Matt 16:24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matt 16:25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matt 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?