We often divide our troubles into two categories: those that befall us that we don't deserve, and those that are the result of our own actions. The former we often see as beyond our control, while the latter we view as our own responsibility. However, the Bible takes a different perspective, viewing all our troubles in terms of life and death. This perspective makes us question why we so often divide our troubles in the first place, and why we accept responsibility for some but not others.Because the world is a place where we typically award good behavior and punish bad behavior, the Psalmist teaches us that God measures life differently, by redemption. He argues that history is not really measured by the world's scheme, which simply divides good and bad. Instead, he reverses the bad by speaking the axioms. He uses the bad to argue for his weakness. How can God reward a sinner? Because Christ's death did not make it possible for sinners to do something to pay for their sins.The death of Christ sealed the curse on some people and obtained salvation for God's chosen. If there is any hope of being delivered in this world, the curse of the law must be applied to all those who will curse God. Our only hope is to die with Christ and be raised with Him to walk in continued deliverance. You see, we who are delivered are always being saved by dying. We are always speaking the curse of the law because we have failed to keep it.If we think we have obeyed God's law, we may feel that we deserve to be treated better, or at least in proportion to our efforts. We may believe that God will accept our prayers because we are law-abiding. However, since Christ suffered the wrath of His Father, how can we claim that we deserve to be accepted? We are saying that our works make God obligated to treat us like Christ. This is worse than the most vile sin.God had to curse anyone who came to him on their own obedience, because the least sinner and the worse sinner are made equal in death. So we wish the curses on those who come without dying, in order to be acceptable to God.