A Band-Aid or a Whip

I was listening to Tim Keller contrasting Relativism and Moralism and he had a great analogy. He said, "One makes Christ a Band-Aid, the other makes him a whip."

For example: The moralist says, "Behave this way because this is what Jesus wants you to do." The relativist says, "Oh, you messed up, that's ok, Jesus forgives you."

In contrast to both, the Gospel says, "You could never behave the way you hope to, only Jesus can. What you need is not to try harder or be less hard on yourself. What you need is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

What we need is a remedy.

Disclaimer: I'm not quite behind the last line, "make us the remedy."