The Law was never really for the gentiles. So why are we still debating law and grace? Paul clearly states the Law is not for believers (the righteous):
"We know that the Law is good if one uses it properly... the Law is made not for the righteous." 1 Timothy 1:8-11
Are you clinging to the Law as your "moral compass"? Then expect a storm of sin, guilt, and confusion:
"Sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind. But apart from the Law, sin is dead." Romans 7:8
Break free and live!
The Law is not a multiple-choice quiz; it is an all-or-nothing proposition. Either keep the whole thing or opt for grace instead:
"Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." Galatians 3:18
Ever since the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in AD 70, there are only 369 of the 613 laws available. So even if it were possible, which history has proven it is not, you still could not keep the whole Law!
What laws were written on a believer's heart (Jer. 31:33; Heb. 8:10)? The laws written on a believer's heart are not the Ten Commandments (of which ignorant Christians who do not understand the Gospel only obey 9 of the 10), because we are no longer under the Law (Galatians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 3:6-7; Romans 6:14). Believers have the NEW commands of Jesus written on our hearts: believe in Him and love one another just as He has loved us (John 13:34; 1 John 3:23; 5:3).
It is not about the stone tablets (which Paul informed us in 1 Corinthians 3 were a ministry of condemnation and death); embrace the beautiful newness of the Spirit:
"But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter." Romans 7:6
There is no condemnation left, no sin left unpaid. It is finished!!! Live in confidence, knowing you are at perfect peace with Yahweh:
"Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus." Romans 8:1 [see also John 3:18]
Jesus' tough teachings were for those who were under the Law:
"God sent forth His Son, born under the Law, to redeem those under the Law." Galatians 4:4-5
New Covenant glasses change everything!
Salvation is not about your organized religious institution attendance, baptism, or deeds. It is about Christ Jesus living in you. That is the test:
"Examine yourself... Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in youunless, of course, you fail the test." 2 Corinthians 13:5
The cross of Calvary brought perfect forgiveness, but without the resurrection we would still be dead in Adam. Jesus' resurrection is what saves us:
"…having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!" Romans 5:10
Rest in the perfect completed work of Christ Jesus! He did everything on your behalf in your stead; there is nothing left to do. You benefit from what He earned by His perfect obedience. Amen!