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Originally Posted by AHIYAH
Just curious, erm yeah which of the commandments are you having trouble with keeping completely?
Was it Paul that also said "it's not the hearers of the law that are justified but the doers of the law that are justified"? I would likely expect bible verse versus bible verse when the word law is mentioned but it only comes down to the use of it by Paul. One needs to realise that the word law in the so called NT doesn't necessarily mean the Torah especially when Jeremiah 8:8 is firmly in one's mind after all Paul did say "we are to uphold it".
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As you say, the law means more than just the 10 commandments. We are all born with an innate sense of right and wrong so even those who have never heard of the Bible are without excuse when they sin. Some have more knowledge of the law than others, but all of us have failed to live up completely to what we know is right and so we will all be condemned by God if we depend on what we have done for salvation. Paul shows this in the first two chapters of Romans and in the first 20 verses of chapter three. Then, beginning in Romans 3:21 he shows that justification is possible only through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus lived without sin and so he is qualified to atone for our sins by his death. The fact that he is God as well as man means that he can atone for the sins of the entire human race. The only way anyone can be saved is by repenting of his sins and placing his faith in Christ. If you want more information about this I suggest you click on this link:
https://carm.org/answers-for-seekers