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Annoying, difficult, or otherwise, all of the commands are impossible to follow. At least to the extent that God will be satisfied we are obeying them. God did not give His commands with the expectation we could follow them all.
You can try to reach the point where you don't sin anymore, but you will never reach it. The Bible says, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)." When someone says that we have to reach a point where we do not sin, I hear that we have to be like Jesus Christ. He was sinless and He is God. If we could do that then we don't need Him. All one will discover when they try to stop sinning is that they are digging up more sin to overcome. Besides, how do you go about this journey to stop sinning? You will have to subject yourself to some form of law? We aren't under any law. The law only stirs up more sin. There is another way of living Jesus offers.
Are you as perfect as your heavenly Father in all that you do? Has your righteousness exceeded that of the scribes and Pharisees? Do you resist evil people? Do you give to all who want to borrow from you? Have you stopped looking at any woman with lust in your heart? Are you obedient to all God commands? James said, "For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it (James 2:10)." How are you doing with that? Have you never sinned? Have you resisted all temptation? Jesus didn't say we should be "aiming for" a close relationship through obeying the law, He said obey it! The law is not abolished. However, who is the law for? Paul gave us the answer. "Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted (1 Timothy 1:8-11)." The law is for unbelievers to show them their sinfulness to lead them to Jesus Christ. It is not for Christians to try and obey in an effort to aim for a close relationship with God. It will only lead to the opposite as your repeated failures pile up. Or, it will lead to religious pride as you deceive yourself into believing you have found a way to be obedient to God. The righteous live by faith not obedience to the law.
I read your post carefully. But, I don't see that you answered most of my questions. Our perfection is not a consequence of Jesus working in us. It is the consequence accepting Him as our savior regardless of what work He does in us. "For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified (Hebrews 10:14)."
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So, yes this should not be something I see as hard or impossible, but God gives us this command in order to bless us and help us. By stopping whatever in us has us complaining or arguing, this can help us become God's way in love so we can find out how to love . . . while in intimate sharing with God in us who has us succeeding.Every precept has a purpose. Every nudge is for my betterment.
