why follow something that Christ fulfilled?
can you follow it better than him?
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
^in your response to knowing you cant completely keep it
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.[e] 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because the righteous will live by faith.
keep sabbaths, keep feasts........if that is what you want to do
but dont command someone else to keep it, if the Scriptures say different on certain things like that
(not you personally, im just talking generally)
But, I don't think Christ fulfilling the law means that the law is no longer applicable and expected of us, especially when God told us to do these specific things, and He doesn't change (so by implication, our expectation of obedience to his laws have not changed.)
You are right that those that
rely on the works of the law are under a curse: it is called human sin. We cannot follow the law to the letter 100% perfection, but we are expected to be obedient. Therefore, we have a Savior that
proved that the law could be followed by a Human, and that God's law is not some impossible, illogical decree, and it is good for enrichment and thanksgiving. Since one human did it, God knows that it isn't out of the question to expect us to be obedient to His laws.
Now, the frequency of obedience is dependent upon the person's spiritual level, and relationship with God. Some people can obey it to 0.01% perfection, others like Enoch, Elijah and Job can obey it maybe to 70% perfection. Either way, both cannot use their law-following abilities to vindicate their life/salvation because both cases fall short, and therefore need Christ. They need to have faith that His sacrifice and perfection was enough to earn us
salvation and
grace from God. But, faith in Christ still requires consequential works, which include obedience. This is because the whole idea of repentance means you transgressed the law of God, and you are remorseful of that action, with a hope to change your ways. Repentance was a concept before Christ became human, and it meant the same thing then as it does now. If you (1) believe the laws of God previously established (and, then written) are necessary to follow, or (2) are unaware of His law, how do you know when you are sinning?
I don't think that Enoch, Elijah and Job would say "since Christ proved it was possible, we don't have to do anything...let's just do what is in our hearts." Your heart is not perfect which is why you have to be transformed into a new creation through Christ (which takes a lifetime.) Christ's heart is, however, perfect. So, to align your heart with His would be to strive to do everything He did, which includes obedience to the written law. And, it is only written to emphasize it to us. Adam and Eve, and the children up to Moses knew
in their hearts what was good to eat, how to treat people, to give sacrifices, etc. It was only when they fell away that God inspired written law. But, it is the same law that He originally wrote on the heart of the antediluvians.
I guess the point is it isn't about relying on the law to bring you salvation, or anything. It is about wanting to be obedient to everything He tells us to do, even if we justifiably do not have to.
