If the police pull you over for speeding, it doesn't matter how well you know the law, all that matters is that you were breaking it.
The Jews had the Law, but Scripture (and our own hearts) reveal that we cannot keep the Law. Martin Luther called the heart a factory of idols -- we continually come up with things to worship. It's like bragging about being humble -- even if you manage to be humble, you might find a way to mess that up!
Thanks be to God that we were given more than the Law. Jesus Christ comes to show us the mercy and love of God in a person, in a relationship, and to do what we could not -- Jesus kept the Law perfectly, and died a perfect death as a perfect sacrifice, so that we could have what we could not gain on our own -- a perfect relationship with God, all presented as a free gift to us.
What wonderful love it is, so that we no longer have to worry about keeping the Law perfectly, but can spend our lives rejoicing in what God has given to us.
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