The reason why so many work at the law is because they know there is a God.
That and knowing it will make them free who receive it.
In the verse it is written, "..for he who comes to God must believe he is
and is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him." If a person '
must believe' he is in order to come to him then that would obviously indicate that God didn't come to them. And a person
'must believe' he is then that would obviously indicate they didn't have any actual knowledge of God's existence.
Therefore seeing that it written,
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 1 Thess 2:13
it is obvious some men don't place any value in the gospel.
But that is not the way to attain Righteousness, or obedience to God. That is just what all carnal people think.
Right, the carnal mind is not subject to the law of truth, neither can it be for it is enmity with truth so the carnal minded seek to obtain their own righteousness the same way they obtain their own faith, by hearing the doctrines of men. Hence, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Son of God, thus man does not live by the scriptures alone but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: Mal 2:6
The key to Righteousness is in the part that
"And that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him"
you DIDN'T quote.
The reason I didn't quote that he is a rewarder of those who come to him is simple, how does someone find something they don't have any knowledge of? "The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors." Prov 26:10