Excuse me Sir, but you are misunderstanding Paul.
The statement
“no one could keep the Old Testament Law… ... In the same way today we cannot keep the New Testament Laws” is incorrect because it denies both the purpose of the divine law and the transformative power of God’s grace in human life.
The Law Can Be Kept Through Christ
According to Scripture, The Word-Jesus, the law of God—summarized in the Ten Commandments—
is eternal, holy, and possible to obey through divine help. Christ Himself came not only to redeem humanity from sin but also
“to teach us how to keep the law of God by His own example”. “the Saviour’s life of obedience maintained the claims of the law—it proved that the law could be kept in humanity”. Thus, Jesus did not illustrate that obedience was impossible, but rather demonstrated that through faith and divine strength, humanity could live in harmony with God’s precepts.
Obedience Is the Fruit of Faith, Not Legalism
There is a sharp distinction between
legalism (trying to earn salvation by rule-keeping) and
obedience born of faith. Salvation is solely by grace, but that genuine faith always produces obedience as its evidence:
“The gospel does not weaken the claims of God’s holy law, but brings men up where they can keep its precepts”. So, while human effort alone cannot achieve righteousness,
the indwelling Spirit transforms believers so they may
walk in obedience as a natural expression of love for God.
The Same Moral Standard in Both Testaments
The moral law was not abolished or replaced by a new one in the New Testament. Rather, the same divine principles undergird both covenants.
“The conditions and promises are the same in the Old Testament as they are in the New. The favor of God is promised only to those who obey Him.”. The difference lies not in the law itself but in the power believers now receive through Christ. Therefore, saying that “we cannot keep the New Testament laws” repudiates the entire purpose of grace, which is to restore what sin has broken.
In Summary
The quoted statement is misinformed because:
- It wrongly implies God’s law was given as an impossible standard.
- It overlooks that Christ’s life proved obedience possible through divine power.
- It denies that grace enables believers to live faithfully under both the Old and New Covenants.
True Christianity was not about human striving or concession to weakness, but about divine empowerment—living proof that “the law of the Lord is perfect” and that those united with Christ
can keep His commandments.