"Can I do it? Nope" Deut. 30:14 "But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it." This is not intended to mean that the Mosaic Law could be perfectly kept, and that a person could be sufficiently obedient to the Mosaic Law to earn a righteous standing before God.
God never expected Israel to perfectly obey the law and find righteousness through law-obedience. God, even then, was "pointing towards" something....God expected an Israelite to trust in the atonement made by sacrifice to make him righteous, and to understand that this sacrifice pointed towards a perfect sacrifice God would one day make through the Messiah. In this, a godly Israelite, in the Old Covenant, trusted in the work of Jesus the Messiah to save him even before the time of Jesus.
God knew, no Israelite, nor any of us, could "keep" the Law, and earn a righteous standing before God. That is why He provided for the sacrifice - the punishment of a perfect, innocent victim in the place of the sinner. That "perfect" sacrifice...Jesus! ...So, we can't do it ourselves, but "all because of Jesus Christ", we can do it, "in Him".....
"We can trust in Him!"............"Thank You Jesus"
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