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You say or rather the article says "those who make a “noble attempt” to keep His Law are not accepted by Him."

Can you explain:
1 John 3
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Romans 6
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Also, please explain this in reference to God's ten commandments.
James 2
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Romans 13
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Matthew 19
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Revelation 22
14 Blessed are they that do his "commandments", that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Revelation 14
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the "commandments" of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their "works" do follow them.

Here's the full context of that statement:

Paul could say such things once he realized that God requires absolute, complete and permanent perfection, not just a “good try” or a “noble attempt.” Those who “try” to be righteous don't dwell with God; those who make a “noble attempt” to keep His Law are not accepted by Him. Sin stains such efforts and only when that sin is paid for and only when that sinner has on his account a balance that indicates complete righteousness, can the sinner know peace and freedom from that awful sentence imposed upon him by his Creator and Judge.
To be justified in the sight of God, the sinner, who has been justly condemned, must have a righteousness that meets every one of the requirements indicated in God's holy Law; the sinner's only hope is a gift of righteousness that will be counted as his own in the eyes of God. This is what happens in justification.

His is pointing out the fact that in order to be acceptable to God, we must be perfectly righteous. Because of our fallen nature, however, this is impossible - even if we make a "noble attempt" to keep the law. That's why we need Christ's righteousness. If we are covered by the blood of Christ, then his righteousness is credited to us, making us acceptable to God.

Remember, he is only focusing on the topic of justification in this sermon. He may address the other issues in later sermons.