Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commandments.”
Jesus is God.
God gave us the ten commandments.
Ergo, we should keep the commandments.
Not to “save ourselves,” but to honor Him.
The rich young rules was told to keep the commandments. Also, he was told to sell all he had, give to the poor, and follow Jesus. He was not told “forget the commandments.”
That said, if you love the Lord your God with all your heart, and your neighbor as yourself, I dare say you’d be keeping the ten commandments anyway. Would you worship an idol if you loved the Lord? Would you take His name in vain? Would you defraud your neighbor if you love him as yourself? Commit adultery with his wife? Kill him? Of course not.
There is your fundamental problem...Jesus is the SON of God.
Until you can regocnize who Jesus is and who he isn't you will never go far spiritually.
Heck, even satan knows that Jesus is the Son of God!
We’re to live by the spirit of the law, not the law itself. The ten commandments are surely a guide. But to break one is to break all. Legalism kills. It doesn’t save you. Keeping the ten commandments will not save you.