“And one of the things the commandments convince us of is that we don’t have the ability to keep them.”
So we should imply that keeping the commandments is beyond our ability? Really? Which ones? Does this mean that the Writer didn’t really mean them as Commandments? I call BS on this line.
Are you saved by the Law or by Christ? Works or Grace?
In Dickens A Christmas Carol, Scrooge learned how to "keep Christmas" (from then on; from the point of his "conversion").
"Keeping" is an "ongoing" word; "keeping" a commandment is more than "I was 'obedient' a few times to a given commandment, but it's otherwise 'hit & miss'."
Tell us, Styro, which commandment have you "kept" 100% of the time?
What? No murders on your spiritual rap sheet?
(Didn't Jesus include "hating" under that umbrella?)
What? No adultery, either?
(Didn't Jesus include "lusting" in your heart under that umbrella?)
You've kept the Sabbath purely then? Every hour? Every minute? Do you realize that the Jewish Sabbath started on sundown the previous evening? So whether you "keep" the Sabbath on Saturday or Sunday, you've also "kept" it either from Sundown Friday or from Sundown Saturday? Really?
You've never stolen anything from God? Perhaps His glory, for instance?
Tell us, which commandment have you perfectly obeyed your entire life?
And even if you could point to one commandment you think you've somehow "kept" perfectly, doesn't the author mention James 2:10...and doesn't the plain wording of James 2:10 kick in then?
“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of ALL.” (James 2:10)
Tell us, Styro. What does "ALL" mean to you?
If, by God's grace & mercy you get to heaven, are you also going to presume to lecture Jesus' half-brother, James, for smudging your spiritual resume' per James 2:10??? Yes?
Tell us, Styro, how you manage to navigate around the implications of James 2:10???
(Inquiring minds wanna know)