Your own evidence completely undermines your main point. Those Deuteronomy verses pertain to keeping faith, not keeping commandments of law. Paul said that when Moses said "You can do it", he was referring to the word of faith, not keeping laws.
For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.” But the righteousness from faith speaks like this: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down), or “Who will descend into the abyss?” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? “The word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart”, that is, the word of faith that we proclaim, that if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes into righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses into salvation. Romans 10:5-10
If Israel had followed faith they would have been blameless. Instead they followed law and were condemned.
btw I see you use the Complete Jewish Bible. A very dishonest translation.
I have to ask because I am shocked you said this. DO you actually believe this?
You have rightly used Romans in connection with this scripture in Deut. For indeed faith is the key and they did not do so by faith as you have rightly said. however to disconnect obedience form it is to deliberately dissect the scripture and only accept little bits that fit with your view.
Deu 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deu 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
Deu 30:12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deu 30:13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Deu 30:14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
I have bolded that which Paul uses to make his faith point, thus faith is here mentioned in Deut. however what was that faith for or what did it have to do with?
Deu 30:10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deu 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
oh the commandments God has given. Thus they are kept by faith not by working at the law. but the end result of working at the law is sin and breaking it. the end result of faith is keeping them and succeeding in Gods power.
You my friend have undermined your view by clearly ignoring the fact that this faith is directly connected with keeping Gods commandments. its right there in plain English for you to read. It seems to me that you are being selective as to what parts you accept and what parts you ignore.
Isreal did not frail because the law could not be kept they failed because they did not have faith in God to cause them to keep it.
That is the point faith and works are connected. faith brings forth the works that are promised and in this case God says they can keep His law.
