I see that they're one and the same. One cannot keep the law without faith in Christ who enables us. All good works in Christ are based on those ground rules.
Could it rather be that when one decides to co-crucify their self with Christ that one will see the new life as they die to self and the more so death of self via the death of Christ, the more one sees the new life in Christ, and does what is to be done, but no longer of the flesh since it is dead by co-crucifixion at the cross. Is it not said that flesh is the problem that keeps us from unity, and that this I what needs to be considered dead.
Did not Paul convey this to you, me and all people when he said
Galatians 2:20 I have been
crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Did Christ only do this for Paul or all of us, only waiting for us to believe and co-crucify self with Christ deeper and deeper each and every day to the point that we can say as Paul we are crucified with Christ, and the self no longer live here and now, and thus deeper and deeper live by Faith in the Son of God who gave himself for you, you and you, all.
I see the "The works of the law of righteousness vs. works by faith to justification"
The title of this thread is to separate truth form error.
Error puts and keeps one in bondage, and all flesh (except for Christ Jesus's flesh that was here on earth and today no more is) is in error.
God's Spirit is not ever in error, and has called us to be born again dead in the flesh as Christ became at the cross, we are to be dead to the flesh and alive to the spirit of God
So what shall we do, go on and try to do works of Faith to justification or works of the law for righteousness?
Are not either one a work of the flesh?
How are we justified? Sanctified? is it all God or just part God? Does God really love us all that much that he took all works away to give us life in God in the Spirit of God?
Will God be pleased by any works of flesh?