(Scuba, you don't say if your hypothetical "Gentile" is saved or not in each situation,
which is fine cuz i don't think you're really making a point about how to help someone, anyway. )
Psalm 119 is a beautiful chapter in our Bible.
but do we think of the Law as words on a page?
rules and regulations?
because i see it like this.
the Apostle John tells us right off in His Gospel
about this Being Who was with God in the beginning.
remember what John calls Him?
The Word.
when Ps. 119 says things like v. 89, Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in heaven
Whom is it talking about?
when it says If Your Law had not been my delight I would have perished in my affliction,
to Whom does it point?
likewise, in Ps. 19 v. 7-9, these speak to the Lord Jesus.
the whole Old Testament is all about Jesus!
(yeah, i know, somehow the church began teaching it's about the Hebrews, but it's not)
The Bible.
it's not about Jews v Christians.
it's not about Sabbaths or rules or requirements or our failures or our 'successes'.
it's Jesus Christ.
full stop.
OK, it is about Jesus Christ. Let's see what Jesus Christ says...
Joh 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Joh 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
In fact, Jesus Christ says this...
Mat 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.
And the Great Commission He gave the disciples, then and now, is...
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Now verse 19 gets a lot of press but what about verse 20?
"observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you"
Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
In fact, those who do not keep the Commandments won't be there...
Mat 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.