It appears you have greatly misunderstood all of chapter 7 and of course would fail to comprehend 8. Why stop at
Rom. 8:8? Paul goes on with his case.
Romans 9:31-33 (KJV)
[SUP]31 [/SUP] But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
[SUP]32 [/SUP] Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
[SUP]33 [/SUP] As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Believe upon Jesus, not the law. The law is spiritual, but is not the Holy Spirit, nor is it Christ, nor can it save anyone. If it could save then all Israel would have been saved. Paul lamented over their great loss.
Romans 10:1-13 (KJV)
[SUP]1 [/SUP] Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
[SUP]2 [/SUP] For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
[SUP]3 [/SUP] For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
[SUP]4 [/SUP] For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
[SUP]5 [/SUP] For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
[SUP]6 [/SUP] But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above
[SUP]7 [/SUP] Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
[SUP]8 [/SUP] But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
[SUP]10 [/SUP] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
[SUP]11 [/SUP] For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
[SUP]12 [/SUP] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
[SUP]13 [/SUP] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
It goes on and on, and the truth prevails in the other epistles. If a person is serving the law, then one cannot serve Christ. Christ is not there tending the Law. The priesthood of the Law is not over there obeying it. Christ died to it and lives on the free side of it. It is abolished in Him, for God's holiness followed that of Christs. It's still holy, still good, but righteousness by faith is far better.
Your quest is futile.
You stand on Paul, your ONE witness. (that has been mistranslated in your Rom 10:4.)
I will stand on 2 or more witnesses, including the Messiah.
Yahshua - Luke 16:17, "But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one yodh of the Law to fail."
Revelation 22:12-15, "And behold, I come quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work will be. I am the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and worshipers of gods and everyone who professes to love, yet practices falsehood."
Mattithyah 5:18 "For truly I say to you; Unless heaven and earth passes away, one yodh--the smallest of the letters--will in no way pass from the Law, until all things are perfected."
Mattithyah 7:23, "But then I will declare to them; I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who practice iniquity."
iniquity is:#0458 anomia {an-om-ee'-ah} from G0459
Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) the condition of without law
1a) because ignorant of it
1b) because of violating it
2) contempt and violation of law, iniquity, wickedness
Mattithyah 5:19, "Whosoever, therefore, will break one of the least of these Laws, and will teach men so, he will be called the least in the Kingdom of Yahweh; but whosoever will do and teach them, the same will be called great in the Kingdom of Yahweh."
Yahweh - Exodus 20:6, "But showing love to thousands who love Me by keeping My Laws."
John - 1 Yahchanan 5:2-3, "By this we know that we love the children of Yahweh: When we love Yahweh by keeping His Laws. For this is the love of Yahweh: That we keep His Law, and His Law is not grievous."
Jeremiah - Yeremyah 31:33, "After those days, says Yahweh: I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; minds, and I will be their Father, and they will be My people."
Psalmists - Psalm 111:10, "The works of Your hands are truth and judgment, and all Your Laws are sure; They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. You sent redemption to Your people; You have commanded; ordained, Your covenant forever. Holy and Reverend is Your Name. The reverence of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. A great understanding have all they who do (Your Laws). Your praise endures for ever!"
Paul - Romans 13:8, "Owe no man anything, except to love one another, for he who loves another has performed the Law. For the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not bring false testimony, You shall not covet, and all other commandments are briefly summed up in this (Law Leviticus 19:18); namely: You must love your neighbor as yourself. Love works no harm to his neighbor; therefore, love is the fulness of the Law."
Acts 24:14, "But I confess this to you, that after the way which they call heresy--so I worship the Father of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets."
Romans 7:25, "Thanks be to Yahweh, I have deliverance through Yahshua Messiah our King! So then, with this same mind, I myself serve the Law of Yahweh, while in the flesh that is yet subject to the law of sin."
Acts 21:24, "Take them, and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads. Then everyone will know that those things they were informed about you (forsaking the Law), were lies, and that you, yourself, walk orderly, and keep the Law."
Daniyl - Daniyl 7:25, "And he will speak great words against Yahweh, and will wear out; mentally attack to cause to fall away, the saints of Yahweh, and think to change times and Laws..."
Peter - 2 peter 3:15-17, "And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our
beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters.
There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand,
take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability."