Your problem is that obedience is not in legalism, that's a false form of godliness to justify the flesh of man....obedience is faith working by love...that's the Spirit of God working in a believer to will and act according to His good purpose.
Ro 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 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.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Your obedience by the written code of the law is no more than the religious hypocrisy of the Pharisees ...its dead works! It profits NOTHING!
Its the flesh trying to justify the flesh!
Ro 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
3 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.
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
Your obedience by the written code of the law is no more than the religious hypocrisy of the Pharisees ...its dead works! It profits NOTHING!
Its the flesh trying to justify the flesh!
James 2:17-19 (ISV)
[SUP]17 [/SUP] In the same way, faith by itself, if it doesn't have any works, is dead.
[SUP]18 [/SUP] But someone may say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without any works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
[SUP]19 [/SUP] You believe that there is one God. That's fine! Even the demons believe that and tremble with fear.
James 2:14 (ISV)
[SUP]14 [/SUP] What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but doesn't have any works? This kind of faith can't save him, can it? {The implied answer is: NO!}
1 John 2:4 (ISV)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] The person who says, "I have come to know him," but doesn't continually keep his commandments is a liar. The truth is not in that person.
NO, we do not KEEP the commandments to earn part of our salvation, but rather BECAUSE HE LOVED US ENOUGH TO DO ALL THAT WAS REQUIRED TO SAVE US, we want to LOVE HIM back, and that LOVE is manifested in our Obedience to His Commandments.