The detailed Law is not an expression of love. It leads to legalism, which is the opposite of love. Our efforts to keep the law will bog us down in Rom 7..
Following Jesus is NOT to keep the Law. It is to go far beyond law. It is to see things from a whole new perspective.
The law was a schooltutor to lead us to Christ, At that point it had done its job. We obey a Father, we do not 'observe the Law'.
because Christ fulfils it for us (Rom 5.18-19)
There is no mention of 'keeping the Law' here.
We will NEVER fulfil the Law (Rom 1.18-3.20)
Obeying Jesus and 'keeping the Law' are two distinct activities,
True, trying to keep the law can lead to legalism. We might be talking about two different laws, i'm talking about the 10 commandments written on our hearts by God.
Because it is an effort to LOVE, should i give up?
You said "Following Jesus is NOT to keep the Law. It is to go far beyond law." Love is far more than the law but the law is an expression of love.
The first 4 of the 10 can be summarised in Love the Lord with all your heart, and the next 6 Love your neighbour as yourself. If you love Jesus you will keep His commandments.
Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Christ is perfect and i can do all things through Christ, all good thing come from Him (no glory to me), so if i surrender control to Jesus and let Him do His perfect will in me, i can live obediently.
Rom_13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another
hath fulfilled the law.
Gal_5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Jas_2:8 If ye
fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: