Certainly from a Jewish standpoint, this is not correct. The Law is not meant as an onerous burden to Torah Jews; as the Psalms state: the commandments are “sweeter than honey.” Nor are they all so difficult to follow, as Moses himself informs us, provided one make the commitment to discipline oneself. Rather than showing us how sinful we are, they are meant to keep us from falling into sin by pointing us toward what is good and moral. Not that Judaism believes our inclination is naturally oriented toward sin (Judaism does not believe in original sin); rather, we need some guidelines to inform us of what is sinful since our human nature is not omniscient and may not always be aware that what we are doing is seen as offensive to G-d or to our fellow humans.
Many Jews are indeed capable of keeping the Law. Even those who do not keep it are capable of doing so but CHOOSE not to. And if one errs with regard to the Law, G-d is always prepared to forgive us if we seek forgiveness and resolve to do better. One may approach the Law in small increments in an effort to make steady improvement throughout one’s lifetime. The first step is to study the Law since one cannot follow what one does not know. As I stated in my previous comment, the Law is not meant to be burdensome but is “sweeter than honey.” Nothing supersedes the Law according to Judaism, for it is due to G-d’s grace that the Law was given to mankind in the first place. The Law saves us provided one understand that, for Jews, salvation means aligning our own will to that of G-d in love and awe, rather than going to heaven. The latter may be a consequence of the former but it should not be our primary goal here on earth even if it does mean we will be with G-d.
I understand what you’re saying and I don’t think St. Paul would disagree with you. The Apostle was talking about what brings us to salvation, which is the grace of God. He argues that Christ’s atonement fulfills the demands of the law since the grace of God has be poured upon all mankind due to Christ offering of himself to the Father. At least I believe that’s what he was saying. I’m not a Pauline scholar, so if I have that wrong, I’m sure someone who knows better will correct me.
