Jesus didn't do away with the Law, He fulfilled it. That means that no one can be saved by following it. No one was ever saved by following it. However, when we become born again the "Law Giver" Jesus Christ comes to live in us. We obey it not by compulsion but because we love it.
No one who is born again has to be told not to steal because they don't want to. No born again believer needs to be told not to lie because they don't want to. If they fail temporarily and lie they feel convicted and confess to be cleansed.
1 John 1:9 "9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
The difference between the Law and Grace is that someone who is born again doesn't need the Law the principles of it become a part of them. Born again believers who come in contact with unbelievers convict those unsaved without even saying a word. The Holy Spirit, the "Law Giver" convicts the unsaved of their sinfulness.
Also, The Law never did save anyone, no one could follow it even if they thought they did. The Law was given to show people their sinfulness. That's what happens when born again believers come in contact with unbelievers. They feel strange around us but don't know why, its the Holy Spirit they are sensing.
John 3:5-6
"5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
2 John 1:9-11
"Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works."
Those who fight and argue against the Word of God when it is presented, using human wisdom to defend their sin, are not born again.
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