Arent you trying to earn brownie points by keeping the Law?
A. We see nothing wrong in obeying the Law in order to please the Father and bring honor to His Name through our good witness of faithfulness to His word, do you? We do not keep the Law in order to be saved, but because we are saved and this is how a people who love their Savior and appreciate what He has done for them live their lives. This is the life our Messiah lived, and we are told to be imitators of Him in 1 John 2:6. Messiah said in John 8:29 that He always did what was pleasing to the Father, and we believe we should strive to do likewise. As for brownie points, were not crazy about that terminology because it has such an air of mockery about it. But there is nothing wrong with knowing that we will be rewarded for good behavior, since the Father, Himself, is the one that set-up the reward system. We are told to work to build upon the foundation of Messiah for the eternal reward that lasts in 1Cor.3:13-14. In Deut. 11:26-28 we are told we will receive blessings for obedience, a
