2 Corinthians 3:6
who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
The law demands righteousness FROM us.
Grace imparts righteousness TO us.
When the law was given on Mt. Siniah, 3000 people died. When the Spirit was given on Mt. Zion, 3000 people were saved. The law condemns the best of us. Grace saves the best of us. Grace doesn’t make you live lawlessly; it gives you the power to sin no more.
Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.