Contradiction with Romans 3:23
Deuteronomy 30:2 emphasizes returning to God and keeping His commandments, suggesting a possibility of achieving righteousness, while Romans 3:23 states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, indicating that perfect obedience is not attainable.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20
While Deuteronomy 30:2 presents the idea of turning back to God and keeping His commands, Ecclesiastes 7:20 states that there is no one on earth who does good and never sins, contradicting the possibility of complete obedience.
Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Contradiction with Galatians 2:16
Deuteronomy 30:2 implies obeying God's commandments leads to favor, but Galatians 2:16 states that a person is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, conflicting with obedience being the central path to righteousness.
Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.