The Jews struggle to be good and everyone's as you said comes down to pride, self love... Its the same struggle for both... The Christians victory comes down to recognized need, contriteness. The need of Jesus. Not just the blood at conversion, but the continual need for Him personally experienced through the presence of the Holy Spirit.
There are Jews who obeyed God.
Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, b
ecause you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome."
There were righteous people who obeyed God before Jesus came, and after Jesus.
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commands and decrees blamelessly.
Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 7:1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because
I have found you righteous in this generation.
Luke 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon,
who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
John 1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him,
"Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."
Job 1:1, 8 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and
that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God...
1 Kings 9:4 And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked,
in integrity of heart, and in uprightness...
1 Kings 15:5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD
and had not failed to keep any of the LORD's commands all the days of his life--except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, "I am God Almighty;
walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
Genesis 26:4-5 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws."
Luke 1:30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary;
you have found favor with God.
Acts 22:12 "A man named Ananias came to see me.
He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.
Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was
commended as one who pleased God.
Genesis 5:24 Enoc
h walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
Luke 2:37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Acts 10:22 The men replied, "We have come from Cornelius the centurion.
He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people.
Luke 8:15 “… these are the ones who have heard the word
in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.”
Matthew 12:35
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
John 3:21 But
whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.