1 thessalonians chapter 2 12 that ye would walk worthy of god, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 13 for this cause also thank we god without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of god which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of god, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 for ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of god which in judaea are in christ jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the jews: 15 who both killed the lord jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not god, and are contrary to all men: the object is to walk worthy of god, not by keeping the letter of the law and adding to the law in some ceremonial way. that was the whole point of matthew chapter 5 and the sermon on the mount, the same passage all the nitwits are cherry picking from. the jewish rabbis, the pharisees and the rest were obsessed with the ceremony and going through the motions. jesus destroyed that by showing people how to actually live in the spirit of the law. the last verse in matthew 5 "be ye therefore perfect, even as your father which is in heaven is perfect." read the whole chapter in context and no one with any sense can come away with the "keeping the law like the jews do".
Gadsden