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Originally Posted by ManOfWord
Your BIL is correct. There is nothing in the NT that tells the Jews that they must not follow their Jewish traditions or cease from the following the law. But Paul told them that Jesus was the fulfillment of the law regarding sacrifices/atonement etc. There is no evidence whatsoever that Paul ceased from following his Jewish traditions. Gentiles, in Ac. 15 were basically told to keep the Noahic covenant which the Jews have believed are the basic requirements for heaven.
Jews do NOT believe that keeping the law gets them into heaven and never have. Certainly there have been those throughout history who have elevated the law to that level, but not by-an-large.
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Wow... go back and re-read Galations....