1 Thes. 4:1-2 Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. [2] For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

You can look at following God in two ways.

One is to live according to a list of rules and to view the Bible as giving us that list. Everyting we do is measured against that list. We compare ourselves to it. we keep score as we compare ourselves to others. I wonder how different this approach is to following the law that Paul counselled us not to.......

Or we can see the Bible as showing us how to ;eve and serve each other, and learn to act out of grace and compassion, always preferring the needs of othersbecause our hearts have changed to mirror Jesus'..... I think this way is living a life which pleases God.