We ought to follow Jesus because he is the fulfillment of the law.
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
— John 14:5-9
But the reality is, Christians don't actually follow Jesus. They follow the pagan clergy.
The Christian virtues inculcated by Jesus in the sermon on the mount are nowhere exemplified in the Christian world. The Buddhist ascetics and Indian fakirs seem almost the only ones that inculcate and practice them. Meanwhile the vices which coarse-mouthed slanderers have attributed to Paganism, are current[ly] everywhere among Christian Fathers and Christian Churches.
We ought to follow Jesus because he is the fulfillment of the law.
But the reality is, Christians don't actually follow Jesus. They follow the pagan clergy.
We strive for perfection, but we are all imperfect, you don’t see that? We all fall short of the glory of God.