Salvation By Works Requires Being Better Than The Apostles
Ac 15:10 "Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
The speaker here is the apostle Peter. He stood up at a conference of Christians along with the other apostles. There were some who did not see clearly the condition of salvation. In verse 5 we read:
"But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses." (Acts 15:5) It was in this conference that the matter was cleared up and settled.
Now, when Peter says here in verse 10 "neither our fathers nor we were able to bear" he was referring to the Law of Moses. The pronoun "we" here includes the apostles. Peter said that none of them ever kept the Ten Commandments as they should. They all failed at some point in keeping it.
The Ten Commandments is a works-based system. So, if you want to be saved by works, you will have to be better than the apostles! If you think you are better than them then go for it! But, if not, then the only way is what Peter recommended in verses 7 to 9 which says:
Acts 15:7 "Men and brethren, you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 "So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to us, 9 "and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
It's by the principle of faith that sinners are blessed.
My friend, you and I are no better than the apostles. Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross and you will be saved.
