...accomplished in Gentiles as in Jews, and in both by the same means, viz. by faith. " Now, therefore," he adds, "why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of...which neither our fathers, nor we, were able to bear ?" The very attempt to impose such a burden upon those whom God had thus graciously and liberally dealt...

...would have men seek to be justified by their own works, instead of by faith in Christ, "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the...which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" Acts 15:10. This yoke was a yoke of bondage, as is shown by Paul's words, that the "false brethren"...

...bounds, which Saint Peter was not allowed to overstep. Acts 15:10: 'Now, therefore, why do you tempt God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples,...which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?' That papal principate in no way regularly extends to temporals and to church affairs Now that we have...

...unto us; and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the...which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?" Acts 15:8-10. Acts of the Apostles, pp. 193-^ Further, Sister White has declared: In the light of the...

...weighed was that expressed in the concluding words of Peter's speech, 'why tempt ye God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither...fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that we shall be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in like manner as they' (Acts 15:10f.). The...

...saved without keeping any of the law of Moses. And I think Peter said with great pathos, "Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the...Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they." When Peter had finished, Paul and Barnabas stood up and told how wonderfully God had saved multitudes...

...and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers...the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved in the same manner as they." Peter, as the leader of the Apostles, has the privilege of speaking first....

...commandment" (Acts 15:24). Peter described those who taught the need for obedience to the Law as putting "a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither...believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ (as opposed to their works of obedience to the law) we shall be saved" (Acts 15:10,11). Under inspiration,...

...after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. But the Holy Ghost, in the church at Jerusalem, said, Why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the...which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? Acts xv. 1, 10. The Sinai covenant yoked believers and unbelievers together. And another minister says,...

...their side. God was on the side of freedom, not bondage. ii. PETER'S ACQUIRED WISDOM (15:106) . . . to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? The law had become an intolerable burden, especially as expounded by the Rabbi Shammai and his school....