After visiting men tell the church at Antioch, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved” Paul, Barnabas, and others travel to Jerusalem in order to keep the gospel message clear. Why is it so important to make sure we have gospel-clarity? Because without clarity people will inevitably try and add to the gospel, ruining it altogether. It's a matter of slavery and freedom. Without the gospel we are all enslaved by our self-dependence, looking to our own performance to give us the worth and value we're longing for. Peter points out that this is a burden no one has ever been able to bear (verse 10). Self-dependence is enslaving. However, the gospel brings a freedom that can never be taken away because Jesus has already lived, died, and arose; our worth and security is finalized in Him. As Peter says, "We believe we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus" (verse 11). What we really need in order to be free is a Master who loves us so much He was willing to take all our burdens on Himself and die, so we could be free from self-dependence forever. His name is Jesus and He's the Lord.