Charles Spurgeon said, "...On the ground of law, if he would deserve eternal life as a reward, he must be as good as GOD, and keep the commandments to perfection. There the rugged way of works was set before him; not that he might attempt to win eternal life, but that he might perceive his own shortcomings, and so feel his weakness as to look for salvation by some other method.”
From a sermon by William D. Brown, "WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?" 7/31/2008