This edition of MZTV highlights the fatality (and stupidity) of attempting righteousness through law, contrasting law with faith—as Paul does throughout chapter three of both Galatians and Romans.

There are two highlights here: 1) In Galatians 1:24, Paul writes: "So that the law has become our escort to Christ, that we may be justified by faith." Paul calls law an escort. THEN he says in verse 25,  "Now, at the coming of faith, we are no longer under an escort." The conclusion to Highlight 1 is: Those who still dabble in law (Jews and Christians) are still under the escort; therefore, faith has not yet come to them. Amazing, then, how they still speak of their faith. WHAT faith?

Highlight 2: In Philippians 3:6, Paul claims that, as a Pharisee, he was "becoming blameless [in law]." He later realizes grace through faith, coming to consider his former attainments in Judaism "refuse" (Philippians 3:8), that is, garbage. What do Christians do upon learning of this? They rummage through Paul's garbage! I think they hope to pick up where Saul the Pharisee left off and complete law for him.

That sounds just about as smart as the Galatians attempting to perfect themselves through law. The Christians condemn the Galatians, yet they do the same thing. Isn't that called "hypocrisy"?