Good morning, Greg.

Good morning, Amy.

We are starting this episode with a question about tithing.

So here is a question from Lewis.

I'm just going to give you a tenth of an answer. Would that be right? Okay. All right. Here is his question. Why does the Lord's Church tithe in America when it's part of the law? If you obey one

part of the law to please God, the Apostle Paul said

you're obligated to obey at all, which means you're not a Christian, you're a cursed.

Well, he's citing a passage from Galatians 5, which is kind of a capstone of an argument

that Paul is developing through the entire text, dealing with the problem of Judaizers who have been

teaching that faith in Jesus is not enough, must also have adherence to the Jewish law.

So the Gentiles that are becoming believers in the Jewish Messiah must join in Judaism

and keep the law.

And Paul's argument, not just here in Galatians, but also in the book of Romans,

and the argument in Hebrews is that these are two separate systems.

And from the very beginning, law was not something that justified you.

It was grace.

And both in, I think they're in Galatians and certainly in Romans, Paul is harking back

to, actually very near this passage, the circumstance with Abraham is in Genesis 14.

In Genesis 15, you have a declaration that Abraham believed God and God reckoned it to him,

counted it as righteousness.

And so that's the key you have to keep in mind when you read through Galatians is that this argument is being made.

Paul is not arguing against anyone practicing something in the law.

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