That Fall From Grace!

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Galatians 5:4.

This is one of the most abused verse in the Bible. Second maybe, only to Romans 6:1 which is often quoted out of context by Pelagians and Arminians to counter any exposition of the Doctrines of Grace.  In this verse, the Pelagian or Arminian  pounces on the words, "ye are fallen from grace "  runs away with it and asserts, "See, this proves salvation can be lost" !

From the verse, whom do Pelagians and Arminians teach can fall from grace? It is people who DO NOT keep the law (commandments). Whereas the apostle says that they fall from grace who are justified by the law (commandments) or who SEEK to be justified by the law (commandments).

Secondly, Pelagians and Arminians fail to note what the apostle Paul says in chapter 2:16 of the same book :

" Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified".

This is repeated in this same book in  2:21;  3:7,10-13,18.21 and 24. Thus what is meant by, "ye are fallen from grace " is,  "far from being in grace by keeping the law (commandments), you were never in grace". That this is a true interpretation is clear when it is considered that adherence to the law (commandments ) does not grant justification without which there is no grace to fall from. Paul was using the figure of speech known as a HYPERBOLE to demonstrate to what extent the law does not justify - it rather condemns.

For Pelagians and Arminians to be accurate when they use this phrase,  they must use it as Paul uses it and admonish Those  who imagine that their justification (salvation) comes from keeping the law that they are, "fallen from grace ", this would be the proper rendering of Paul's message.

Interestingly, we learn from this book, that it is possible for one to lose, what one never had! And it is not Calvinist logic!

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If we can't give what we don't have,how can we loss what we don't have?