Can a Child of God Fall from Grace? by Dale Grissom From The Reminder, March 25, 2012 There are many in the religious world who believe and teach that once a person is saved, there is nothing he can do that will cause him to be lost. Consider, however, the words of the apostle Paul in Galatians 5:4: “Christ is become of no effect unto you. Whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace”. Here Paul told the church in Galatia that if they tried to live under the law of Moses, they would fall from grace. The old Law had been fulfilled and had been taken out of the way, having been nailed to the cross (Colossians 2:14). Many today fail to rightly divide the Word of God, continuing to try to live under part of the Old Law. We must realize that the Old Law is good to study and that it will help us to understand the New Testament, but the Old Law is no longer in effect. We must live under the Law of Christ, the New Testament. Those who believe they cannot fall from grace are deceiving themselves, and this is a dangerous way to live. We must spend each day living according to the Word of God, always praying to God and seeking His forgiveness. The following Scriptures bear this out: “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12); and “…For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Even Paul was concerned personally about falling from grace: “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” (1 Corinthians 9:27). We must always be alert so that sin will not slip in and take over in our lives. In 2 Peter 2:21,22 we see that we can fall from grace after we have known the way of righteousness: “For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb; the dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire”. Those who truly study the Word of God with understanding cannot help but realize that it is possible to fall from grace, and that those who do not repent of sin in their lives will be lost.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 08:41:52 +0000
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