SCRIPTURE:
You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. (Galatians 5:4)
OBSERVATION:
This is very interesting to me! The term "Fallen from grace" is used here by Paul. Only he is using it in a different way than I am use to hearing. It's usually associated with someone losing their salvation by committing some sin and then not repenting of it. But Paul uses it to describe someone who is trying to be justified by keeping the law. He's describing someone who is trying to be justified by "not sinning". It's also known as "saved by grace but kept by works". Paul is warning the Galatian church not to fall from grace by trying to perfect themselves by works.
APPLICATION:
I have heard people tell me that if people do certain sins, they will fall from grace and lose their salvation. But we need to be very careful that were not putting our security in our ability to not commit certain sins. Our security is always based on God's grace, and will continue to be based on God's grace till the day we die. Paul is warning us to be careful of people who say these things. People who try to put us under the law, when we are now under grace. I'm not saying that the grace of God is a license to sin (the bible says that people who use the grace of God to sin are actually lost), I'm saying that grace is something we will never be good enough to deserve. I need to remember to look to the cross where Jesus paid my price.
PRAYER:
Dear Lord, thank you for your grace and mercy. I can never earn what you have decided to give me freely. I was never seeking you, you were the one seeking me. In Jesus name, Amen!
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