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Is It Possible For A Christian To Fall From "Grace"?

Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
 
iLOVE said:
If this is true, how can a Christian fall from "Grace"? What is "Grace"?
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I think it's true that a Christian can fall from grace because Paul says we can fall from grace:

"4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace." (Galatians 5:4 NASB)

The Galatians were falling from grace by turning away from it to that which is not grace. Grace in this context was the grace of salvation found in faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and the receiving of a declaration of righteousness as a gift, as opposed to earning it through one's own righteous work.
 
Mike S said:
No one puts you on ignore, deb. You're one of the most mild-mannered and civil people I know.
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My vision is getting worse and worse (I need a new eye glass prescription).
I saw this: "You're one of the most mild-mannered and evil people I know." :lol
 
I'm not Calvinist or Arminian in my belief, and I'm not saying it isn't possible to fall from grace, .......I'm asking what happens when someone does fall from grace.
 
Jethro Bodine said:
In the very same verse: "You have been severed from Christ..."
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Okay, ....that's the Revised Standard Version,

Here's the KJV,

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

Strong's definition for, is become of no effect
katargeō
kat-arg-eh'-o
From G2596 and G691; to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively:

Granted the KJ translators use the word in many different ways, but Paul is clearly addressing those that want to become circumcised and follow the Law.
 
Karl said:
I'm not Calvinist or Arminian in my belief, and I'm not saying it isn't possible to fall from grace, .......I'm asking what happens when someone does fall from grace.
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You become separated from the grace of Christ in justification. That's what the Galatians did. Paul exhorts them to come back to reliance on faith in the cross for justification.
 
Karl said:
...Paul is clearly addressing those that want to become circumcised and follow the Law.
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The point of which is they have chosen a different way than faith in Christ to be justified. That choice has made the justification they had in Christ of no effect now.
 
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