Falling 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.  The letter written to the churches of Galatia teaches that Christ is the fulfillment of the promise which was made to Abraham.  Those in Christ by faith and baptism into Christ are no longer under the law.  The law had no means of justification.  Only by the coming of Christ and faith in Christ could one be justified.  But, now because of false teaching, Christ was being abandoned.  As a result, these once faithful believers had fallen from grace.  Grace came through Christ, not the law.  When one seeks to be made just by the law, he forsakes grace.  Without the grace offered by Jesus Christ, one is lost.  The passage issues a statement of fact that these Christians had fallen from grace, but also issues a warning.  The warning is that any who forsake the Christ fall from grace.  Grace is accepted when one believes in Christ as the savior and puts Christ on in baptism.  But, in the spiritual journey, Christ can become of no effect.  One can go back to the world.  One can go back to a life of sin.  One can embrace a false doctrine.  When such a condition exists, one has fallen from grace, and instead of being in a saved relationship, the individual is lost.