In Galatians 5, Paul was speaking to those “seeking to be justified by law” (v.4) and notes that they were planning to “receive circumcision” ( v.3). Still others had flirted with the idea of salvation by grace through faith but instead chose to seek rightness with God through keeping the Law. Some had accepted the Gospel others were acquainted with the message but hadn’t accepted it. Paul wrote Galatians to a variety of people.

Perhaps they were arrested for illegal drugs, cheated on their spouse, or cheated on their taxes.īut in Galatians, falling from grace means something very different: falling away from the message of God’s grace and toward the Law. When we hear in the news about a celebrity who has “fallen from grace”, it typically describes someone who was behaving well but then suffered a moral failure. And the way the term is popularly used today doesn’t help, either. ( Galatians 5:4, NASB)įallen from grace? That certainly sounds like they’ve lost their salvation.

You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law you have fallen from grace. Adapted from the new bestselling book “ Twisted Scripture: 45 Lies Christians Have Been Told” by Andrew Farley

What does fall from grace mean