Bible Question:
Can a person push God too far? Can a person " fall from grace" one too many times? Is there ever a cut-off point with God? Doesn't He ever get tired of the " I know it's been a while, Lord" prayer..that one or two sins that you just can't seem to get a handle on..no matter how many years you struggle with it? I know that God always forgives the truly repentant..and I know that repentance is when you ask forgiveness and then make a change in your life.. But what if the change only lasts so long..? Can a person who truly belives in and cherishes God push Him too far? |
Bible Answer: "fallen from grace" New King James Version Galatians 5: 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Verse 4. You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. In the context, who is it who has fallen from grace? "you who attempt to be justified by law." "The [Gr.] word for 'fallen' means 'to lose one's grasp on something.' Paul's clear meaning is that any attempt to be justified by the law is to reject salvation by grace alone through faith alone...Those...who turn their backs on Christ and seek to be justified by the law are separated from Christ...Their desertion of Christ and the gospel proves that their faith was never genuine (compare 1 John 2:19)" (MacArthur Study Bible). |