“Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.” (Galatians 5:4)
This is one of the most misused verses in the New Testament. We are constantly told by Charismatics that one can “fall from grace,” yet not one in fifty of them can state where the verse is found or what the true context of the statement is. The notion of falling from grace was never presented as something that a blood-bought child of God could do. The statement was given to the Galatians who were still thinking that the law had something to do with salvation, to those who were trying to be “justified by the law,” as the verse says. A person who seeks to be justified by the law clearly does not understand and appreciate the finished work of Christ on Calvary, so he is fallen from grace. He is not fallen OUT of grace, since he never entered grace to start with; he is fallen FROM grace, meaning that he fell a good distance FROM grace before even arriving.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23)
This is a good passage with which all believers should be familiar since it deals with the fruit that we should all be producing. After all, it is by our fruit that we are truly known as Christians (Matthew 7:20) “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”. Since the number nine is the number of fruitfulness, there are nine fruits named.
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” (Galatians 6:7-8)
Here we have one of the most profound truths that God ever gave to man: you reap what you sow. In fact according to Hosea 8:7 “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.” you reap more than you sow.
“And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” (Galatians 6:9)
Here’s a good memory verse that reminds us to hang in there because God might not be in as big of a hurry as we are. But if we sow good seed, we will reap in due, season, if we faint not.