FALLEN
FROM GRACE
Sunday
Morning: September 7, 2003
Text: Galatians 4:31- 5:4 "So
then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
1. Stand fast therefore
in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again
with the yoke of bondage. 2. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3. For I testify again to
every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4. Christ
is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law;
ye are fallen from grace."
Galatians
4:31 "So then, brethren, we are not children
[mature children] of the bondwoman (the law of Moses), but
(mature children) of the free."
Matthew 12:50 "For whosoever shall do the will of
my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother . . "
Matthew
7:21 "Not every one . . . shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven."
Galatians
5:1 "Stand fast therefore in
the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free (New
Testament), and be not entangled again with the yoke
of bondage (Old Testament)."
John
1:17 "For the law was given by
Moses, but [the] grace and [the] truth
came by Jesus Christ."
Colossians
1:5-6 "For the hope which is
laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word
of the truth of the gospel; 6. Which is come unto you, as it
is in all the world (Israel); and bringeth forth fruit,
as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew
[epiginwskw, exact knowledge] the grace of God in truth:"
2
Peter 2:19-21 "While they (those of the law)
promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of
corruption (the law, the flesh): for of whom a man is overcome,
of the same is he brought in bondage. 20. For if after they
(of the law) have escaped the pollutions of the world (Israel
and the law) through the knowledge (exact knowledge) of the
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they (of the law) are again entangled
therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than
the beginning. 21. For it had been better for them not to
have known (exact knowledge) the way of righteousness (which
is by faith), than, after they have known (exact knowledge) it,
to turn from the holy commandment (justification by faith) delivered
unto them."
1
Corinthians 16:13 "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith
(that will justify you), quit you like men, be strong (by
his grace)."
2
Corinthians 12:9 "And he . . ., My grace is sufficient
for thee. . . therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may rest upon me."
Philippians
1:27 "Only let your conversation be
as it becometh the gospel of Christ: . . . that ye stand fast in one
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith
of the gospel;"
Galatians
5:2-3 "Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if
ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3. For
I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor
to do the whole law."
Acts
15:5 " . . . (a) sect of the Pharisees which
believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command
them to keep the law of Moses."
Romans
2:28-29 "For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
29. But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is
that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose
praise is not of men, but of God."
Colossians
2:11 "In whom also ye are circumcised with
the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the
body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision
of Christ:"
Romans
4:9-14 ". . . for we say that faith
was reckoned [imputed, given credit for] to Abraham for
righteousness.
Romans
4:3 ". . . Abraham believed God, and it was counted
[reckoned, imputed] unto him for righteousness." Genesis 15:6; Gal.
3:6; Jam. 2:23
1
Corinthians 15:14 "And if Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain."
10.
How was it
then reckoned [imputed, given credit for]? when he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision.
11.
And he
received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the
faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the
father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness
might be imputed [reckoned, given credit for] unto them also:
12.
And the
father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who
also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he
had being yet uncircumcised.
13.
For the
promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not
to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness
of faith.
14.
For if
they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and
the promise made of none effect:"
Acts
14:22 ". . exhorting them to continue in
the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter
into the kingdom of God."
Galatians
5:4 "Christ is become of no effect unto
you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye
are fallen from grace."
Acts
13:43
". . Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue
in the grace of God."
Romans
5:1-2 "Therefore being justified by
faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2. By
whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand,
and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
Hebrews
12:28 "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which
cannot be moved, let us have [present active subjunctive, may we have] grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably . . "
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace (through faith) are ye [endure]
saved [having been saved] through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift (grace and faith) of God: 9.
Not of works (of the law), lest any man should boast."