![]() If we are trying to be right with God, stay in fellowship with or close to God, or earn something from him, then we are no longer trusting in Jesus and what he did for us on the cross, but we are trusting in ourselves. To fall from grace is to try to be in right standing with God or try to earn his favor, blessings, fellowship, forgiveness, or acceptance through the law (good works, morality, religious, spiritual, or church activity and disciplines). " You are trying to be justified by the law, have alienated yourselves from Christ, you have fallen from grace." But did you know that is not what is taught in the Bible?īiblically, to fall from grace means to try to earn God's acceptance, blessings, closeness, and fellowship (a right standing with God) by living right, such as following the Ten Commandments, praying, reading the Bible, having quiet times or devotions, tithing, going to church, fasting, worshiping, attending small groups, serving in a ministry, confessing all your sins, having an accountability partner.the list goes on. That is what is traditionally taught in churches. ![]() ![]() To fall from grace doesn't mean to fall out of God's will, favor, fellowship, or a right standing with him because we aren't living right (sin). ![]()
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