Objection 18

From Sovereign Grace and the Scope of Election: A Comparative Examination of Attainment Theology and Grace Theology, with Particular Attention to the Question of Whether God's Elect Are Found Among All Nations and Religions

Galatians 5:4, "ye are fallen from grace.

Quote the whole verse: "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace." Falling from grace is not committing sin and losing heaven, it is adopting a works system, falling from the grace principle to the law principle. By Paul's definition, a doctrine that grades eternity by consecration performance is itself the fall from grace the verse describes. This verse does not arm the attainment position; it addresses it.