Answer: "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the Law; you are fallen from Grace" (Gal. 5:4).
When one falls from Grace, this stops most of the action of the Holy Spirit on our behalf (Rom. 8:2).
One falls from Grace by placing one's faith in something other than the Cross of Christ. And no matter how beneficial the "something" might be in its own right, this is Faith that God will not recognize (Gal. 5:1-4).
When the Believer places his Faith in anything other than Christ and Him Crucified, such serves to frustrate the Grace of God. The word "frustrate" in the Greek is "atheteo," and means "to set aside, to neutralize or violate, to bring to naught, to reject."
The Holy Spirit works entirely within the framework of the Finished Work of Christ. What Jesus did there, gives Him the legal right to carry forth His Mission, without which He is greatly hindered (1 Cor. 1:18).
JSM
When one falls from Grace, this stops most of the action of the Holy Spirit on our behalf (Rom. 8:2).
One falls from Grace by placing one's faith in something other than the Cross of Christ. And no matter how beneficial the "something" might be in its own right, this is Faith that God will not recognize (Gal. 5:1-4).
When the Believer places his Faith in anything other than Christ and Him Crucified, such serves to frustrate the Grace of God. The word "frustrate" in the Greek is "atheteo," and means "to set aside, to neutralize or violate, to bring to naught, to reject."
The Holy Spirit works entirely within the framework of the Finished Work of Christ. What Jesus did there, gives Him the legal right to carry forth His Mission, without which He is greatly hindered (1 Cor. 1:18).
JSM