Gal_5:4 - Some Men Choose To Be Justified By The Law.

15. Galatians 5:4 - Some Men Choose To Be Justified By The Law.

"Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."

There were those in Galatia who were trying to be justified by circumcision and the keeping of the law.  Notice in Galatians 5:2 :

"Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing." This was their choice, but it was not God's will. Again, the "whosoever" in Galatians 5:4 stands out. It was their will. They had chosen to be justified by the law rather than being justified through Jesus Christ. John 14:6 tells us there is only one way to God and that is through Christ:

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." When you sweep away all of the debris from the cult religions, you will see a self-righteous, works salvation coming to the surface. The "whosoever" in Galatians 5:4 reveals that it is the free will of any individual to be justified by grace or by works. God holds each person responsible for the decisions they make.

If election were true and God overpowers the free will of man, then it would have been useless to have Galatians 5:1 in the Bible.

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

If we have no free will, then it would have been needless to ask the Christian to "stand fast" and to "be not entangled again."  If election were true, they would have never had a will to do so.