Galatians 5:4 – 4You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Paul was talking to the Jews who were trying to still live by the law to get to God. However, God’s Son had already come and fulfilled the real path back to God.
What he is saying is if you accept Jesus and obey Him, you are still going to obey the law. Jesus had this to say in:
Matthew 5:17 – 17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
If you try to obey the law without accepting Christ, however, you have fallen away from grace.
This is just more information for the human race. You can try and be the best person in the world, but even if you try to obey the Ten Commandments and don’t know the Son, you are still going to die in your sins.
Once you have Jesus, your heart should want to obey the commandments. Actually you should understand them better than ever. I am going to write a whole separate post on resting on the Sabbath, but as a Christian we should all realize the need to do so especially in this day and age.
Jesus didn’t come to change the law but to fulfill it. Let’s all make an extra effort to live for Jesus and obey the law-commandments.