From Death To Life

"In the change from death to life, God's grace is mirrored. Therefore, we cannot speak of faith and unbelief, standing and falling, apart from the grace of God. The Church is warned against apostasy precisely because of the riches which in true faith are appropriated and preserved. Only because of the unbreakable connection between our faith and God's grace, between our love and God's love, is it understandable that there is such a serious admonition here. Anyone who busies himself with these connections in a logicistic fashion plunges himself into the abyss of pride or of frivolity. But faith and love turn their ear to the Scriptural admonition. It does not suggest a falling away from true faith, nor (which is the same) a falling away from the love of God; but is accents the relatedness in faith of the entire life to the grace of God." (G. C. Berkouwer)