Does someone automatically continue in the grace of God?

Someone does not automatically continue in the GRACE of God.

For example, it is written: "many (of) the Jews and (of) the worshiping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas — who, speaking to them, were-persuading them to-continue-in the GRACE (of) God" (Acts 13:43). 

There would have been no need for Paul and Barnabas to be in a situation in which they were "speaking to them" and "were-persuading them to-continue-in the GRACE (of) God" if those people would have automatically continued in the GRACE of God anyway without that.

Paul wrote about "the GRACE (of) God having-been-given to you IN CHRIST Jesus" (1 Corinthians 1:4). The GRACE of God is "IN CHRIST" (1 Corinthians 1:4). In order to continue in it, someone would need to abide "IN CHRIST" (1 Corinthians 1:4). 

Abiding "IN CHRIST" would be conditional. Jesus CHRIST commanded His disciples to "Abide IN Me" (John 15:4) and added the conditional particle "if" when He said: "If anyone is not abiding IN Me" (John 15:6) and "If you-abide IN Me" (John 15:7), thus making abiding "IN CHRIST" also conditional.

The conditionality of continuing in the GRACE of God could explain for example why Paul warned "the churches (of) Galatia" (Galatians 1:2) that "You who are-(trying to be)-declared-righteous by (the) Law were-rendered-idle from Christ. You-fell-out-of GRACE" (Galatians 5:4). The Greek word for "You-fell-out-of" (ekpipto 410 in Greek, verb) comes from the Greek word for "out-of" (ek 1537 in Greek, preposition) and "to-fall" (piptó 4098 in Greek, verb).

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