Answer: True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God₁, and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance₂, their inseparable union with Christ₃, his continual intercession for them₄, and the Spirit and seed of God abiding in them₅, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace₆, but are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.₇

1. Jeremiah 31:3
2. 2 Timothy 2:19; Hebrews 13:20-21; 2 Samuel 23:5
3. 1 Corinthians 1:8-9
4. Hebrews 7:25; Luke 22:32
5. 1 John 3:9; 1 John 2:27
6. Jeremiah 32:40; John 10:28
7. 1 Peter 1:5