WLC 79: May not true believers, by reason of their imperfections, and the many temptations and sins they are overtaken with, fall away from the state of grace?

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

 

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