Q79. 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 ?

Scripture proofs

1. [1]
   Jeremiah 31:3

   The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

2. [2]
   2 Timothy 2:19-21

   Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

   2 Samuel 23:5

   Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.

3. [3]
   1 Corinthians 1:8-9

   Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

4. [4]
   Hebrews 7:25

   Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

   Luke 22:32

   But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

5. [5]
   1 John 2:27

   But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

   1 John 3:9

   Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

6. [6]
   Jeremiah 32:40

   And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

   John 10:28

   And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

7. [7]
   1 Peter 1:5

   Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.