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{"content":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God, and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance, their inseparable union with Christ, his continual intercession for them, and the Spirit and seed of God abiding in them, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.","citation":"WLC 79","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 79","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"79","prooftexts":{},"question":"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?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God,<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance,<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> their inseparable union with Christ,<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> his continual intercession for them,<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup> and the Spirit and seed of God abiding in them,<sup id='fnref:wlc5'><a href='#fn:wlc5' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>5</a></sup> can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace,<sup id='fnref:wlc6'><a href='#fn:wlc6' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>6</a></sup> but are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.<sup id='fnref:wlc7'><a href='#fn:wlc7' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>7</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 79","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 79","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"79","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Jeremiah 31:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p24031003.01-1\"><span class=\"indent\"></span>the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> appeared to him from far away.<br />\nI have loved you with an everlasting love;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>2 Timothy 2:19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p55002019.01-1\">But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”</p>\n</div><h5>Hebrews 13:20-21</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p58013020.02-2\">Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.</p>\n</div><h5>2 Samuel 23:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p10023005.01-3\">“For does not my house stand so with God?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>ordered in all things and secure.<br />\nFor will he not cause to prosper<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all my help and my desire? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Corinthians 1:8-9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p46001008.01-1\">who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Hebrews 7:25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p58007025.01-1\">Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.</p>\n</div><h5>Luke 22:32</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p42022032.01-2\"><span class=\"woc\">but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","5":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 John 3:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p62003009.01-1\">No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.</p>\n</div><h5>1 John 2:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p62002027.01-2\">But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","6":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Jeremiah 32:40</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p24032040.01-1\">I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.</p>\n</div><h5>John 10:28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p43010028.01-2\"><span class=\"woc\">I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","7":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 Peter 1:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p60001005.01-1\">who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"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?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>79.</em></span>\nMay 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?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> and his decree and covenant to give them perseverance,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> their inseparable union with Christ,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> his continual intercession for them,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup> and the Spirit and seed of God abiding in them,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc5\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc5\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">5</a></sup> can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc6\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc6\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">6</a></sup> but are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc7\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc7\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">7</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Jeremiah 31:3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p24031003.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"indent\"></span>the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span> appeared to him from far away.\nI have loved you with an everlasting love;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Timothy 2:19</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p55002019.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: \u201cThe Lord knows those who are his,\u201d and, \u201cLet everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.\u201d</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 13:20-21</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58013020.02-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">2 Samuel 23:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p10023005.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cFor does not my house stand so with God?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>For he has made with me an everlasting covenant,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>ordered in all things and secure.\nFor will he not cause to prosper\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>all my help and my desire? (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Corinthians 1:8-9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p46001008.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Hebrews 7:25</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p58007025.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 22:32</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42022032.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:5\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 John 3:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p62003009.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 John 2:27</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p62002027.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie\u2014just as it has taught you, abide in him. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:6\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Jeremiah 32:40</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p24032040.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">John 10:28</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p43010028.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:7\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Peter 1:5</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p60001005.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"May not true believers fall away from the state of grace?"}