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title: "Question 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? | Westminster Larger Catechism"
description: "Westminster Larger Catechism, question 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? True believers, by reason of the unchangeable love of God, and his decree and covenan"
canonical: "https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-79-may-not-true-believers-by-reason-of-their-imperfections/"
source: "https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=128"
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# Question 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? | Westminster Larger Catechism

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.

Scripture proofs: Jer. 31:3; 2 Tim. 2:19; Heb. 13:20-21; 2 Sam. 23:5; 1 Cor. 1:8-9; Heb. 7:25; Luke 22:32; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 2:27; Jer. 32:40; John 10:28; 1 Peter 1:5.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=128)

## Related reading

- [Assurance of salvation](https://ctkrp.org/learn/topics/assurance-of-salvation/)
- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-18-assurance-of-grace-and-salvation/)
- [Westminster Shorter Catechism · Question 36: What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification?](https://ctkrp.org/shorter-catechism/question-36-what-are-the-benefits-which-in-this-life-do/)
- [Question 78](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-78-whence-ariseth-the-imperfection-of-sanctification-in-believers/)
- [Question 80](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-80-can-true-believers-be-infallibly-assured-that-they-are/)

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