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Originally Posted by Raptor
Well, the scriptures plainly talk about overcomers in Revelation 2 and 3. Several times, "to him who overcomes". That means there are those who may "not overcome".
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There are two types of sincere believer's in Christ; Apollos and Paul.
Paul knew the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Apollos only knew of John's baptism (Acts 18:25)
Jesus is calling those whom have not received the promise of the Holy Spirit in faith to overcome by faith. It's a daily battle for every believer in Christ.
God's children already born of His spirit cannot fall away as there is nothing that will snatch us out of His hand (Jn 10:28).
So yes, some can loose faith and fall away (2 Thess 2:3) into outer darkness and then there are those already sealed with the deposit of the spirit that guarantees eternal life. (Eph 1:13)