This morning my topic is “What Must I Do to Keep Saved?” There have been many sermons, and rightly so, preached upon the subject, “What Must I Do to Be Saved?” That is indeed a very important question. It is asked and answered three times in the book of Acts (Acts 16:30-34; 2:36-38; Acts 9:6; 22:16). These answers teach that in order to be saved, one must believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; repent of his sins; and then be buried with Christ in baptism for remission of sins. One who has done these things is then a child of God, a member of the Lord’s family, a citizen in the Lord’s kingdom, a member of God’s church; for Jesus said, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved,” (Mark 16:16) and God adds to the church day by day such as are being saved (Acts 2:47). All people then who have been saved are in the church because God put them in, just as soon as they were saved. I The Danger of Falling It’s not our purpose to speak at this time on the topic, “What Must I Do to Be Saved?” but rather upon one which is equally important, “What Must I Do to Keep Saved?” This very question implies not only the possibility, but even the danger, of one’s falling from grace. If it were not possible for one who has once been in a saved condition to fall out of it into an unsaved condition, then our topic would be entirely out of place. Furthermore, a big part of the New Testament would be of no value. A great portion is devoted to warning Christians against falling and to telling them how to keep from falling. Every warning in the New Testament addressed to Christians implies not only the possibility but also the danger of apostasy. Simon, the sorcerer, believed and was baptized; therefore he must have been saved for Jesus said, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved” (Mark 16:16). But after Simon had reached that condition, he endeavored to buy the gift of God with money, to whom Peter said, “Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity” (Acts 8:20-23). Surely Simon was then lost, although he had been once saved, illustrating the fact that one can fall from grace. Addressing the Christians at Galatia who would be saved by the law of Moses, Paul said, “Ye are fallen from grace” (Gal. 5:4). Why argue about the possibility of falling from grace when such a plain statement is found in the Bible?