What the Bible says about Perish the Thought
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Romans 6:1-2 To receive salvation, a Christian must now live a life of obedience to the law of God. Those who claim that they know Christ and still continue in a life of breaking God's commandments are liars. Earl L. Henn Basic Doctrines: Salvation Related Topics: Commandments, Keeping | Law Keeping | Lawkeeping | Obedience | Perish the Thought | Salvation

Romans 6:1-2 Is that not strong, plain language? "Certainly not" is translated as "God forbid," "perish the thought," or "may it never be," in other Bibles. In his epistles, Paul uses this exclamatory expression in relation to sin sixty times! Yet, this world's Christianity has succeeded in communicating to it adherents one of the most devastating of all false doctrines—that the works of keeping God's commandments are not required! They insidiously twist the truth that, though works most assuredly cannot save a person, stopping sin in one's life is absolutely required to provide evidence that one is indeed a Christian, to bring glory to God, and to grow. Jesus Christ died to provide forgiveness of sin. Therefore, if a person persists in sin following his forgiveness, he is trampling "the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified [as] a common thing, and insult[ing] the Spirit of grace" (Hebrews 10:29). John W. Ritenbaugh Communication and Leaving Babylon (Part Three) Related Topics: Antinomian | Antinomian Protestantism | Antinomianism | Commandments, Keeping | Keeping Commandments | Law "Done Away" | Law Keeping | Lawkeeping | Perish the Thought

 

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