Lord’s Day 16, Chapter 3: Dead to Sin (2) / Chapter 4: The Descension Into Hell (1)

Chapter 3: Dead to Sin (continued) This question, however, the apostle most emphatically answers in the negative. He does so, first of all, by an indignant "God forbid!" The apostle is horrified at the very thought that such a conclusion should be drawn from his doctrine of justification by faith. Not only so, but in this well-known, emphatic exclamation, he also expresses what must rise spontaneously from the heart of every justified believer when the possibility is suggested to him to...