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To: GBA
Sin cannot be burned away.

Sin must be cleansed from the soul before death and the only thing that does it is the blood of Jesus Christ. It must be forgiven by God. It cannot be eradicated in any other way.

Hebrews 9:22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

Hebrews 9:27 And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

37 posted on 11/20/2017 6:38:38 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom
I use that phrase ‘burned away’ metaphorically. If sin is like a stain on ones’ soul, then how can or what can one do to remove the stains and purify their soul? What does He do or use to purify us? Does purification of the soul, assuming there is such a process, end with the death of the body?

I don’t know. I really don’t. I’m still working through the reading assignments.

Trying to understand supernatural things and concepts using my limited natural world tools and understanding is hard for me. I admit that my limited writing skills don’t help much, either.

That post was me thinking out loud about the spiritual world and metaphysical things I’ve been reading about using what little I know about physical world math and science.

The principle of polarity suggests that for there to be a Heaven, there must also be a hell, which also suggests there could or would be an in between, a boundary/ border area that’s neither.

The ‘in-between’ could be what this life is, but I’ve also read a little about Purgatory.

I also wonder what happens to those with good hearts, but were “luke warm” in life, perhaps having been misguided or whatever. They’re neither good enough for Heaven, nor evil/bad enough for the depths of hell, or so I wonder.

Otoh, I’ve read that there are some souls who after death refuse Jesus’ offer of Heaven, preferring Satan in death just as they did in life.

I’ve also read that Jesus also rescues souls from hell in the afterlife, just as He rescues us from our personal hells in this life.

Anywho...hell is pretty scary to me and these, like all of my posts here regardless of the subject, are just me thinking/babbling out loud, but hopefully with a curious and more sensitive heart, with ears less dull, and eyes less dim.

Thanks for the help!

48 posted on 11/21/2017 11:01:31 AM PST by GBA (A = 432)
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