2nd chance ??? ping
Otherwise known as marriage.
I don’t know.
Um, haven’t we all been there for the last six years?
2 1 Pt 3:18-22
Beloved:
Christ suffered for sins once,
the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous,
that he might lead you to God.
Put to death in the flesh,
he was brought to life in the Spirit.
In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison,
who had once been disobedient ....
I’m pretty sure it’s located on the south side of Chicago!
This should end well.
For in contrast to Scripture, in which God justifies the unGodly by counting his faith as righteousness, while purifying his heart by faith by which faith he is regenerated, (Rm. 4:5; Acts 15:7-9) - though it must be the kind of a faith which effects obedience - under Roman soteriology God justifies the Godly based upon his holiness, as one is "formally justified and made holy by his own personal justice and holiness.” (Catholic Encyclopedia>Sanctifying Grace) Which is normally initially "infused" via regeneration effected by the act itself of sprinkling of water (ex opere operato), thus at that point the newly baptized is fit to enter Heaven. Thus Abraham must have become born again in Gn. 15:6.
However, due to failure to maintain this and as justification is based one one's own holiness, then under the Roman system of salvation, the RC (the EOs reject the purgatory of Rome) typically must endure postmortem "purifying torments" for an indeterminate time in purgatory until they atone for sins and once again become good enough to enter Heaven.
In seeking to support this tradition with Scripture, RC invoke 2 Maccabees 12:43ff, but which only teaches praying and making offerings for the dead if perhaps God may forgive them, and which was for those died who due to mortal sin, but which Rome holds their is no hope for.
Other texts used to support this myth either refer to present chastisement or the lost, or 1Cor. 3:8ff, which only refers to suffering the loss of rewards (and implicitly the Lord's displeasure), and which only occurs after the Lord's return, not commencing at death.
No.
It’s appointed Man to die,
then comes Judgement .
Jesus said
“It Is Finished”
Purgatory is just for Control.
Yes, and I pray that hearts will come to believe.
Luke 23:43 Surely this DAY you will be with ME in PARADISE.
There is no “purgatory”. The Church of MAN made it up to extort money from the families of the deceased. Christ died for ALL my sins and the sins of EVERY man, woman and child that will ever be. There is no “intermission after death.
totally.not.biblical
Yeah, it’s a ski resort in Colorado.
Modern day America?
As long as people understand that they are saved purely and absolutely by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross and rose again, and who thereafter ascended to heaven, I think they are in pretty good shape.
Purgatory has nothing to hang it’s that on in my Bible, but death itself is not something we know a great deal about, we can only speculate. As long as we understand that our ties together as fellow believers are stronger and more vital than traditions of which we are fond, we should be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
Considering that we are compared to a seed planted in the earth, it seems likely that some sort of ripening process occurs most of the time, whether active or passive is a question that I don’t think is addressed.
Cuz one thread just wasn’t enough....lol.
No.