The Doctrine of Purgatory in Catholic Biblical Perspective

The blood of Jesus Christ is sufficient. The root of Apostasy is not believing this simple truth about our Lord.

Romans 10:8-10.
8) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.
9) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10) For with the heart man believeth unto RIGHTEOUSNESS; and with the mouth confession is made unto SALVATION.

What I need is the work of Christ Jesus and to believe that His work is sufficient.
And so I believe.

 

And, what, pray tell, makes you think Paul continues to embrace his Jewish view?

 

I thought that he counted all of that past view as Dung?

 

Yeah, he is pretty clear in the Pauline Epistles he is leaving Judaism behind.

 

he also would NEVER hold to doctrine that denied the full suffiency of the atonement of Christ on our behalf!

 

1st Heaven, the Sky, 2nd Heaven, Planets, 3rd Heaven Abode of God.

No you actually don't if you believe we still need to make payment to be purged for those sins. That's a flat out lie that you believe in full sufficiency of the atonement made on the cross if you also believe in Purgatory.

 

I can’t say that I understand the teaching of Protestants. I don’t study Protestantism, it is a waist of time, there being in error in it foundation; and you don’t have to get deep into Protestantism to find the flaws. Therefore, I can only tell you why Catholics believe 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 is indicative of purgatory. It is the improper building on the foundation of Christ or conversely the proper building with beliefs in the works demanded in the two greatest commandments, love of God and love of neighbor as well as the moral aspects that arise out of them. Our failure is not the mistakes of life, rather failing to recognize those mistakes and confess them.

JoeT

 

There is no Scriiptural support in this post for Purgatory, just nonsense explanation. And also an ad hominem attack against Protestants with no biblical backing to show why we are wrong.

 

For someone who "isn't catholic" you sure do like to defend their theology.

Scripture please. To be absent with the body is to be present with the Lord.

You must interpret Scriipture with Scripture. Something catholics, and all "christian" cults refuse to do. You cherry pick verses. But studying the rest of Scripture you should know that Paul is NOT saying that Christ's atonement was not sufficient to save. So try again.

 

Because many are.

Even though they have been shown to be in error. Why do you defend a false church? What are we to do with false teachers? Have nothing to do with them. Much less defend them.

You can't compare the RCC and WBC. They are fundamentally different. When we attack the RCC we are attacking official doctrine of the church universally. WBC is an independent "Baptist" "Church" that has no bearing on what other churches believe. So while I would not want to be judged according to WBC I don't agree with your premise that these are similar scenarios.

Good luck finding Scripture for that.

No it's not. Or do you think Scripture disagrees with itself? If so, we have nothing further to discuss. You are a false teacher, but we already knew that.

So the SBL is the end all be all? Goodness no. Does Scripture contradict itself?

They also have an ecumenical agenda.

 

Wife and I are both former Catholics. The Catholic Church does not teach the Gospel, and teaches heresies including purgatory.

I was born again after reading the Bible for myself because I knew the Catholic Church was twisting stuff. Nobody ever preached to me and I didnt have a clue what a preacher was, so no I wasn't influenced. After a few months I realized that there was a group called protestants. I figured out I was a Baptist and the first preacher I ever heard in my life was Paul Washer.

Sure enough purgatory, the rosary, praying to Mary, crucifixes, eucharist, wifeless priests, confession all fell apart the minute I read His word.

I believe there are some born again Catholics. However if I had to rate each denomination on what percentage of the congregation was actually born again/saved Catholics would be at the very bottom.

 

You have not refuted a single thing I have said.

 

Matthew 7:12 "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."

 

You're the one that needs the Bible alone for faith, Catholics do not; rather Catholicism has Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture and the Church. When we close the book we don't close it on God.

I wasn't issuing ad hominem, rather stating what is in the the title of 'Protestantism' is nothing more than protest against the Body of Christ. To protest His Church is incomprehensible lacking unity and faith.

JoeT

 

What does that even mean?

News for you, traditions and the ways of the churh, if not found directly in Scripture, are man made and are not of God.

Strawman. Protestantism is a PROTEST AGAINST THE FALSE TEACHINGS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

The Roman Catholic Church is not Christ's church and has not been for centuries.

 

Catholic sacred tradition cannot be backed by Gods Word, therefore it's not sacred.

That would be like me saying something random and claiming it to be the word of God.

One tradition is wifeless priests, while God's Word clearly says for the pastor/bishop/priest to be the husband of 1 wife. There is no way around that unless you make something up.

The only thing we "protest" is the Catholic Church not doing as God says to do in His Bible, and all the while they have the gall to claim that they're God's true Church lol.