WARNING: There is No Purgatory!

Brace yourselves. Hard truths ahead. I am coming out and saying in a spirit of love that there is no such thing as purgatory and that it is a lie straight from the pit of hell.

You, the person who blocked me, you will not have any adverse affect on the truth I will now teach those who have ears to hear.

First of all, your sponsorship is cancelled. I cannot and will not support a false teacher who leads people to hell. These false doctrines are crippling your walk with God and denying the sufficiency of Christ's death on the cross. Please stop the lies! You know who you are. Better yet, the Lord knows.

For those of you who wish to unsubscribe, that, too is fine; but the truth from God (not from me) must be spoken and falsehoods must be corrected.

"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NIV).

False teachings

I have diligently tried my best to teach and preach from God's word, the Bible. I am fully aware that many will not hear my words. That's okay by me, it really is. Most people did not believe the words of Jesus or His disciples, so I can expect nothing less.

But I cannot and will not sit idly by and allow false teachings and a disrespect for God's truth to be left to fester in the minds of people. I cannot and I will not. It must not be allowed.

Purgatory

One of the doctrines of the Catholic Church is that of a resting place between heaven and hell called purgatory. The Bible, God's truth, informs us of no such place. When we die, our mortal bodies return to the dust of the earth and our souls go to heaven or hell to await the resurrection. That is the absolute truth.

Anyone who teaches and preaches the false doctrine of purgatory is a false teacher and will pay the price of destruction for their error. We need to adhere to God's truth, we must obey God rather than man's teachings and traditions.

The Question

The central question is this: When Jesus died on the cross, was his atonement for sin sufficient to pay for all sins? The answer demands a yes or no answer.

You see, the idea of some mythical resting place for the dead is absurd. The primary Scriptural passage Catholic priests point to for evidence of Purgatory is 1 Corinthians 3:15, so let's have a look at the verse in its proper context. 

"If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved--even though only as one escaping through the flames" (1 Corinthians 3:15, NIV).

What is the context here? This is important. Why? Simply because a text without context is a con. The context of Paul's letter to the church in Corinth concerns one's works done as a believer. It has absolutely nothing to do with purgatory.

Purgatory, like many other Catholic dogmatic teachings, is founded on an erroneous misunderstanding of the nature of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross at Calvary.

Catholics observe that the Mass/Eucharist is a representation of Christ’s sacrifice, and this is because they fail to understand that the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus was absolutely and perfectly sufficient. The Mass crucifies Jesus again and again and again! See the verse below for your spiritual enlightenment.

Speaking about Jesus, the writer of Hebrews said: "Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself" (Hebrews 9:27, NIV).

Purgatory is understood by Roman Catholics as a place of cleansing in preparation for heaven. However, they have been taught unscriptural myths, a damnable heresy at that. The clergy does not recognize this, and this is because with the sacrifice of Jesus we are already cleansed, declared righteous, forgiven, redeemed, reconciled, and sanctified.

Listen to the word of God: "Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment" (Hebrews 9:27, NIV).

There is no stopover between heaven and hell. Your prayers for the dead are wasted breaths and nobody who is already dead can have their status changed.

The false teacher Johann Tetzel said, "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs.” In 1517, Tetzel was selling indulgences, commissioned by the pope near Wittenberg. He claimed that the papal cross, under which these indulgences were sold, held as much power as the cross of Christ. He was a con man and a liar. He was a blasphemer and his rightful place is not heaven.

For Believers

"We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:8, NIV).

This happens immediately upon the death of a believer.

For unbelievers and false teachers

First, take note of the FACT that the Lord Jesus Christ referred to hell in the New Testament more than anyone else, and He spoke of Hell as a real literal place. He never mentioned purgatory.

False teachers should be worried: "Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’"(Matthew 7:22-23, NIV).

"But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping" (2 Peter 2:1-3, NIV).

"But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8).

Warning

Listen to God's word. The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross paid for all of the sins for those that would believe. There is no such thing as universalism, that is, that everybody is going to heaven. Even Jesus said the following:

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it" (Matthew 7:13-14, NIV).

There is no such thing as purgatory, either. We all face judgment and our eternal life is dependent on what we believe now not later when we are dead. Refuse to fall for the false teachers whom Satan and his minions have bewitched.

You have been warned. Let your conscience hear God's truth.

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