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Catholics Prayed For The Dead On 2nd Nov 2017. Why Not? Is Purgatory Real ? by TrueThinker: 8:08am On Nov 05, 2017
Source http://www.immaculatablog.com/2017/10/is-purgatory-real-video.html

On this Issue Of Purgatory:
I have dug deep and found that the Biblical deductions which Catholics made for which they believed in a place called Purgatory are two:

1-All sins are not equal
2-Nothing defiled shall enter heaven. (Rev 21:27)

The two points above are connected to Purgatory in that , they believe that if all sins are not equal, then all punishments due to unequal sins can never be equal. And since nothing defiled shall enter heaven, their question is, "where would people who died with very slight impurities go after death?" Surely they cannot enter heaven because of slight impurities and they cannot out-rightly go to hell because their impurity is slight and not enough for eternal damnation.So they go to Purgatory .

So if you want to challenge the Catholic belief in Purgatory, you must first disprove, their believe that -- All sins are not equal since some sins are deadly and can lead to hell, whilst some are not so deadly but can still disqualify one from entering heaven. Then you also need to disprove the Catholic believe that "nothing defiled shall enter heaven". If you can disprove these two points, then you can disprove the reality called Purgatory.

From my research, these are the reasons why Catholics believe that all sins are not equal:

(1) They believe that all iniquities are not equal because, if all iniquities were equal, then God should punish all sinners equally. This will make God a liar because the Bible said in Romans 2:6 and 2Corinthians 5:10 and even Matthew 16:27, that God will pay every man according to his deeds.It did not say that God will pay all men equally.So men's deeds carry different levels of reward or punishment before God.

(2) Catholics also sight Matthew 12:31-32 to prove that all sins are never equal.There, Jesus clearly, without mincing words, explains that sin against the Holy Spirit is not equal to other sins and because of this, other sins could be forgiven but the one against the Holy Spirit can never be forgiven. This is because although both actions are sinful, one sin is more grievous than the other: Look at the very words of Jesus..

“Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come” - Matthew 12:31-32.

(3) Matthew 5:22 is another example always quoted by Catholics.There, Jesus again preached about the inequality of sins and inequality of punishments due to sin in Matthew 5:22 when He said:
"But I say to you, that whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall say, Thou Fool, shall be in danger of hell fire"
Here, Jesus clearly shows two unequal offenses that deserve unequal punishments. He says that there is an insult that can make one liable to the council and another insult that can make one liable to hell fire; yet insult is insult.

(4) Another Catholic example is in Luke 12:47-48, where Jesus preached inequality of sins and inequality of punishments due to sin: Jesus said

“And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes".

(5) Catholics also claim that 1John 5:14 -17 supports their position when it clearly pointed out that there are sins that lead to death and those that don't.

It is easy to tell Catholics that the wages of sin is death! Hell! And they(Catholics) should stop propounding a second chance of salvation called Purgatory. But they(Catholics) quickly refer you to 1 Peter 3:19 , where the Bible clearly confirmed that even Jesus visited souls of people who died in disobedience but were not out-rightly sent to hell.

Another place of Catholic reference is 1Corinthians 3:13-15 where the Bible clearly said that some people found wanting will still be saved but through fire.Catholic theologians will tell you that , that place where salvation still occurs through fire is not Hell because in hell their is no more salvation.They also insist that, that place of 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 is not heaven either because there is no cleansing fire in heaven.They call that place Purgatory.

Catholics also defend praying for the dead with 2Maccabees 12:45-46, because the living prayed for the dead there, that they may be loosened from sins still holding them from reaching God.

So, in summary The Biblical roots of purgatory is on the fact that ,if a person dies with stains of non-deadly sins not properly cleansed when the person was alive, the person cannot enter heaven because nothing defiled enters heaven.The soul will not go to hell either, because the uncleaned stain it got from non-deadly sins is not enough to lead it to hell. Hence they say that "Purgatory is that place of purification kept for souls who die in the grace and friendship of God but still have some imperfection in them, in order that such souls may acquire the unblemished perfection required to enter heaven".
Catholics know that the word Purgatory is not in the Bible but they also remind everyone that even the Bible said in John 21:25 & John20:30 that it(Bible) does not contain every word Jesus said or everything He did .Therefore people should not expect the Bible to mention the word Purgatory before you believe it.

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Re: Catholics Prayed For The Dead On 2nd Nov 2017. Why Not? Is Purgatory Real ? by UzomaFC: 3:48pm On Nov 05, 2017
Pls can U explain this place in Revelation 21:8 n also Revelation 20:11-15 and show me where a 3rd place U mentioned is recognized.
Thanks

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