SPLIT, & Edited Title : Purgatory:A Catholic Second Chance?

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This true about our works being tested but this passage is not about sin though. It has nothing to do with making a soul “clean” for heaven.

What is sin, other than what we do, or fail to do?

Your right about the father in the parable being God. My point in bring this parable up is that purgatory has do with God and not your neighbor.

Jesus said that whatever we do unto the least, we do unto him.

In the parable of prodigal and various other places in the NT do we find God demanding some kind of reparations from us when we sin? Is there any threat of this for those who placed their trust in Christ Who died for their sins?

Characterizing the purification of our soul in this manner reveals a fear and hostility toward authority. God does at times require reparation from us. Does He “demand”? I suppose, if one looks upon God as the big meanie in the sky, one would characterize it like this. God loves us, and wants what is best for us. There are times when suffering is in our best interest.

Also, purification is not a “threat”, but a promise. He has promised to perfect us, and make us clean, so that we can dwell with HIm forever.