Purgatory is not really to be found in the Holy Bible when you reject the deuteros as Holy Scripture!
JL: Do you reject the NT deuteros also, such as Hebrews, James, Revelation, Jude and a couple others? The first list of canon books OT & NT everyone accpted without dispute. The deutors or second list of canon books OT & NT some disputed as inspiried, so they are called second canon or deuterocanonical.
The word purgatory isn’t found in scripture, nor is the word trinity. Although the word purgatory is not in scripture, the concept is found in scripture. Christ uses the word PRISON to describe a temporary place of restitution. Jews pray for their dead for eleven months after their death.
[Mt5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art **IN THE WAY with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
and thou be cast into PRISON. 26 Verily I say unto thee,
Thou shalt by no means come out thence, TILL thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.]
[LK 12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, AS THOU ART IN THE WAY, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, **and the officer cast thee into PRISON. 59 I tell thee,
THOU SHALT NOT DEPART THENCE, TILL thou hast paid the very last mite.
[Mt 28:23 Therefore is **THE KINDOM OF HEAVEN LIKENED UNTO A certain KING, which would take account of his servants. … 32 Then his lord … said … I forgave thee …33… Shouldn’t you …34 his lord delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all due him 35 …
LIKEWISE … my heavenly Father WILL DO TO YOU if ye from YOUR HEARTS FORGIVE NOT every one his brother their trespasses]
[1Cor3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 **Every man’s work shall be made MANIFEST: for the day shall declare it, because
it shall be revealed by fire; and the
FIRE SHALL TRY EVERY MAN’S WORD OF WHAT SORT IT IS. 14 IF ANY MAN’S WORK ABIDE which he hath built thereupon, HE SHALL RECEIVE A REWARD. 15 IF any man’s work shall be BURNED, he shall suffer LOSS: but
HE HIMSELF SHALL BE SAVED; YET SO AS BY FIRE.
[Mk9:49 For **EVERY ONE SHALL BE SALTED WITH FIRE, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.] [HEB 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.]
How can a WORK be carried with us into death when we are spirit, and take nothing with us? Works are brought to the judgement in the HEART or SOUL’S intention. Was the intention of the work, for love of God, or for the praise it will bring to self, or even half and half? That inclination, to works of wood, hay, stubble, will be purged by fire or suffering to render the soul pure. Just as gold which has impurities and is purified, as though by fire. The HEART or soul must be separated from the impure works of wood, hay or stubble. Those in purgatory cannot help themselves. They can be helped by our prayers and sacrifices offered to God on their behalf.
[Jer 17:9
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? 10 ** I THE LORD SEARCH THE HEART and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.]
[Mk7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that WHATSOEVER THING FROM WITHOUT ENTERETH INTO THE MAN, it CANNOT DEFILE HIM; 19 Because IT ENTERETH NOT into HIS HEART, BUT INTO THE BELLY, and goeth out into the draught, PRUGING ALL MEATS? 20 And he said, **THAT WHICH COMETH OUT OF THE MAN, that DEFILETH THE MAN. 21 For
FROM WITHIN, OUT OF THE HEART of men,
PROCEED EVIL thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,] When we die, we take nothing with us, we are at our core being=soul from which pure or impure actions come. the same work can be gold or hay, depending on the intention of the heart, whether done for love of God or love of self. It is from within our heart or core being, from which sin comes, that’s what needs to be purified, of the inclination to impure works.
[1Pt4:18 And IF THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY BE SAVED, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?]
[Mt 12:[Mt 12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN him, NEITHER in this world, **NEITHER IN THE WORLD TO COME. 33
EITHER MAKE THE TREE GOOD AND its fruit good
OR make the tree
BAD and its fruit bad for the tree is known by its fruit 34 You brood of vipers! how can you speak good when you are evil For
out of the abundance OF THE HEART the mouth speaks 35 The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil 36 I tell you
on the day of judgment men will RENDER ACCOUNT FOR EVERY CARLESS WORD they utter] Neither in the world to come idicates some things can be forgiven in the nex world.] Some trees can be MADE good only thru suffering either in this life or in the next.
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