Re: Purgatory?

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:15:31 -0600, Doc Watson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:15:27 -0500, Joseph Geloso
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> done went and wrote as Gospel Truth in these
>here little old Usenet News'FROUPS:
>
>>On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:28:16 GMT, "Christs Disciple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Jesus Christ and nothing else is their purification, their purgatory.
>>>
>>
>>>Do you believe in purgatory? I hope you will affirm, "Yes, I believe in
>>>God's purgatory. My purgatory is the Lord Jesus Christ!"
>>>
>>
>>As in the Scripture, "The Lord our God is a consuming fire."
>>
>>The purpose of Purgatory is to cleanse those whom God intends to save,
>>100%, from their sins. Once this is done, the person does not have any
>>more sin within him, nor the desre to commit another sin.
>>
>>So it is God Who burns away the sins of the sinner in Purgatorial
>>Fire, whether in this life or in the next. But the removing of sin
>>must be 100%, either way. Since most people do not overcome 100% of
>>their sins in this life, God has graciously allowed a Purgative state
>>after death. Otherwise, few indeed would be saved.
>
>
>To believe in 'purgatory' is to claim that Jesus left things
>unfinished when He died on the cross.

Not at all. Unless you mean it is we who are as yet unfinished. It
would be hard for you to disagree with that, right?

>Jesus left NOTHING unfinished, and it is THROUGH HIM that we have our
>salvation. NO OTHER person, and NO OTHER means.
>Period.

No problem there. But that does not contradict the notion of
Purgatory. All the souls is Purgatory, without exception, will be in
Heaven after they have been cleansed. So there is no quesiton of
salvation -- they already know they are going to be saved, and this,
only through the Blood of Christ. But God is not unjust. Even a human
parent punishes his child in order to purge him of the rebellious
spirit with which we are all born, due to Original Sin. How much more,
then, will God, the Most Loving Father, purify His sons and daughters
in order to rid them of *all* sin?