If I intentionally break your window out of anger, then feel sorrow for it and ask your forgiveness and you grant it, then you have forgiven me and I thank you. Then I say, "By the way, don't slip on that broken glass old man..." If I am truly sorry for what I have done, then I will pay for the repair of that broken window, either now or later. That is the essence of purgatory...
If Jesus has ALREADY paid the full penalty for for our sins by one offering of Himself as Hebrews 10:14 declares, then it is an INSULT to Him if we try to pay for what we have done.
According to Romans 6:23, eternal life is a FREE GIFT. And a gift, by it's very nature, is not earned. Everyone knows that you don't have to pay to receive a birthday gift for example.
The Catholic church gives way too much credit to it's church and to individuals when Jesus deserves all the credit.
If I intentionally break your window out of anger, then feel sorrow for it and ask your forgiveness and you grant it, then you have forgiven me and I thank you. Then I say, "By the way, don't slip on that broken glass old man..." If I am truly sorry for what I have done, then I will pay for the repair of that broken window, either now or later. That is the essence of purgatory...
lordcasper2008 3 years ago
If Jesus has ALREADY paid the full penalty for for our sins by one offering of Himself as Hebrews 10:14 declares, then it is an INSULT to Him if we try to pay for what we have done.
According to Romans 6:23, eternal life is a FREE GIFT. And a gift, by it's very nature, is not earned. Everyone knows that you don't have to pay to receive a birthday gift for example.
The Catholic church gives way too much credit to it's church and to individuals when Jesus deserves all the credit.
Jesse859 3 years ago