What is Purgatory? NT Wright on 100 Huntley Street (HD)

(HD) Transcript: "Purgatory is different because, purgatory in traditional catholic theology was always a gloomy, dark strange place. Today, people sometimes talk about it, in terms of, well actually, purgatory is where the love of God finally heals us of all our problems, etc. In biblical theology, it is death itself that finishes off that which needs to be finished off. So that after death, there is nothing more that needs to be sorted out and finished off. What youre left with after death, if youre a christian, baptized, indwelt by the Spirit, what youre left with then is the real you. Or however you want to describe it as a soul or whatever. But waiting to be complete by being given a new body. I think actually that purgatory is a good metaphor for being a Christian in the present is. That is, a struggle to be holy. A struggle to finish off whats still bad about us. The suffering that goes with that, with the world as we know it. Thats why Dantes purgatory is the most popular of his trilogy because we know that place. Thats where we live."

More videos can be found at 100huntley.com and more of his thoughts can be found in his book "Surprised by Hope".

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[Hrugnir]

@FAITHandLOGIC Did you even listen to the video? He basically rejects the concept.

[PhyllisienneBrincat]

Purgatory is a lie. When Jesus was on the cross said that it is finished. So He done it all for those who believe in Him only. By His grace we are saved. Purgatory was invented. Or you're with God or you're with Satan. There's no middle way. The way, the truth and the life are only Jesus. Through Him we can go in the Kingdom of God....no one else no matter how much you're rich so that you can leave to the Roman Church to pray for you. They will benefit, not you.

[prairiemark]

@PhyllisienneBrincat You like David Jeremiah and John Piper misunderstand and misrepresent what Catholics believe about purgatory. Purgatory is only for people who are saved by the shedding of Blood of Jesus Christ. No one in Purgatory is lost and will go to hell. It is not a "middle ground" where people are given a "second chance." So many who run down the Catholic church dont know what it teaches.

[whatthehellbook]

Love never fails. God will never fail. If He truly loves people, He wouldn't torture them for all of eternity. Love & eternal torment cannot go together. God is just, yes, but He is not cruel.

1 Tim 4:10- This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savior of all people and particularly of all believers.

1 John 2:2- He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

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[rcliftonbailey]

@kiwichristian2009 thief on the cross is under old covenant.  see romans 3

[eliasjabbour31337]

its great to see the different churches invent nonsense explanations for things said in the far past which had no sense and were used only to calm people :)

please stop inventing and admit crap when its reall CRAP!

[alyssafaithbaer]

Very interesting thoughts. It's great when people can discuss difficult topics like this...

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[iainmgibb]

You guys who don't agree about Christians having a 'struggle' - have you never read what Paul says about his struggle in Romans 7? No - we can never win that struggle by our own efforts, but it is still a struggle. I think N T Wright talks a lot of sense

[Strefanasha]

a mixed mesage. purgatory is fiction, but to reduce life to purgatory and make holiness a matter of struggle is legalism, protestant purgatory, as it were.

moving closer to entering the sabbath rest of the believer i reject his talk about struggling to be holy. I am not holy and never will be by my efforts or struggle, but by God's grace administered in His gentleness by His Spirit there is rest and no struggle, and holiness comes that way.

if he wants life long purgatory let him have it