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"THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE"
What
Is It?
“Purgatory
(Lat., purgare; to make clean, to purify) in accordance with Catholic
teaching . . .” (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.htm)
“.
. . a purging that prepares [‘the souls of those who have
died’] to enter heaven . . .” (The
Catholic Encyclopedia ).
“The
purification is necessary because, as Scripture teaches, nothing
unclean will enter the presence of God in heaven . . .”
(http://www.catholic.com/library/Purgatory.asp).
Is
It in the Bible?
2
Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God,
and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work.
Does
It Exist?
1.
All sins have already been removed.
John
1:29 “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the
world!”
John
19:30 “It is finished!”
Hebrews
10:12 [Jesus] offered one sacrifice for sins forever . . .
1
John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for
ours only but also for the whole world.
John
3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does
not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the
name of the only begotten Son of God.”
Revelation
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God . . .
15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the
lake of fire.
2.
Believers have a sinless nature.
1
John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.
Romans
3:22 . . . the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ,
to all and on all who believe.
Hebrews
10:14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are
sanctified.
3.
Believers who die go into the presence of the Lord.
2
Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be
absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
Luke
23:43 “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in
Paradise.”
Now
what?
John
6:47 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has
everlasting life.”
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