Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,195,634 members, 7,958,903 topics. Date: Thursday, 26 September 2024 at 07:00 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Religion / Does Purgatory Exist? (496 Views)
Does The Purgatory Exist? / Purgatory....Real Or Fairytale? {updated} / Is Purgatory In The Bible? (2) (3) (4)
(1) (Reply)
Does Purgatory Exist? by Arrowman(m): 7:23am On May 16, 2015 |
Most times, our Protestant brethren feel the teachings of the Catholic Church are not biblical, but my joining this debate group is to prove that ALL Catholic teachings are Biblical. It's not their fault that they read and understand the Bible how their pastors want them to do it. THE BIBLE TEACHES PURGATORY There is proof for Purgatory in the Bible. It’s in 1 Corinthians chapter 3, verse 15. Let’s examine this Biblical proof for Purgatory. I will use 1611 King James Version of the Bible, a famous Protestant translation. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:15 IS IRREFUTABLE PROOF FOR PURGATORY 1 Corinthians 3:11-15- “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 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 work of what sort it is. If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” Now let’s look at the last part of this passage again. In 1 Corinthians 3:15, we see: “If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.” So we have a man whose works have been judged. His works are, in fact, burned; and he suffers loss; yet he is saved, but by fire. He suffers loss, but is saved by fire. WHAT DOES “SUFFER LOSS” MEAN IN THIS PASSAGE? The Greek word which is translated as “suffer loss” is zemiothesetai. It comes from the Greek word zemioo – which is translated as “suffer loss” in 1 Cor. 3:15 – are found in other passages in the Bible. The word is used to mean punishment. In Exodus 21:22, Proverbs 17:26, Proverbs 19:19 and elsewhere, this very Greek word zemioo is used to mean punishment. That means that zemiothesetai, the word translated as suffer loss in 1 Cor. 3:15, can mean punishment. So, the man who suffers loss and is saved by fire can mean a man who is punished and is saved by fire. Doesn’t that sound just like Purgatory? Yes, it sounds exactly like Purgatory because that’s what it’s referring to. But there is more from the context to demonstrate the point. Who is this man, and why is he suffering loss or punishment and being saved by fire? THE CONTEXT OF 1 COR. 3 CONCERNS CHRISTIANS AND CERTAIN SINS OR BAD WORKS The context of 1 Corinthians 3 deals with members of the Church of Christ; it deals with Corinthian Christian believers. 1 Corinthians 3:3 tells us that some of these Corinthian Christians were falling into sinful imperfections and offenses against God. Some of these bad works or sins are identified in 1 Corinthians 3:3 as strife, divisions and envying. 1 Corinthians 3:3- “… for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? So the context of 1 Corinthians 3 deals with the different kinds of works of believers; some of them are not so good. These different kinds of works (good and bad) are described in 1 Corinthians 3:12. 1 Corinthians 3:12-13- “Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 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 work of what sort it is.” There are good works, which are called: gold, silver and precious stones. These signify a better or more perfect adherence to the Gospel of Christ. Then there are other works, which are not so good. These bad works or sins included unnecessary quarrelling, strife, jealousy and division (as mentioned above). These are described as: wood, hay and stubble. These are the works that are burned in 1 Cor. 3:15, for which the man suffers loss or punishment; but he is saved, yet so as by fire. This context fits perfectly with the Catholic teaching on Purgatory. The Catholic Council of Lyons II defined Purgatory this way: Pope Gregory X, Council of Lyons II, 1274: “Because if they die truly repentant in charity before they have made satisfaction by worthy fruits of penance for sins committed and omitted, their souls are cleansed after death for purgatorial or purifying punishments….” (Denzinger 464) Purgatory is not for those who have died in the state of serious (i.e, mortal) sin. All such persons go to Hell, as is made clear in Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Cor. 6:9, and Ephesians 5:5-8. Purgatory is for those of the true faith who have been forgiven for their sins, but have yet to make full satisfaction for the sins they have committed Therefore, in 1 Corinthians 3:12, the wood, hay and stubble (which are burned) signify the works of a man who has died in the state of justification and has been forgiven of any mortal sins he might have committed. He is therefore eventually saved, but he hasn’t made satisfaction for sins committed after baptism. ANOTHER INDIRECT PROOF FOR PURGATORY: MATTHEW 5:25 Other indirect proofs for Purgatory are found in other parts of the New Testament, but I will pick just one for now. The following parable of Jesus is an example. Matthew 5:25-26- “Agree with thy adversary quickly, while 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. Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.” We see that Jesus tells the parable of the man who, for his faults, is cast into prison until he pays up or satisfies for his debt. That’s exactly like Purgatory. 1 Like |
Re: Does Purgatory Exist? by Mrbigman1(m): 8:19am On May 16, 2015 |
Nice write up with great insight |
(1) (Reply)
.. / Open Heavens Daily Devotional 11/06/15 / In The Potters Hands
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 15 |