Purgatory: Purifying Fire or False Doctrine Fable

As an EX-Roman Catholic (see About GWT) who was taught, consequently fully believed in, the doctrine of Purgatory, the following article accurately defines Purgatory as that of which makes the Roman Catholic Church system work effectively.

Catholics who believe a purifying fire will purge away their sins are deluded victims of a fatal fabrication. The invention of a place for purification of sins called Purgatory is one of the most seductive attractions of the Roman Catholic religion. Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church described this deceptive hoax brilliantly. He said: “Purgatory is what makes the whole system work. Take out Purgatory and it’s a hard sell to be a Catholic.

Separating From Unbelievers

Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness ?  2 Corinthians 6:14 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaj796HkXzE Shepherds’ Conference 2010 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell …

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Fellowship in Truth

The Bible is the only authoritative source from which Christianity is derived. Sound strange? That used to be the defining characteristic of evangelicalism. Collectively evangelicals seem to have drifted far from that principle, and evangelicalism is taking on some strange shapes. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcv7oZLwi8Q So the first thing that is true about the delivered, the true Christians, …

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You Cant Get There from Here

You can’t be a Christian without embracing that body of truth, “which was once for all delivered to the saints.”  Jude 3 So, what is that body of non-negotiable doctrine that must be believed to receive eternal life? For that matter, what is it to believe? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5_Is-sg6w After briefly contrasting what can be known through …

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