pope admits purgatory is not real
Purgatory is not biblical at all.
I remember being stunned to read in the news in the 2000s that the catholic's recent pope admitted this.
He basically said "purgatory isnt real, it's just something they hope exists, otherwise people are doomed."
Well duh🤦♀️why do you think Scripture warns so much about Hell and our need to be right with God (thru Jesus) before we die. And it is why Christians keep telling you, you need to flee to Jesus. The Jesus of Scripture.
Vatican says: it is clear from Scripture and catholic tradition that the means of regeneration provided for this life do not remain available after death, so that those dying unregenerate are eternally excluded from the supernatural happiness of the beatific vision (John 9:4, Luke 12:40, 16:19 sqq., 2 Corinthians 5:10…) (Toner, Patrick J. Transcribed by Simon Parent. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IX. Published 1910. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat, October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York).
The Vatican also admitted
there is no such place stated in the Bible.
Another false teaching began later as well. Pope Francis "has abolished the places where souls were supposed to go after death: hell, purgatory, heaven. The idea he holds is that souls dominated by evil and unrepentant cease to exist, while those that have been redeemed from evil will be taken up into beatitude, contemplating God.”
Scalfari, a major Italian journalistic and cultural influence, said The pope has been accused of even warping the words of Scripture to make God appear less judgmental.
As far as NOT going to heaven upon death, that was the position of early Christians as well as others that professed Christ like Justin Martyr, and....all the protestants.
PS. A human cannot abolish places that God has created. Such utter nonsense. Jesus is the Creator. Not some (pope) man who "thinks" he is god on earth and who thinks that by his words thinks he can destroy eternal places. Only YHWH can do that!
The Bible teaches that humans only have an opportunity for salvation, while they are alive.
John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Notice this means salvation is available (not that all will be saved). But that HUMANS have opportunity for salvation.
🌟They see the creation and can inquire of the creator and God will send a missionary.
🌟For those in the West, Christian countries and places with access to the Bible... have 1.access to read the Bible and get saved, and 2. hear the gospel from Christians, and get saved.
However,
John 3:18 says:
whoever does not believe "stands condemned already" because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
God has been very clear in Scripture that the wicked, who will not repent and turn to Jesus in this life, are not going to heaven and absolutely will be judged once they die, and are hell bound eternally.
"After death is only judgment". Hebrews 9:27
There are no actual places such as Limbo or Purgatory.
Catholicism says idea behind Limbo/Purgatory is that "God is love" (1 John 4:8,16) and hold an erroneous belief that "God will not punish." 👈That is a lie.
🌟Those holding this view misunderstand the very nature of God, and Justice. God is more than a God of love.
If the pope is supposedly the connection between God and man, and his word is authority... yet starts a new belief (such as purgatory(*) which remained common catholic teaching until the mid-20th century... and is still something believed by 99.9% of catholics today)...
1. It was not taught from the beginning but the idea was added much later. 👉It was clearly never Biblical, it was never true.
2. A recent pope stated 👉that place isnt real.
3. Then all other things catholicism teaches 👉is also to be called into question, and that means 👉we can only get our beliefs from Scripture; God's Word.
4. 👉God is not a liar. 👉He is the same yesterday, today and forever. 💥so, if someone adds a teaching that wasnt true since John the Apostle, and messes with what was taught... they are deceiving people. Claiming to have a word from God that they do not is a serious issue. And if a religion headed up by a guy like a pope adds a teaching (even if later removed or dismissed), it is all questionable. And If they also change historic biblical teaching (such as eliminating heaven, hell, salvation and damnation...) 👉they are teaching false doctrines.
The main problem those in catholicism have, is each person does not read Scriptures. They do not read the OT & NT cover to cover, and simply listen to what God is telling them. Putting aside everything they "think" is true, and everything they had been told, and look at what God is actually showing them as "true" in black and white, in those 66 books. People are liars and have their nefarious and ulterior motives for teaching this or that (such as RCC), so it is your responsibility to know what God has told you in the Bible. You cannot rely on others.
My challenge to you is to, go read it. It takes 90 days to read through it in 35 min a day. The 66 books are not hard. You can easily accomplish this. Set a phone alarm for a set time every day, and complete it. Use a highlighter to mark passages specifically about God, Jesus, salvation and hell. And you will get a clear picture of truth by the time you are done.
🌟Truth about Hell (*more links inside and faq)
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