Agreed. That’s a key, and oft overlooked, point. If “Purgatory” is true, then you can just chuck the whole book, crucifixion, etc. because Heaven is just a rinse cycle away.
“Agreed. That’s a key, and oft overlooked, point. If “Purgatory” is true, then you can just chuck the whole book, crucifixion, etc. because Heaven is just a rinse cycle away.”
Purgatory also denies the sufficiency of Christ. Either his sacrifice was good enough, or it wasn’t. And Jesus said, “It is finished.”
I’ll stick with the known word of God, and let the RCC make it up as they go. But I will fight to convince people that the RCC is full of dogma. I’m not saying that there aren’t Catholics going to Heaven, but that is in spike of the RCC.
But we Protestants have our own dangers. The salvation prayer is sending people to Hell. We teach people to just recite these words and they are saved. But if you ask them what they just did, most have no idea. That is no different from the stuff the Catholics do.
No formula of words can do it. Not for Assembly of God, Pentecostal, Baptist, Lutheran, or Catholic. You must understand who He is and choose Him above all else. No formula can substitute for that.