To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
How merciful would God be if He sent you first to be “perfected” in purgatory before seeing paradise? ABSOLUTELY merciful....kept me out of hell for my shortcomings but required me to purge myself of that evil by awaiting a guaranteed presence in Heaven until I had done so.
2,557 posted on
10/19/2014 6:51:58 PM PDT by
terycarl
(common sense prevails over all)
To: terycarl
ABSOLUTELY merciful....kept me out of hell for my shortcomings but required me to purge myself of that evil by awaiting a guaranteed presence in Heaven until I had done so. Chapter and verse that explains how God demands we purge ourselves from evil, as if we are even capable of it?
Besides, doesn't your God forgive? Mine does. He doesn't hold my sin to my account but shows me true mercy by forgiving me and crediting to my account all the righteousness of Christ Himself.
That gives me the privilege of not only avoiding hell, but going straight to heaven without any further effort on my part, which can't pay for my sins anyway.
2,562 posted on
10/19/2014 7:02:31 PM PDT by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: terycarl
ABSOLUTELY merciful....kept me out of hell for my shortcomings but required me to purge myself of that evil by awaiting a guaranteed presence in Heaven until I had done so. Golly!
I might have to do that!!!
How did YOU do it?
2,603 posted on
10/20/2014 4:05:33 AM PDT by
Elsie
( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: terycarl; metmom; CynicalBear; Elsie; caww
but required me to purge myself of that evil
Are you saying you can get into Heaven by the merit of your own actions?
2,717 posted on
10/20/2014 5:22:10 PM PDT by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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