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Correct, and if we sow enmity with God through our disobedience, then we reap His just punishments. If we are forgiven our sins and the eternal punishment due to them, we still have a debt of temporal punishment that we must expiate, either in this life or the next.

Show me where that is in the NT

The Blood of Christ does not free you from eternal punishment , but the intervention of some saint does.
Ah ah, there you go, changing the subject. We are talking about temporal punishment remitted in the next life, not eternal punishment. And do you not think it just to be purified of your past offences before entering the Holiest of Holies?

You are talking about God demanding a double payment , once paid for by Christ , not being paid for by your own "suffering" ...His sacrifice is moot.You do not even need Him under this theology .

Seems to me your "sacrament" of confession is pretty useless.

Suffer a little and then you have earned heaven.
As opposed to "being saved" and living a life as you please and earning heaven? And who said that "suffering a little" is all that is necessary to merit Heaven? You must take up your cross and follow Him to become partakers of eternal life

What a foolish slander on the holy Protestants I know. To be honest I see more carnality in the Catholics I know . When you believe that someone can pray for you and get you good time out of purgatory , why bother to live holy lives?

Salvation is a work of God from beginning to end. If one is guilty of antinominism I question his salvation.

The Bible teaches that we are to "confess our sins one to another" (James 5:16); it never mentions confession to a priest. The reason why Protestants "confess their sins one to another" and not to a priest, has nothing to do with the issues of forgiveness of sins but rather individual reconciliation among true believers in Christ. In fact, there is no reason to confess our sins to a priest if Christ’s death on the cross has already paid their full divine penalty.