[NYer]

Why didn't this man, crucified next to our Lord, go to purgatory?

He acknowledged Jesus, repented of his sins and hung on a cross ... THAT was his purgatory.

[RoosterRedux]

That's a nice response. I will take that to heart.

But he was hanging there because of his crimes...what of those of us who are repentant yet have not committed such crimes.

We are of course just as guilty but we are also just as repentant.

I know many folks who are hanging on their cross (aren't we all hanging from our Crosses)--good Christians who are ashamed of what they have done and how they have lived.

I still think that purgatory is a human invention...not something spoken of by God.

[lquist1]

“Why didn’t this man, crucified next to our Lord, go to purgatory?

He acknowledged Jesus, repented of his sins and hung on a cross ... THAT was his purgatory. “

So let me get this straight; anybody who acknowledges Christ, repents of their sins, then suffers death in some way that is punishment for their sins (which we all do since the wages of sin is death - Romans 6:23), then they are not in need of purgatory? So in other words, none of us who are saved need purgatory. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Iscool]

He acknowledged Jesus, repented of his sins and hung on a cross ... THAT was his purgatory.

There is no record of the repenting of his sins...The other guy on the cross went to hell so we know that had nothing to do with it...He didn't just acknowledge Jesus...What he did was BELIEVE...And it wasn't purgatory...