I beg to differ. We suffer punishment for our sins all the time. And FYI, suffering punishment is not same as paying and freedom from suffering for our sins is not what Jesus’ death gained for us. What we gained by Jesus’ death and the remission of our sins is deliverance from the wages of sin which is DEATH. What we gain is eternal life in heaven.
Look closely at the world and the people in it and tell me there is no punishment for sin. That’s what people don’t understand about the Ten Commandments. God gave them to us for OUR good not His. He had no need of them, HE is PERFECT already. We however, suffer greatly when we sin against those commandments.
Before Jesus the gates of heaven were closed to us. We could not be in heaven, no matter how closely we followed the law. The uncleanliness of sin barred our entrance. Jesus, tore the veil so that we may one day be able to praise God in the Holiest of Holies.
We suffer consequences of sin, but are not punished for them.
The punishment for sin by God is death. The fact that we’re still alive here on earth demonstrates that He is not punishing us for them, even if He allows us to bear the consequences for our sin.
There is no Scriptural justification for the doctrine of purgatory and rationalizing its existence doesn’t prove its existence either.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
God isn’t going to beat His bride black and blue to pay for sins that He has forgiven her of.