[ronnietherocket3]

The problem with purgatory is that it can’t contribute to the forgiveness of sins.
Suffering does not result in forgiveness because without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin.
The shedding of blood is the ONLY means by which forgiveness is granted.

So at the very least, purgatory is useless, meaningless suffering.

Purgatory is penalty for sins committed on Earth but not sins for which penance has been done. The point of Purgatory is not forgiveness, but purification.

[metmom]

Our sins are forgiven by God when we are born again.

There is no need for purification when there is forgiveness.

Jesus became sin for us that we will become the righteousness of God in Christ.

HIS righteousness is imputed to us and our sins are separated as far from us as the east is from the west.

Where there’s forgiveness, there remains no penalty for sin, nor any need to be purified from them as God has purified us in Christ.

[Elsie]

The point of Purgatory is not forgiveness, but purification.

How does that work?

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Purgatory is penalty for sins committed on Earth but not sins for which penance has been done. The point of Purgatory is not forgiveness, but purification.

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Why do you doubt God? With His sacrifice, even the Gentiles were purified!

Acts 10:9-15

About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”

“Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”