Even in that segment he is talking about "each one of us" doing the work "which the Lord gave him to do". These are the same individual works that are later found to be either noble (stone and metal) or inferior (stubble).
Note, too, that purgatory is not about mortal sin, just like this passage is not. It is about imperfections in our works that prevent us from entering heaven.
So no, no sale. When I see an interest in the Holy Scripture and not in sticking to Protestant theological fantasies I will pay attention to Protestant sniping at the Holy Church which you (collectively) left, to your (collective) shame.
“These are the same individual works that are later found to be either noble (stone and metal) or inferior (stubble)....It is about imperfections in our works that prevent us from entering heaven.”
Actually, the passage has ZERO to do with sin. Not “mortal sin”, not immortal sin, or any other kind of sin someone dreams up. It has nothing to do with sin at all - but purgatory does:
“Purgatory (Lat., “purgare”, to make clean, to purify) in accordance with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God’s grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions.” - Catholic Encyclopedia
Note: Punishment for those who have not fully paid for their transgressions. Happily, annalex, Jesus DID pay in full. Period!
“1030 All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.”
Again - the Blood of the Lamb is NOT insufficient! We are NOT “imperfectly purified”!
“11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time onward until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet. 14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,
16 ‘This is the covenant that I will make with them
After those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws upon their heart,
And on their mind I will write them,’
He then says,
17 ‘And their sins and their lawless deeds
I will remember no more.’ - Hebrews 10
For emphasis: “For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.” In the KJV: “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” DR: “For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” NAB: “For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.”
IT IS FINISHED!
“And you yourselves, who were strangers to God, and, in fact, through the evil things you had done, his spiritual enemies, he has now reconciled through the death of his body on the cross, so that he might welcome you to his presence clean and pure, without blame or reproach.” - Col 1
“You, who were spiritually dead because of your sins and your uncircumcision (i.e. the fact that you were outside the Law), God has now made to share in the very life of Christ! He has forgiven you all your sins: Christ has utterly wiped out the damning evidence of broken laws and commandments which always hung over our heads, and has completely annulled it by nailing it over his own head on the cross. And then having drawn the sting of all the powers ranged against us, he exposed them, shattered, empty and defeated, in his final glorious triumphant act!” - Col 2
Jesus suffices! And it is damnable heresy to say otherwise - that God has forgiven and forgotten, except he was lying about that forgotten part and instead has only partially cleansed us from sin.
“31-32 In face of all this, what is there left to say? If God is for us, who can be against us? He that did not hesitate to spare his own Son but gave him up for us all - can we not trust such a God to give us, with him, everything else that we can need?
33-34 Who would dare to accuse us, whom God has chosen? The judge himself has declared us free from sin. Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us!” - Romans 8
To repeat: “Who would dare to accuse us, whom God has chosen? The judge himself has declared us free from sin.”