Purgatory was invented as a place of cleansing because, first of all, the Roman church would not believe that salvation is free. The second reason is also biblical but misapplied. The inventors believed that man cannot enter the Kingdom of God if they are not holy. Unfortunately, with the prevalence of sensuality, perversion, corruption and Scripture twisting, the Bible being banned from being read by the laity, the Roman church could not conceive how man can be holy in their earthly life since they themselves were prone and even wanted to enjoy their one life the way they choose or desire. Even many cardinals during Luther's time were practicing homosexuals and priests who were supposed to be celibate were impregnating nuns and young girls.
Thirdly, they see from the early church martyrs and the persecution they underwent plus the trials in the world that Christians will or have to undergo suffering in order to be cleansed to the point of holiness in order to deserve heaven.
The last reason, and the reason for the Reformation was Tetsel's pseudo gospel. The Roman church used purgatory for obviously financial reasons and for worldly goals.
The point of this short blog is not to condemn the doctrine of purgatory (which is man-made anyway and no way comes from God but from another source) but to point out that it is intuitive even in an apostate church to believe that suffering is indeed part of the Christian life and walk and cannot and should not be avoided by the Christian. The western church's candy-coated gospel many times ignores this topic in their evangelistic thrusts producing many pseudo-converts that subsequently display their true colors when suffering is experienced in their Christian walk.
Summary: The full gospel NEEDS to articulate the concept of suffering to any would be convert to claim that they gave the FULL gospel.
Thirdly, they see from the early church martyrs and the persecution they underwent plus the trials in the world that Christians will or have to undergo suffering in order to be cleansed to the point of holiness in order to deserve heaven.
The last reason, and the reason for the Reformation was Tetsel's pseudo gospel. The Roman church used purgatory for obviously financial reasons and for worldly goals.
The point of this short blog is not to condemn the doctrine of purgatory (which is man-made anyway and no way comes from God but from another source) but to point out that it is intuitive even in an apostate church to believe that suffering is indeed part of the Christian life and walk and cannot and should not be avoided by the Christian. The western church's candy-coated gospel many times ignores this topic in their evangelistic thrusts producing many pseudo-converts that subsequently display their true colors when suffering is experienced in their Christian walk.
Summary: The full gospel NEEDS to articulate the concept of suffering to any would be convert to claim that they gave the FULL gospel.
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