Valletta
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The Catholic church, in its struggle to find anything in the Bible to support its Purgatory teaching has reached down to the lowest possible place.......deception.
When ANYONE reads 1 Corinthians 3, it is clearly seen that The context speaks of Paul having planted the Corinthian church, and that another person was building upon that work: verse 6 says, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.” Paul goes on to say that unless a person builds upon the foundation of Jesus, his work will be burned up the in the day of judgment (v. 13). See also, 1 Cor. 5:5; 2 Cor. 1:14; 1 Thess. 5:2).
Paul is simply using the terms that are familiar to the people of the time. The fire was the tool used to purify metals and to get rid of that which was unwanted–the dross. So, too, on the day when our works are examined, the fire of judgment will both purify and remove. This will not affect our salvation, but it will affect our rewards. The theme of fire used as purification is also found in 2 Pet. 3:10-13. But this is not talking about becoming saved or staying saved.
1 Cor. 3:15 does not teach purgatory as a place we go to in order to have some of our sins cleansed from us. It teaches that even though the person is justified by faith and cannot face damnation, his works will, however, be judged on “that day.” Those works which are good will survive the fires of judgment the way gold, silver, and precious stones can survive fire. But false works will be consumed the way fire consumes wood, hay, and straw. What is left has no bearing on whether or not we are saved. It has to do with rewards in heaven.
STUDY to shoe thy self approved of God, a workman!
It's a matter of having a civil conversation. Hebrews 12:29 tells us that God is "a consuming fire." You argue that Paul has a different concept in mind that is not what the Word of God tells us in Hebrews. You should realize that your opinion is fallible while the Word of God is infallible.
"Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person." Colossians 4:6
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