Objections to Purgatory (Hour 1)

Podcast | Karlo Broussard

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Questions Covered:

• 05:42 – Where is “purgatory” in the Bible?
• 12:50 – Catholics appeal to 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 for purgatory. But Paul doesn’t say the person is tested by fire. Rather, he teaches “works” are tested by fire.
• 16:52 – Catholics appeal to Jesus’ teaching about the unforgivable sin not being forgiven in this age or in the age to come in Matthew 12:32. But all Jesus meant by this is that the unpardonable sin is never forgiven, as Mark’s version makes clear in 3:29.
• 22:10 – Does the doctrine of purgatory contradict the Bible’s teaching on the immediacy of heaven after death (“to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord”)?
• 29:30 – Didn’t Jesus tell the thief on the cross, “Today you will be with me in paradise”? Doesn’t that disprove purgatory?
• 35:40 – Doesn’t the Bible teach that there are only two eternal destinies: heaven or hell?
• 39:55 – Didn’t Jesus’ death on the cross fully pay for all our sins? Why would additional purification be needed?
• 48:34 – Isn’t the idea of purgatory a denial of justification by faith alone?
• 49:55 – Why would a loving God punish believers after death if they’re already saved?