What is purgatory and is it a real place?

Can we just agree that there are some things that are going on now that are not going to be going on in heaven? Are there some things that we do and the way we behave and whatnot that that's not going to be the way it is in heaven?

God’s Discipline in the Christian Life

So why not try to weed some of that out now if we know the Lord is not pleased with it. Why not try to get that out of our lives right now, and there's an added benefit to that. That way you don't be you're not chastened by God later down the road.

What does the Bible say Hebrews 12 verse 6? This was mentioned in Sunday school this principle of you know if you love your child you discipline your child. You do it for a reason for whom the Lord loves.

He chastens and scourges every son whom he receives. Well I I could never do that to my little Johnny. You don't love little Johnny because he's on the road to hell and you need to discipline him, and if you don't do it.

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Every Christian can relate to this to some degree. You know there's been things and in my life and in your life. That we didn't deal with and you knew the Holy Spirit was convicting you you need to deal with this.

You need to get this right, and we didn't do it put it off. I'll do it tomorrow, and and then at some point the Lord steps in. You're not listening, and then he chastens you and it's not very pleasant.

But that's what it took to get that thing out of your life, and there are many people here. You've been through that chastening, and you're saying I'm glad that's over. Some of you the chastening might be right around the corner.

Why Purgatory Is a False Doctrine

And I preach this because I want to try to spare you from that. You know there's this idea. People have this doctrine called purgatory you fall. We've all heard of purgatory. This is the idea that some people have that there's this place that you go to After you die called purgatory.

It's not hell. But it's a it's a very unpleasant place to be and that's kind of where God purges you through fire as it were maybe it's Literal or maybe not but God's purging you and and kind of burning off all those Imperfections and and you're you're purified through this suffering of purgatory well.

You know what the good news is purgatory is the false doctrine. There's nothing in scripture that teaches purgatory. But here's the bad news. God does do that kind of thing, but he does it in this life.