This picture below is Roman Catholic Church's teaching. They believe in another place, so called Purgatory. But does Bible confirm this? Let's see..
According to Roman Catholic doctrine, some souls are not sufficiently free from sin and its consequences to enter the state of heaven immediately, nor are they so sinful as to be destined for hell either. Such souls, ultimately destined to be united with God in heaven, must first endure purgatory - a state of purification. In purgatory, souls "achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.
My friends, don't you know that your salvation is complete through the shedding of the Jesus' blood on calvary? Jesus said on the cross 'It is finished' (John 19:30). He died for you, my friends.
Don't you see those crosses? Listen to me very well. In the middle, Jesus was crucified. If you remember the story, the ones on the left and the right were sinners. They supposed to be hang there. But Jesus was not, He didn't have any sin at all. We are that Barnabas, we are that sinner, but because Jesus died in exchange of us, Barnabas was saved, we are saved. Hey, listen to me, Jesus died for you, you are the one who should hang there. You are sinner, everybody is sinner. But because of He died for us, we are saved. We don't need to pay anything, but He paid with His precious blood. That's our Gift. What should you do? Thinking that His death is not enough to save you? Is not sufficient enough that you still need to be purified in Purgatory?
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
If Jesus' blood, the Holy Lamb of God is not sufficient enough to save those people in Purgatory (if there is purgatory). Do you think your prayers are enough? Do you think your money is enough? Do you think your prayers, your money is much worthy than His precious blood? Are you greater than God himself? Who are you, O..man?
Jesus didn't ask anything in exchange. He came to open the way to the Father. It is up to you, He never forced you to believe in Him, He want you to make your own decision with your own freewill, to have faith in Him, to believe in Him. It is only for your own good, for you to have eternal life, instead be condemned in hell. Nothing to lose.
My friends, salvation from God is not like buying house in debt, you pay in the beginning sum amount of money as advanced money, then every month you need to install some amount of money to the owner or bank. It is not like that, my friends. Jesus' blood is not advanced money, and our prayers, our money can't be monthly payments. It is finished.
Your church make their own interpretation from
1 Corinthians 3:15
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
They teach that man's works will be tested by fire of God (they called the place for testing as 'Purgatory'), if we worked hard, less sinning, and doing more good than bad deeds during our life time, we will experience shorter period in the Purgatory for our purification before you go to heaven, holy and blameless. That's their teaching. But don't you know that
Romans 3:28
Man is justified by faith, not by works. Your works mean nothing if you build on wrong foundation, other than Jesus Christ.
Corinthians 3:11
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
You are wasting your time for your whole life. You prayers going nowhere because you believed in lies, even worse, you make yourself as witch, sorceress, idolater since you tried to build connection with the dead, you pray in front of their photos, their dust-pot, etc.
This Burning Fire mentioned before is only for those who are really Children of God. Who are children of God?
1 John 3:9
Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God
Children of God is the ones who has been born of God, who have the Spirit of God inside them, their sinful nature has changed to spiritual man, with mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:15-16) and doesn't commit sin or do sin no more. Their sinful nature has gone. They have awareness to please God now.
This burning fire is to test the Christians' labor during lifetime. If you labored like Paul, you will build with precious stones, gold, silver. If you labored a little, you will build with hay, wood, or straw, and if you didn't labor at all, just staying in your room and tried to keep yourself faithful to God, you will just like people who escape through the flames.
So, if you still thinking you will go to heaven, even though you still continue sinning, you are going to your imaginary heaven, heaven that never exist. Don't be suprise if you end up in Hell later, because you are not Children of God at all. You are deceiving yourself. You are the one that Jesus talked to in Matthew 7:21-23
Not everyone who keeps saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will get into the kingdom of heaven, but only the person who keeps doing the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you evildoers!’
There will be no Purgatory at all, my friends. Those who are not Children of God, who still commit sin, their names will never be in the Book of Life. That means they will end up in hell. And those who sin no more and doing the Father's will will get into the kingdom of heaven.
You need to pursuit holiness, perfection in Christ, because now you are able to do that, your nature has changed since you are born again, and through sanctification, asking God forgiveness (1 John 1:9) for the sin that you unconciously did.
Leviticus 20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy: for I am the LORD your God.
1 Peter 1:15-16
But as he which has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be you holy; for I am holy.
Matthew 5:48
Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Repent and invite Jesus as your personal Saviour and King. God bless you
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PS: If you have another questions, please refer to http://alvinsu.multiply.com/journal/item/146/. Maybe I have answer for that. God bless you
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