Purgatory is this topic today.

We briefly touched on Purgatory in three past APJs in episode 1150, 1162, and 1290.

But nothing at length in that changes today with a question from Sidney, who lives in the

beautiful state of Arizona, along with me, Hi Pastor John.

I know that some other Christians believed in a secondary refinement or Purgatory, purging

of the soul after death and before heaven.

CS Lewis once rhetorically wrote, Our souls demand purgatory, don't they?

He explained that Christians should want purgatory as a sort of self-cleaning up before we're

ready to enter into the eternal presence of God.

He said this in his book, Letters to Malcolm, chiefly on prayer, page 108.

Coming from Lewis, purgatory seems like a humble, preparatory step before we enter

eternity.

Biblically speaking, 1 Corinthians 3, 10 to 15 is the most common biblical proof for it.

There we read that each one's work will become manifest for the day we'll disclose it,

because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one

has done.

That's verse 13.

And if anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, although he himself will be saved,

but only as through fire, that's verse 15.

But does the Bible confirm Purgatory?

It's really interesting that this question would come just now because I am listening

to Lewis's book, Letters to Malcolm, chiefly on prayer.

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