>>> @eltonron1558 (1.) You typed, "God, is not about salvation, but after salvation, the gospel, the kingdom of God."
>>> That is a bold-faced, unfaceted, unscriptural statement. There is a misundertanding of what GRACE is. (Ephesians 2:8) God gave up everything He had (the Christ, the Lamb) to pay the SIN debt, defeat Satan, death, hell, and the grave --- all to reach our heart at Christ's expense. That's what grace is.
>>> The scriptures in John 3:16 and verse 36 are very clear. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him SHALL NOT PERISH (to the grave) but HAVE (present tense) eternal life." --- and verse "Whoever believes in the Son has (present tense) ETERNAL LIFE. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” (Romans
>>> So what exactly does "ETERNAL LIFE" mean to you?... Did Jesus say, "Until I come back one day in the unforeseen future, your spirit(soul) will have to lay dead and unconscious in the grave?" NO! NO No! ... WRONG... That is not true victory over the grave! (1 Cor. 15: 54) What Jesus stated included no pauses, no intermissions, and no interludes or hiatuses. (It's either Heaven or Hell.) And sense God is a spirit, (John 4:24) and we are spirits (Gen 2:7). When we die, our "earthen houses" return to the earth... Correct?... but our spirits return to the spirit world - to where God is... OR -- to a place where He is beyond reach.
So... no absolute death or undead stuff. Nonetheless, there is definately a Second Death. (mentioned by the Christ 4 times in Revelation.)
So what did we miss?
@eltonron1558 Says:
FINALLY. Frank is completely right, so why can't he see how the Roman catholics have dug in on the phoney Lord's day?
@temphtempg8819 Says:
The whole concept of a halfway point is illogical and impossible: Gods realm is infinite and our universe is finite - you cannot establish a halfway point between something finite and something infinite.
@rhemalithduncan8802 Says:
2 Corinthians 5:6-8, KJV
"Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: [7] (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) [8] we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord."
>>> You either are saved and go to heaven -- OR -- you are not saved and go to that place of departed spirits.
@richardounjian9270 Says:
The Septuagint was very much accepted by the Jews until the third century. Purgatory is very much mentioned in the Bible. Jesus even mentions it! Matthew 12:31-32 Stop listening to the heretics
@petion2013 Says:
😂😂😂😂 Can you try to give an honest answer?
@fddooley1 Says:
Is Frank the authority of all aspects of faith. I think NOT!!
@alexjohnston2962 Says:
This is bad theology layed on top of bad history
@JamesWilsonJr Says:
Explain ghosts then purgatory is real
@PWGLOCKGOAT Says:
No purgatory, it doesn’t exist.
@thejerichoconnection3473 Says:
Hahaha, it was not part of the OT that the Jews accepted, but it was part of the OT that the Christians accepted!
More Protestant nonsense.
@apostolicapologetics4829 Says:
Turek's answer is incorrect.
@ShilohLux.13 Says:
Then what is Sheol in the Old Testament?
@ILive2WhpJesus Says:
“1 Corinthians 3:11-15 is about building on the foundation of Jesus Christ and how that work will be tested and rewarded:
Foundation: Jesus Christ is the foundation on which believers build.
Building: Believers are empowered by Jesus' strength and wisdom to build on his foundation.
Testing: Believers' work will be tested by fire to see if it has eternal value.
Reward: Believers who build on the foundation of Christ and their work survives the test will receive a reward.
Loss: Believers whose work is burned up will suffer loss, but they will be saved.
Here are some other points from 1 Corinthians 3:11-15:
Faith should be grounded in Jesus, not a person or concept.
Lasting works are based on valuable things like wisdom and truth.
Cheap and fragile materials won't stand the fire of God's judgment.
Christian leaders must build carefully because their work will be judged by Christ.
All human wisdom will be shown to be futile and worthless.
Jesus lays that groundwork for believers when they receive His salvation. Christ's saving grace gives His followers a new life. Sins are wiped away so that we have a clean “work site,” so to speak. Empowered by Jesus' strength and wisdom, we can build on His foundation. To summarise briefly, Paul writing this passage, explains to the church of Corinthians at that time, that at length they are who/what they are by God’s action, not by human activity, and that everyone in the Kingdom of God, as they, and he, all are, work together with God.
The work that we all do in the Kingdom will be examined by the Heavenly Judge at the end of this present existence on Earth. His judgement, or testing, will show up whether the work we do is of lasting value in the future Kingdom experience…. in the same way as a blacksmith tests his metalwork by fire.
The fire doesn’t consume the metal; it will consume impurities and melt off any joins which were not securely wrought.
The person doing the work is not affected by the fire. It is the work he has done which is tried, according to the metaphor.
Paul’s message is that we don’t need to stress, worry and quarrel over which person we follow in God’s Kingdom. What we need to do is trust in The LORD with all our hearts and lean not on our own understanding… as the wisdom preserved in Proverbs 3 helps us to ponder on.”
@Robjeff-z1u Says:
All it's a holding place for the souls going to hell and you go as soon when you died
@Robjeff-z1u Says:
Jesus Christ confirmed it exists from the cross and his walk. You see hell is not ready yet it will be ready when the Bride of Jesus is ready.this is the lay out peritor on the left side and periodic on the right side and they're separate by a great carven and his name is Jesus.
@lastchance8142 Says:
Purgutory makes sense for Chrisrians who struggle with sin their whole life, who know that they are not worthy of salvation. In the first century, church leaders believed you lost salvation if you sinned once after Baptism. Look it up. Eventually, church leaders invented "reconciliation" and purgutory to solve the problem of damned christian believers. God is not mocked. He wiped out all of humanity once. The majority of us will be annihilated at judgement day. "Get away from me, I never knew you."
@mennig182 Says:
Purgatory is taught in the Bible, Luther took it out. 2 Maccabees 12:38-4
@budcunningham6732 Says:
Jesus taught against catholism in Luke 11:26-28 .
Catholism contradicts the scriptures.
@jdprentice720 Says:
“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.”
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 NIV
Thats one passage that lays out purgatory explicitly, but there are other verses that certainly allude to it.
Also, the Bible was compiled by the Catholic Church and all the books were recognized as Scripture until the Protestant revolution. I’ll trust 2,000 years worth of Church history, doctrine and theology over the modern innovations of Luther and Calvin.
@CaptainFantastic222 Says:
What happens to children or babies who die before they get baptized or accept Jesus Christ as their savior? Eternal fire for them?
@ApocalypseKotfe Says:
My faith isn't in "church history" my faith is in God and God alone. So no we won't bow down to false believes misleaded by churches.
@damianabbate4423 Says:
Like all Christian ideas such as Satan, the rapture, Jesus being god, people having a soul, etc. These ideas are all post biblical ideas.
@abrahamlopez57 Says:
Purgatory is biblical. You just need to do your research. You tube Catholics explain it perfectly. I did not now what it was until someone explained it to me... don't take my word for it, look it up yourself. 🙏
@vandos11 Says:
It is not smart to challenge the Holy Catholic Church
@TheRastacabbage Says:
The trinity is not biblical
@TheRastacabbage Says:
Purgatory is a misunderstanding of what is actually taught in scripture, which is spirit prison
@Christ_died_for_your_sins_777. Says:
Not biblical
@michaelyolch79 Says:
I’d say that EARTH is our “halfway house!” Come to the Lord before you leave this house!
@gbnessdot96 Says:
The protestant anti-purgatory solution is the ever trusted “get out of jail free” card or most known as the “thief on the cross escape clause”, saying you go straight to heaven or hell and no stop overs. But on the contrary, the thief went through his baptism, reconciliation, and purgatory, in preparation for communion with Christ, all while hanging on his cross. Are you not keen to see? Well read again.
@Leo3T Says:
Dr. Turek, I enjoy your videos a lot, but you need to do some more research on this topic. The Old Testament canon wasn’t decided on by the Jews until after the death/crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. With this being the case, why would you ever trust what the Jewish leaders said after they killed our Lord and Savior. The people you need to turn to to know which books belong in the Bible is the first Christians. If anyone reading this want to take the time to find out the truth just google “Dr Brant Pitre and the myth of the council of Jamnia.” This will help open a world of information that is a blessing to know.
@Srhyle Says:
Do you believe that anyone with sin can enter heaven? For example, a genuine Christian on any given day, say became angry so much that he hurt someone. On his way home, he had an accident and died without asking/praying for God's forgiveness yet (which I'm sure he would do eventually). Do you think he'll go to hell?
@briarpatchson3039 Says:
BYPASS JESUS ✝️CHRIST 😠🤔
✝️NONE COMES TO THE FATHER ACCEPT BY ME!!!
@migueltorres2198 Says:
Great explanation!
@nickfranco7977 Says:
I think a lot of people get the idea of purgatory from sheol, which is in the scriptures.
@boardtodeath46 Says:
I don’t want to sound argumentative, but the Bible does speak of spirit prison. Jesus went and taught the spirits that were in spirit prison during the 3 days before he was resurrected and after he was crucified. There are spirits waiting. I’m not being condescending friends , there has not been a judgment yet. That won’t be until after the 1000 year millennium and the final battle when Satan is cast into the pit. Only a few humans have returned to heaven after death. This is what was Jesus was referring to Peter, James and John before he ascended. They were given guarantee and they were transfigured. Other than them and a few extremely righteous people. No one has gone to heaven without judgment to give them the reward. Spirits either go to spirit prison or spirit paradise while waiting for the resurrection and judgment day. Both are spoken about in the Bible
@AzBboy Says:
The ministry of Watchmen Nee and Witness Lee also teaches purgatory, but they call it ''summer school'' and deny purgatory when its literally the same thing they teach just under a different name.
@cornpop7805 Says:
Matthew 12:32: Jesus says that some sins can be forgiven in the next life.
1 Corinthians 3:14–15: This verse describes a process of purification where a person is saved even though their works are burned away.
1 Peter 3:19–20: Jesus preaches to "the spirits in prison".
2 Timothy 1:18: A passage that supports prayer for souls who are believed to be in an active state after death.
Luke 23:43: A passage that supports prayer for souls who are believed to be in an active state after death.
@cornpop7805 Says:
I wonder how he'll explain it after he finds out that those same books are/were in the unabridged version of the King James Bible.
They were omitted from the travel (abridged) version, so it was more portable.
@danbrookman8176 Says:
Completely false. The Septuagint included the "apocrypha" and was accepted as scripture by the Jews living in Alexandria. Just because Eastern European Jews who lived around Luther didn't have it in their canon doesn't mean it's not inspired scripture. For whatever reason, Frank is super ignorant of church history as most Protestants are. Luther removed books from what was the universally accepted Christian canon for 15 centuries. Rewrite history all you want, Frank.
@freddurstedgebono6029 Says:
Purgatory is fake and a scam used by the vatican to get money out of people
@jimfarnell5813 Says:
Purgatory is the Roman Catholic Church’s heretical declaration that the work of Jesus of Nazareth on the cross is/was not infinitely sufficient for the full payment of our sin debt and the removal of our sins as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12)…
@Creole-Cartel Says:
Martin Luther had it wrong as well because he was an Augustinian Monk. Check out Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis, pure heresy and Not of GOD✝️
@JadDragon Says:
Jesus's blood covers all, no waiting required.
Jesus lives! ♥️ and is Yahweh God 🙏🏻 Christ ✝️ and King 👑
@Moist._Robot Says:
It’s a ski resort in Colorado.
@sashinshine5818 Says:
Catholics get purgatory from the book revelation. Where there are souls under the throne of God crying out "how much longer" but its the wrong interpretation of that verse.
No purgatory, no waiting place.
@SandyL0uise Says:
This is the weakest answer I’ve seen Frank give.
@thechristsknight7758 Says:
Funny enough, the idea of Purgatory isn't in the Apocrypha either...
@honahwikeepa2115 Says:
There's is no half way House. You're in, or you're not in.
@kevbotech238 Says:
He doesn't understand purgatory at all. Protestants and Catholics will agree that purification needs to take place before you enter heaven. At what degree this happens Catholics and Protestants ewill disagree. Yes, Jesus forgives our sins, but we may still have an attachment to sin that purgatory serves as purification. It may be instantaneously or over a certain amount of time at the hands of God's judgment and control. It is biblical, and it was taught and handed down from the early Christians. It was believed by most Christians up until the time of Luther.
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