{"id":183,"date":"2013-07-17T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T20:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegospelplant.wordpress.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2013-07-17T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T20:36:59","slug":"pay-your-way-out-of-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themajestysmen.com\/thegospelplant\/pay-your-way-out-of-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Pay your way out of Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0INDULGENCES<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Saw this and was appalled \u00a0 \u00a0 http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2013\/jul\/16\/vatican-indulgences-pope-francis-tweets?CMP=twt_gu<\/p>\n

These are a way by which punishment for sin is reduced through a person’s own sufferings.\u00a0An indulgence removes the time needed to be spent in purgatory. \u00a0It has become a loose doctrine to some Roman catholics and they teach two kinds of indulgences:\u00a0 partial<\/em> and plenary<\/em>.\u00a0 A partial<\/em> indulgence removes part of the punishment of sins.\u00a0 A plenary<\/em> indulgence removes all of the punishment of sins.\u00a0\u00a0 Granting an indulgence of a certain number of days or years means that is how many days or years is removed from the\u00a0time of punishment a person must undergo in purgatory.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Is this biblical?\u00a0 Not at all. Its an awful, cruel and false teaching a way used to control people.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

But how does a person cleanse himself of his own sins? \u00a0The fact is we cant, its impossible.\u00a0 If there were a means by which we could cleanse ourselves of our own sins, then God would have provided that. Its all about God’s\u00a0undeserved\u00a0Grace for His creation…. us.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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21\u00a0I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,\u00a0Christ died for nothing! Galatians 2:21<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is saying that we are saved through our faith<\/strong> in Jesus, not<\/strong> by works, sufferings or payments to appease him, Jesus did it<\/strong> for you and me. \u00a0This faith in Jesus then leads us (sinners) to live a changed life that God approves, that brings glory to him.<\/p>\n

Being made right with God is not by our suffering, but by Christ’s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Surely he took up our pain<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and bore our suffering,<\/em>
\nyet we considered him punished by God,<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stricken by him, and afflicted.<\/em>
\n5\u00a0But he was pierced\u00a0for our transgressions,<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0he was crushed\u00a0for our iniquities;<\/em>
\nthe punishment\u00a0that brought us peace\u00a0was on him,<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and by his wounds\u00a0we are healed.<\/em>
\n6\u00a0We all, like sheep, have gone astray,<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0each of us has turned to our own way;<\/em>
\nand the\u00a0Lord\u00a0has laid on him<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the iniquity\u00a0of us all. Isaiah 53:4-6<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Theres one way your sins are atoned for and thats through the work of Jesus on the cross, he died as a substitute for our sin, resurrecting triumphantly over Satan, sin and death. He is now exalted as King of Kings, Lord of Lords; and he will come again to judge the living and the dead, sending the repenting to his heavenly Kingdom and sentencing the unrepentant to Hell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Again be aware of what the Bible teaches after all it is the word of God, don’t let anyone fool you, mislead you or trick you into a false teaching and outright lie.<\/p>\n

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