Purgatory: Cepha VS Ezekiel33

[ezekiel33]

Apr 9, 2009 20:52:44 GMT -5 Cepha said:

6. What about the Christians that Jesus condemns to hell in Matthew 7 and that He judged in Revelation 2 (that He said were members of The Church)?

6. They were not Christians, they were people who confess Christ as Lord, but live a lifestyle of sin, not righteousness.

Question(s):
So according to you, one must have "works" in order to prove that they are Christian?

Salvation is conditionally based?

Bearing fruit is the evidence of our salvation.

All the promises of God are conditional.




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[ezekiel33]

Apr 9, 2009 21:50:05 GMT -5 Cepha said:

Apr 9, 2009 21:27:56 GMT -5 @ezekiel33 said:

I dont agree with you, you have yet to even try to support your claim of purgatory.

It's obvious you don't agree (that's why you're debating me).

Now, could you kindly answer the questions I posed to you?

That is mandatory in a debate.

You have to answer the question posed to you.

Or, you can withdraw from the debate if you wish without completing it.

This isn't an inquisition. You are suppose to be trying to prove the existence purgatory.

[Cepha]

I will allow you one more opportunity to answer the questions posed to you.

If you don't, then I will close the debate.

Questioning you and requesting proof of your beliefs/position is "not" inquisitioning you.

It's being involved in an exchange.

Again, if you cannot/will not stick to the protocol, then this debate is over with you refusing to engage the questions posed to you as the final result.

[ezekiel33]

Apr 9, 2009 22:10:37 GMT -5 Cepha said:

I will allow you one more opportunity to answer the questions posed to you.

If you don't, then I will close the debate.

Questioning you and requesting proof of your beliefs/position is "not" inquisitioning you.

It's being involved in an exchange.

Again, if you cannot/will not stick to the protocol, then this debate is over with you refusing to engage the questions posed to you as the final result.

You wanted this debate not me. There is no scriptural proof for purgatory, that is why you are rambling about with meaningless question, rather than proving your position, and it is also why you are now trying to find and easy exit. Be my guess close the thread, we both knew you could not prove purgatory in the first place. This whole thing has been a charade.

[Cepha]

Apr 9, 2009 23:36:02 GMT -5 @ezekiel33 said:

You wanted this debate not me.

Yes I did and if you accepted the challenge,
then you should've accepted it's rules.

The rules are there to keep the exchange from going of course and to force both parties to come to a conclusion.

There is no scriptural proof for purgatory, that is why you are rambling about with meaningless question, rather than proving your position, and it is also why you are now trying to find and easy exit.

You find time to complain about the debate, but not to actually partake in it an answer the questions posted to you.

Be my guess close the thread, we both knew you could not prove purgatory in the first place. This whole thing has been a charade.

I agree with you. I believed that you were serious about having an open exchange about whether or not Purgatory is in The Holy Bible.

But I understand why you wouldn't answer the questions.

You didn't have the answers.

And that's why formal debates are good.

Because by forcing the participants to stick to the topic at hand, no time is wasted on deviations.

Anyway, this thread is closed because you refused to answer the questions directly posed to you.