And as if these things were small, I shall add much greater things to you.ĭerfor, why have you despised the word of the Lord, so that you did evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword. And I gave the house of Israel and of Judah to you. Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: ‘I anointed you as king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.Īnd I gave the house of your lord to you, and the wives of your lord into your bosom. He shall restore the sheep fourfold, because he did this word, and he did not take pity.”īut Nathan said to David: “You are that man. Then David’s indignation was enraged exceedingly against that man, and he said to Nathan: «Som Herren lever, the man who has done this is a son of death. And she was like a daughter to him.īut when a certain traveler had come to the wealthy man, neglecting to take from his own sheep and oxen, so that he might present a feast for that traveler, who had come to him, he took the sheep of the poor man, and he prepared a meal for the man who had come to him.” And she had grown up before him, together with his children, eating from his bread, and drinking from his cup, and sleeping in his bosom.

The wealthy man had very many sheep and oxen.īut the poor man had nothing at all, except one little sheep, which he had bought and nourished.

And when he had come to him, sa han til ham: “Two men were in one city: one wealthy, and the other poor. It is the story of Kind David and the prophet Nathan as they discuss David’s misdeed with Bathsheba in the Second Book of Samuel, 12:1-14: 2 Samuel 12 12:1 På samme måte, one of the more stinging stories in scripture well illustrates this notion forgiveness and consequences. The Church takes seriously Jesus’ command in Matteus 5:48 to “be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect, ” and holds fast to The Letter to the Hebrews’12:14 that teaches, “Strive for peace with all men, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.”ĭessuten, the Church accepts the biblical truth that spiritual perfection is required for admittance into heaven, for per our above reference to the Book the Revelation (21:27), “nothing unclean shall enter it.”įaktisk, God’s refusal to allow Moses to cross into the Promised Land as punishment for his infidelity is consistent with this belief (se 5. “In purgatory, ” writes apologist Karl Keating, “all remaining love of self is transformed into love of God” ( Catholicism, s.

Like måte, de Katekismen til den katolske kirken fastslår, “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven” (1030, s. As the Second Vatican Council taught, purgatory exists because “ even when the guilt of sin has been taken away, punishment for it or the consequences of it may remain to be expiated or cleansed” ( Indulgentiarum Doctrina3). It is a temporary state through which some souls must pass to receive a final purification before entering heaven ( See the Åpenbaringsboken 21:27). Purgatory is not an alternative to heaven or hell. … or, What the Heck is Purgatory? Konsekvenser? There Are Always Consequences!

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