What Divides Catholics and Protestants?

Well it has been quite sometime since I have posted anything and I have decided that it is time to get back into the swing of things.

So the title of this post is the actual title of an article that I saw on one of the RSS feeds that I receive. So as I read the article, I came across one part in particular that I thought I would discuss here.

The one paragraph that I thought I would comment on today is shown below.

To Catholics, faith in Christ is only the beginning of salvation, and the individual must engage in good works for eternal salvation. Purgatory, for example, is where man goes after death if he did not sufficiently pay for his sins.

The problem that I have with this. There is no such thing as purgatory. No where in the Bible is there a place called purgatory. This is a made up place. Purgatory also makes the sacrifice that Christ made on the cross, less necessary. As the quote above states it is where a man goes after death if HE did not SUFFICIENTLY pay for his sins. There is nothing any man can do to pay for his sins. Paul makes it quite clear in his letter to the Ephesians 2:8-9

8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.

The book of John also tells us that belief in the son provides eternal life not anything that I have done. It is God's grace that we are saved.

John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."

My Catholic friends you need to do some real study to see what is the truth and what has been made up by the Catholic church. Open the word of God and see what it says, All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness 2 Timothy 3:16

THINK ABOUT IT, AND READ THE WORD (DON'T BE HOODWINKED)