There is a sin leading to death and Jesus names it. "Blashpeming the Holy Spirit". All other sins are forgiveable. How is sin forgiven? Confession and repentance are how sin is forgiven. A person who practices a sin has rejected God's truth and will be judged in this life through discipline and in the next life in judgment.
Heb 9:27-28
27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. NAS
If purgatory is an option why is purgatory not mentioned in the NT?
2. Canonicity:
Since the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) includes only the first 2 books of Maccabees, these are the only books pronounced canonical by the Council of Trent and included in recognized Protestant versions of the Apocrypha (see APOCRYPHA). That 1 Maccabees was used largely in the early Christian church is proved by the numerous references made to it and quotations from it in the writings of Tertullian (died 220), Clement of Alexandria (died 220), Hippolytus (died 235), Origen (died 254), etc. The last named states that 1 Maccabees is uncanonical, and it is excluded from the lists of canonical writings given by Athanasius (died 373), Cyril of Jerusalem (died 386), and Gregory of Nazianzus (died 390). Indeed, none of the books of the Maccabees was recognized as canonical until the Council of Trent (1553) gave this rank to the first 2 books, and Protestants continue in their confessions to exclude the whole of the Apocrypha from the Bible proper, though Luther maintained that 1 Maccabees was more worthy of a place in the Canon than many books now included in it.
http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T5647
2 Maccabees was probably written about 40 B.C. and was not even accepted as canon by the RCC until 1553. Maccabees is part of the "traditions of men" that Jesus preached against, so I will not accept 2 Maccabees to establish any doctrine.
There is absolutely no Biblical evidence to establish a purging period after death. The Bible is clear that Christ paid our debts and cancelled any outstanding decrees and the Bible is clear believers will have their works judged and be rewarded accordingly.
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