You are right. Her mom told me this morning, the learners attend catholic church. And maybe that's why they don't find the doctrine strange. Only the two South Africans which has not grown up with this kind of doctrine.
But the parents are in contact with the school to try to get them exempt from attending that class.
They have asked for your prayers. I cannot fathom that learners are not taught the truth. I feel very sad. And the bible is not consulted.
God bless
In the case of Purgatory, they are then being taught a false teaching. Taking into consideration all related scripture regarding the subject of Hades/hell, once a person dies without the shed blood of Christ covering them, their record is sealed. At that point, God's grace and mercy, as well as the offer of salvation, are no longer in operation.
There are unfortunately three individual words translated as Hell:
Tartarus/Tartaroo = Used once in 2 Peter 2:4 referring to the place where the angels who sinned and who were put into chains of darkness under the earth until the great white throne judgment. These spoken of where most likely those angels who took wives from the progeny of mankind and brought forth the Nephilim/giants and corrupted mankind by teaching them sorcery, divination, astrology, etc., etc. Jude 1:6 also mentions these angels by description only.
Hades - Had-ace - Is defined as properly, the "unseen place," referring to the (invisible) realm in which all the dead reside, i.e. the present dwelling place of where all the spirits of the unrighteous dead depart to. There are many scriptures that identify the location of Hades as being in the depths of the earth (see Luke 10:15). Hades is synonymous with Sheol, i.e. they are the same place.
Gehenna = The final place of punishment for all of the unrighteous dead, i.e. all of those whose names do not appear in the book of life at the great white throne judgment. Other names for it are, the lake of fire, the second death and everlasting fire. This is the place that was created for Satan and his angels (see Matt.25:41)
According to the Catholic teaching of Purgatory, once a person receives Christ as Lord and Savior and are baptized, all sin up to that point is forgiven. All sins committed after Baptism are absolved by the priest after performing the appointed sacraments. Any sin that is not absolved during the persons life, will be put into Purgatory in order to be purified through the flames. According to their teaching, everyone will go to Purgatory for an undisclosed amount of time.
However, the truth is that Jesus paid the penalty for all sins, past, present and future as long as we continue in faith. For 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Also, the true believer does not need to be absolved by another sinner, for we are able to go directly to the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. In addition, there is one mediator between God and man, which is Christ Jesus who sat down at the right hand of God and who always makes intercession for us. We neither need to go through Mary nor a Catholic priest, but we are told to pray to the Father in the name of Christ alone.
