Purgatory

The Roman Catholic Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. If you are praying for loved ones you believe are in purgatory, you need to be aware that G-d didn't tell you they were there, a group of religious leaders did:
What makes this doctrine even more disturbing is that the Bible never indicates such a place exists. Neither does the Bible teach that further purification after death is necessary to earn going to heaven. On the contrary, G-d's Word declares that salvation is a free gift:
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 "...by the righteousness of one (Jesus) the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." Romans 5:18
Would an honest, loving G-d offer you eternal life as a free gift - then make you suffer to earn it - then lie about it in His Word?
If the Bible is to be believed, then there is no need for further purification for those who die in Messiah. They have already been justified by Y'Shua.
We are all given ‘free-will’ and by the time of our death we have made our choices. Once dead we can not change our choice; remembering the dead is a good thing but praying for them is in vain.
If we could change their choices to make sure they end up in heaven than there is no resend for ‘free-will’.
In Scripture when the men wanted to bury their dead they were told in Matt. 8:21-22 and Luke 9:60:
“And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead”. Meaning: the spiritually dead would bury the dead loved ones; it was more important work to have been done at the time.
If the Bible is so clear on this subject, why did the Catholic Church institute a doctrine that has persuaded faithful members to give multiplied millions of dollars to the church to have prayers and Masses said on behalf of departed loved ones? You must answer that for yourself.
The Hebrew custom was to light a candle in ‘remembrance’ of their dead loved ones.Now, at least you know that the doctrine of purgatory was hatched from the minds of mortal men.
Unfortunately what we were taught as a child is not always right. And Scripture says in 2 Timothy 2:15 “to study to show thyself approved, onto God, rightly dividing the word of truth”. Don’t take my word at it, check it out for yourself. Fine out what is truth and what is tradition, it will be fully worth your time to follow the right path to take.