Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Purgatory. As you rightly noted, it is closely connected to the intermediate state and shaped by the Catholic theological perspective. I agree that this view tends to place emphasis on the actions of others, personal works, and various processes as contributing factors to one’s final entrance into heaven. By contrast, the gospel teaches that our salvation is entirely by grace through faith, and that we are justified on that basis alone.
I also fully agree with the way you expressed it: no human being can open that door for us. Only Jesus Christ Himself can. He is the way, the truth, and the life—indeed, the only door through which we may enter into eternity with Him.
I also fully agree with the way you expressed it: no human being can open that door for us. Only Jesus Christ Himself can. He is the way, the truth, and the life—indeed, the only door through which we may enter into eternity with Him.