The Immortality of the Soul, Is it a Scriptural Doctrine? - Alonzo T. Jones

and so to subvert the mission of Christ.
That sin is to be eternal is strenuously
maintained by those who believe that the soul is
immortal. This is shown positively in the doctrine
of the eternal torment of the wicked. In fact, the
belief in the eternal torment of the wicked is simply
the necessary consequence of the belief in the
immortality of the soul. We know, for the word of
God says it, that the wicked will be punished. We
know likewise, by the same authority, that they
will be punished as long as they live (aion-a
lifetime). Now if they live eternally, it is evident
that they will be in pain eternally. But the word of
God says just as plainly that the wicked shall die as
it says anything at all about them. "The wages of
sin is death." Rom. 6:23. "The soul that sinneth, it
shall die." Eze. 18:4. That word tells us of a time
when "every creature which is in heaven, and on
the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in
the sea, and all that are in them," shall be heard
saying, "Blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb forever and ever." Rev. 5:13.
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