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

if the soul be immortal.
In Ps. 37:10 we read: "For yet a little while, and
the wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently
consider his place, and it shall not be." Again, in
Isa. 41:11, 12, we read a promise of what the Lord
will do with those who contend with the "seed of
Abraham," "the friend of God:" "Behold, all they
that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed
and confounded; they shall be as nothing; and they
that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek
them, and shalt not find them, even them that
contended with thee; they that war against thee
shall be as nothing, and as a thing of naught." But
to the meek, to those who learn of Christ, it is
promised: "But the meek shall inherit the earth; and
shall delight themselves in the abundance of
peace." "The seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell
therein forever." Ps. 37:11, 28, 29. All is summed
up by the Lord Jesus in one sentence, as follows:
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life;
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life."
John 3:36. And again: "Verily, verily, I say unto
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