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Among various pseudo-Christian movements such as the Watchtower Society and the Christadelphians, there has been an apologetic effort to posit the notion of the conditional immortality (or "CI") of the human soul. In light of the propositions of those who purport CI, Christians must find the basis for their belief in the revelation of the Almighty God. Should the Scriptures concur with either view, the incorrect view must be surrendered and given unto the trash heap of demonic doctrines and fallible traditions (2Cor 10:5). It is my position that the orthodox view is not only substantiated in Scripture, but assumed. Therefore, I will provide some of the most clear and obvious proofs for the immortality of the soul as provided by the Spirit of truth.

Luke 23:43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

To even the most ardent of critics, this text provides an important look into how the Lord Jesus understood the afterlife. I contend that within this text, the Lord Jesus tells the thief that indeed, "today you will be with me in paradise." Incredibly, even given the explicit nature of this statement, there are arguments to the contrary. David Burge, a unitarian CI apologist offers the following arguments:

"In the original Greek manuscripts of the New Testament there was no punctuation. We are at liberty to read the text, “I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). There are a number of reasons for preferring this option:

1. The thief actually asked Jesus to remember him “when you come into your kingdom”(Luke 23:42), that is when he begins his future Messianic reign;
2. The “paradise” of Scripture is the New Heavens and the New Earth (Rev. 2:7, 22:1-5), Eden restored! It is yet future, when Christ shall come in his kingdom;
3. Had Luke intended the word “today”to belong to the latter clause and not the former he might have put the Greek word hoti as he does in Luke 4:21 and 19:9. He does not.
4. Phrases such as “I command you this day” are used frequently in the book of Deuteronomy, for example, to give emphasis to solemn utterances. “This day” goes with verb preceding it in both Matthew 6:11 and Luke 2:11 for other New Testament examples of this."(1.)

While I commend Burge's acknowledgement that the punctuation we now employ in our English translations was not present in... [Read More]