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God's Pardon Through Jesus Christ |
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this is taken from the *June 1990 issue of Biola's Moments in the Word
www.biola.edu * I doubt they continue publishing this work, this was around the time I graduated H.S. A yound man lost his temper one day while playing cards. Picking up a revolver, he shot and killed his opponent. He was arrested, tried, and finally sentenced to death. Consequently, a Christian gentleman visited the prison to see the young man. As he approached the cell, the prisoner noticed his clergyman's outfit. "Get out of here!" he shouted. "I don't want to see you. I have had seven of your kind already." "Wait a minute, you man," replied the visitor. "I have good news for you - the very best! Let me tell you about it." Although the visitor implored him, the prisoner violently refused to listen to him, threatening even to have him put out. With a heavy heart, the visitor turned and left. A few minutes later the warden appeard. "Well, you man," he said, "I see you have had a visitor from the governor." "What?" exclaimed the prisoner. "Was that man dressed as a clergyman really the governor?" "He was," answered the warden, "and he had a pardon in his pocket for you, but you wouldn't even listen to him." "Get me a pen and some paper," requested the prisoner, who feverishly sat down and wrote the governor an apology. The governor read his letter, turned it over, and wrote on the back, "No longer interested in this case." When the day arrived for the young man's execution, he was asked if he had anything to say before he died. "Yes," he replied. "Tell youn men everywhere that I am not dying because I am a murderer; I could have lived. Tell them I am dying because I refuse to accept the governor's pardon." My friend, if you are someday eternally lost, it willnot be simply because of your sins-no matter how great and terrible they are. Jesus Christ (God's Son) suffered, bled, and died on the cross for your sins. Since He took your punishment, God can fogive you! If you end up in hell, it will be because you refused God's pardon based on the death of His Son Jesus Chrsit. "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believed is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John 3:18) The choice is yours! You can accept God's pardon or ignore it and spend eternity damned in hell. Which will it be? |
