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  1. The Greatest Pardon Ever Offered

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    The Greatest Pardon Ever Offered — a word by Pastor Bill Young from The Rock Church in Draper, UT. "Don’t reject the greatest pardon God has ever offered. Receive it. The Judge Himself has signed it in the blood of His own Son."

    Every once in a while, history gives us a story so powerful that it almost sounds like someone made it up.

    In 1830, a court sentenced a man named George Wilson to death for robbing the U.S. Mail and taking a man’s life. Before Wilson’s execution, however, President Andrew Jackson did something extraordinary. He signed a full presidential pardon.

    Even so, George Wilson did the unthinkable.

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  2. The Gospel

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    I am so very thankful for the Gospel. Without a doubt, it has entirely changed the course of my life. And even more incredible is to know that in faith, I believe the Gospel has changed the course of my eternal life. 

    Separation

    Before I came to know Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior, I was just like every person (who also inherited sin) since the fall of Adam and Eve. A life separated from God for all eternity. I can’t begin to express the enormity of that truth in this life. Or, let’s take it further into the almost incomprehensible eternal life. Forever! Early in my walk with God, the verse below absolutely wrecked me. And even now, when I read it, I almost gasp out loud. Like the sound you might make when you witness someone getting horribly injured.

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