63-1028 Pardon

It means more than anything in the world. There is not anything any greater.

• A good education

• To have a good job

• Eternal Life

• A Christian family

Answer explanation

Para 8

But I’m so glad that there is something that’s real, after this is all over. Then you enter in to something that means more than these other things. Which, they are—they are essential. Certainly they are, to who is going to be the mother of our…and father of our children, and our homes and so forth, and the education of the children. But, even that, all perishes. It goes. But Life Eternal is the greatest thing I know of.

Which song were the people singing as they were walking behind the great English trucks full of crutches and wheelchairs, that the people had laid on the day before?

• "The great Physician now is near"

• "Blessed assurance"

• "There is a fountain, filled with blood"

• "Only believe, all things are possible"

Answer explanation

Para 17

The next morning, while Sidney Smith, the mayor of Durban, called me on the phone, which was at the meeting. We had somewhat around two hundred thousand at the stadium, or the—or the racetrack. And he said, “Go to your window and look out the window.” And there came seven van loads. And them great English trucks was practically, almost across this room, full of crutches and wheelchairs, and—and things that the people had laid on, the day before. And they were walking behind the trucks, singing, with their hands in the air, the song that you sang a few moments ago, “Only believe, all things are possible.”

Do all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Para 24

And I will speak to you tonight from a Scripture that I want to read out of the book of Romans, Romans the 8th chapter. And we want to begin at the 28th verse, and read down to 32nd verse, inclusive. Romans 8:28.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are…called according to his purpose.

God, through His Son, has pardoned us from this guilt of iniquity and sin.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Para 25

The Bible said here, tonight, that, “He gave us all things.” Well, we certainly could not speak on “all things.” But we will take one thing that He has give us, and that is: Pardon. And I think that’s a glorious word, to be “pardoned.” Because, we are all guilty of sin. We’ve all sinned and come short of the glory of God. And God, through His Son, has pardoned us from this guilt of iniquity and sin.

Which president pardoned the sentenced foot soldier for neglecting his post of duty in time of battle?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Answer explanation

Para 26-27

26 And a pardon reminds me of a story I read once, of in the Revolutionary War, I believe it was. That, there was a man, a soldier, foot soldier that had did something that was…The courts had found him guilty and he was sentenced to be shot. I believe it was, neglecting his post of duty in time of battle. And he—he was going to be killed by a firing squad.

27 And one fellow felt so sorry for this man until he finally made his way to the—the great President Lincoln.

"A pardon is not a pardon unless it be _______ as a pardon."

• Accepted

• Given

• Written

• Approved

Answer explanation

Para 33

And then here is a—a—a release from Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States, to release this man, and yet they shot him. So, it was tried in the Federal Courts, and here was the decision, “A pardon is not a pardon unless it be accepted as a pardon.”

A pardon from God is a release from _______.

• Guilt

• Work

• Trials

• Temptation

Answer explanation

Para 35

Released from guilt, is what we wish to place on this. A pardon from God is a release from guilt.

When the Emancipation Proclamation was signed for the slaves in the South, what time was set that they would be free?

• Afternoon

• Evening

• Sun down

• Sun up

Answer explanation

Para 37

I was told, when the Emancipation of the Proclamation was signed for the slaves in the South, many years ago, that the set time that they were free was at sunup on a certain morning.

You’re pardoned the minute that you accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Para 38

Oh, if sinners tonight could only be that anxious to know that you’re pardoned. You’re pardoned the minute that you accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour. Then you are pardoned.

What does the word "death" mean?

• "Liberation"

• "Separation"

• "Suffering"

• "Pain"

Answer explanation

Para 47

Now, the word death means “separation.”