[Propertalk] Fwd: This Week’s Illustration - No pardon without acceptance

[Joe Parrish]

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http://www.proclaimsermons.com/illustration.asp



This Week’s Illustration


An idea to serve as an example or spark an alternative sermon.


 
No pardon without acceptance

God chooses to save us. How do you choose to respond? In 1830, George Wilson was convicted of robbing the U.S. mail and was sentenced to be hanged. President Andrew Jackson issued a pardon for Wilson, but he refused to accept it. In an historic Supreme Court decision, the justices concluded that Wilson would have to be executed. “A pardon is a slip of paper,” Chief Justice Marshall wrote in his explanation, “the value of which is determined by the acceptance of the person to be pardoned. If it is refused, it is no pardon. George Wilson must be hanged.”
For some, the pardon comes too late. For others, the pardon is not accepted.



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