First let me say that I didn’t read the article because I was gobsmacked ( speechless with amazement) by the title. “The Ultimate Pardon”
I was struck through the heart reading that phrase. I thank my Lord Jesus often for my free gift of salvation, but not yet today.
So Jesus, my Lord and Savior, thank you for saving this sinner from the destruction I deserved. This FREE GIFT of forgiveness of sin, of eternal life, that I could never EARN. Dear Lord, I am humbled before you that of all the people of this world, you chose this sinner to grant salvation/a pardon for his crimes (sins) against you.
Maybe this a common phrase about salvation, but I don’t remember hearing it before. In any case God used it to speak to me, I hope this message speaks to you.
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.