Sermon Illustrations

Short opening extract of William Shakespeares Last will and Testament.

"In the name of God, Amen, I William Shakespeare.... in perfect health and memory, God be praised, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in the manner and form following. That is to say, first I commend my soul into the hands of God my Creator, hoping and assuredly believing through the only merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting...”

Three things to Note:

1. he acknowledged God and His goodness to him also that God was creator.

2. He affirmed he had a never dying soul

3.He accepted that Jesus Christ was his only hope for salvation.

Extract taken from public records office London but can be easily found on the web.