Trump shares letter from Franklin Graham telling him to just accept Jesus as his Saviour

President Donald Trump shared a letter on Palm Sunday that had been sent to him by evangelist Franklin Graham last October, which urged him to significantly consider his everlasting state, accept Jesus Christ as his Saviour and stop trusting in his own works if he hopes to go to Heaven.

In a letter dated Oct. 15, 2025, Graham congratulated Trump for securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the return of remaining Israeli hostages, which he praised as “incredible accomplishments” and “a solution to prayer” amid Trump’s “historic” leadership. He also praised Trump for being a peacemaker, noting that Jesus promised blessing for such figures.

Graham went on to exhort the president to keep in mind that, despite his many accomplishments and apparent blessings, neither he nor anyone else can earn favour before God and salvation from Hell aside from trusting within the righteousness and atoning death of Jesus Christ, performed on their behalf.

“This week you commented to the media that you just won’t be heaven sure,” Graham wrote, referring to remarks Trump made last October, walking back previous comments he made last August suggesting he might earn a spot in paradise by inking peace deals.

Trump’s initial comments prompted a flurry of theological debate amongst his Evangelical supporters, lots of whom frightened that Trump maintained a faulty view of the Gospel, despite hearing it again and again and narrowly escaping death multiple times.

“Maybe you responded in jest, however it is a very important issue to know for certain that your soul is secure and can spend eternity within the presence of God,” Graham told Trump in his letter. “The only One who can save us from Hell is Jesus Christ. You cannot save yourself; I am unable to save myself.”

Graham, whose father, the late Rev. Billy Graham, preached in person to more people than anyone in history, warned that “good works, prominence, [and] success” are powerless to realize entry into Heaven, adding, “The only option to Heaven is thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ.”

Though Graham was accused by some X users and media outlets of promising Trump he was going to Heaven, Graham’s letter clearly presented Trump’s salvation as conditional upon his faith, which he noted is inextricable with repentance.

“God requires us to show from our sins and, by faith, consider in our heart that Jesus got here to earth, died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and God raised Him to life on the third day,” he said.

“If you accept that by faith and invite Him to return into your heart, you ARE heaven sure, I promise you,” he added.

Graham closed his letter by promising prayer for Trump and quoting the Gospel message from Romans 10:9: “If you confess together with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and consider in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you can be saved.”

Trump shared Graham’s letter amid concerns even from among the president’s staunchest supporters regarding his increasingly mean-spirited attacks in response to the suffering and death of his enemies.

Trump drew scorn for celebrating the death of former special counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller earlier this month, provoked Christian rebuke for attacking his political foes through the National Prayer Breakfast in February and prompted two-thirds disapproval from Republicans for mocking the late Hollywood director Rob Reiner after his own son gruesomely murdered him and his wife in December.

During his eulogy for the late Charlie Kirk at his memorial last September, Trump admitted that he “disagreed” with Kirk with regards to forgiving one’s enemies, noting, “I hate my opponent. And I don’t desire the perfect for them.”

“Erika [Kirk], you possibly can confer with me and the entire group, but perhaps they will persuade me that that is not right, but I am unable to stand my opponent,” he added to Kirk’s widow, who famously forgave her husband’s murderer through the same memorial.

Despite some accusations of cynicism from detractors on social media, Graham’s letter drew approval from figures resembling evangelist and Trump supporter Sean Feucht, who expressed hope last fall that the 79-year-old president’s remarks could indicate that he’s at the very least desirous about eternity and questioning where he’ll spend it.

“He has no shortage of people who have clearly explained to him on phone calls, on conference calls, in person … concerning the forgiveness of sins, repentance, by grace alone you possibly can be saved, not by works,” Feucht said on the time.

“He’s heard it many, again and again. However, I do think it’s amazing […] that he’s acknowledging now that his good works alone — all his wealth, all his fame, all his stature, all his accolades, all his power — just isn’t enough to get him to Heaven, and he’s right. And that takes humility,” said Feucht.

“I think God is moving his heart closer than ever before,” he continued, adding that he’s praying that Trump would have a public conversion experience before he leaves office.

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