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What was in Billy Graham's will?

CHARLOTTE, NC — Billy Graham's last will and testament has been filed publicly. The beautifully worded document is full of language sure to uplift his followers.

"I urge all who shall read this document to read and study the Scriptures daily and to trust only in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation," Graham wrote.

Graham passed away February 21 at the age of 99. In his decades of service, he transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history.

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The will itself is 16 pages long. Much of it is a standard legal document that divides up assets and designates executors.

However, Graham did not pass up the opportunity to preach one last time.

"When you read this I will be safely with Jesus in Paradise," he wrote.

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"I read it, and then I read it again and I thought to myself 'this is Billy's last sermon said author Ken Garfield who has written several book about Graham.

"You could take these first 6 or 7 paragraphs of will and it's kind of the story of his life," said Garfield.

The language is thoughtful and at time introspective.

"Whether I have handled things properly or not, we will have to await the judgement at the Judgement Seat of Christ when all things will be revealed," Graham wrote.

And Graham muses about the great amount of money that came with his ministry.

"We have tried to use our material blessings for the glory of God," he wrote.

The entire document speaks to the Reverend Graham's simplicity. It's the same man with the same message - something his son Franklin talked about at his funeral.

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The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, now led by Franklin Graham, is listed as a beneficiary in the will. So are Billy Graham's five children and his literary trust, which holds the copyrights to his works.

His testament ends with:

"I have done my best before the Lord and I have confidence in all of you that you will consider that you are only trustees of what I have left."

"I think what people will take from this," said Garfield. "Is that Billy is preaching till the end and after the end."