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12-08-2007, 10:31 AM
"Word Not In Vain"
A highwayman once stopped John Wesley and demanded his money or his life.
Wesley, after giving him the money, said, "Let me speak one word to you; the time may come when you will regret the course of life in which you are now engaged.Remember this, 'The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.' "
No more was said, and they parted.
Many years after, as Wesley was going out of a church in which he had been preaching, a stranger introduced himself, and asked Wesley if he remembered being waylaid at such a time.
Wesley said he recollected it.
"I was that man," said the stranger, "and that single verse you quoted on that occasion was the means of a total change in my life and habits. I have long since been in the practice of attending the house of God and of giving attention to His Word, and trust that I am a Christian."
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A highwayman once stopped John Wesley and demanded his money or his life.
Wesley, after giving him the money, said, "Let me speak one word to you; the time may come when you will regret the course of life in which you are now engaged.Remember this, 'The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.' "
No more was said, and they parted.
Many years after, as Wesley was going out of a church in which he had been preaching, a stranger introduced himself, and asked Wesley if he remembered being waylaid at such a time.
Wesley said he recollected it.
"I was that man," said the stranger, "and that single verse you quoted on that occasion was the means of a total change in my life and habits. I have long since been in the practice of attending the house of God and of giving attention to His Word, and trust that I am a Christian."
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Author Unknown