When evangelist John Wesley was returning home from a service one night, this was in the, you know, mid-1700s,

he was robbed by a thief in the street. And he found his victim, that this robber found his victim to have only a few dollars and just nothing really but some

Christian literature and stuff and it was really kind of a waste and the guy just the bandit

you know just took off and was ready to run but Wesley said wait wait I have more to give you

and so the thieves stopped, the robber paused.

And he said, my friend, you may live to regret this sort of lifestyle that you have right now.

He said, but if you ever do regret that, here's something to remember, the blood of Jesus

Christ cleanses us from all sin.

That's what I have to give you. The guy looked at him, sort of puzzled,

and then just took off and kept running. But as the thief hurried away, Wesley went home and

prayed that night that his words would bear fruit in that guy's life. Well, years later,

you guessed it, Wesley was greeting people after a Sunday service. Many, many years later,

when he was approached by a stranger, he looked like a well-to-do businessman, successful, who was a believer in Christ,

and he was the same man who robbed him years before. And the guy looked at Wesley, said,

I owe it all to you, said the transformed man. He said,

oh, no, my friend, Wesley exclaimed, not me, but the precious blood of Christ that cleanses us

from all sin. It was back to the word that he shared. It was about the blood of Jesus. I love

that just the power of the truth of the word that it has in people's lives.

There's nothing in the world that can change a life, I think, more than the Word of God.

The Word of God is living and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword.

You can read whatever you want, and you're not going to have as much power as the Bible packs.

And that's why it's so great to be here with you on a Wednesday night, study in Scripture.

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