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God’s Word Convicts and ChangesJohn was once stopped by a man who demanded his money or his life. After giving him the money, John 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, ‘and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.’”No more was said, and they parted. Many years later, as John was going out of a church where he had been preaching, a stranger introduced himself and asked Wesley if he remembered being robbed. The preacher said he remembered.“I was the man,” said the stranger, “and that single verse you quoted on that occasion was the means that had started me in the practice of attending the house of God and of giving attention to His Word, now that I am a Christian.”“So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:11