John Wesley, the well-known preacher of years ago, while crossing the open fields one day, was threatened by a man who demanded his money.
Mr. Wesley gave the robber what money he had, and then said to him: “It may be that one day you’ll be sorry that you have thus sinned against God. Should it ever be so, remember that ‘the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin’.” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).)
Years afterward Mr. Wesley was preaching in a certain town, and just as he stepped down from the platform, a man came forward and said, “Sir, do you remember being robbed by a highwayman some years ago?”
“Yes,” replied Mr. Wesley; “I do.”
“Well, sir, I am that man. The thought of my sins made me miserable after a while. Then I remembered the words you had spoken to me: ‘The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.’ So I went to the Lord Jesus, and told Him everything. Now I trust in Him as the Saviour of my soul.”
So the poor robber found that the precious blood of Christ was able to wash away his sins of scarlet dye.
Life is found alone in Jesus,
Only there ‘tis offered thee—
Offered without price or money
‘Tis the gift of God sent free.
ML 06/30/1968