Old John was a peddler. He was such a bad character in the village that he was known as “Drunken John.”
One night old John went to a gospel meeting, and he took Christ as his Saviour. The news soon spread among the village that John was saved. Many people came around him in the street, just to see what he was like.
“Sure enough, there is a great change in him,” said one.
“He’s not drunk, and not swearing as he used to,” said another.
There was old John, his face shining with joy, selling his fish and quoting John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).
“Old John is dead — I am new John,” he would sometimes tell his friends. How true that is, for anyone who comes to Christ receives a new life, and he is a new creature.
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