Bible truth transforms lives, as people put on the “new personality.” (Eph. 4:20-24) In Palau lived a drunkard notorious for violence and phenomenal strength. Due to fear of this man, barrooms emptied quickly upon his entry. Once he fought seven men and threw them all in the ocean. Despite his opposition, his wife studied the Scriptures. She began applying Bible principles and this so impressed him that he also began to study. After her baptism, he requested a study more than once a week and began making real changes in his life. He joined the Theocratic Ministry School. After conforming his life to righteous principles, he started sharing in the house-to-house ministry. Looking back, he comments: “In my thirty-eight years of life, more than half of them were spent inside false religion. For nearly twenty years I was a Lutheran, and for six years a Seventh-day Adventist. During these years, I got drunk every day, got into fights and spent more time in jail than in the village, experiencing much pain and sorrow. Now I am very happy to know the truth. I don’t drink anymore, and though materially poor, I am very happy in life. I hope to get baptized this year.”

Evidence that God’s Word is alive and exerts power to transform lives (Heb. 4:12) was furnished at an Indian assembly where this experience was related by one brother: “I was a rascal. Smuggling was my business. To cheat the government was a pleasure. I loved liquor and gambling. My gang thought we were kings of the village. What a change! The knowledge I gained from the Bible transformed me. I am no longer a drunkard, have no interest in gambling and I hate the smuggling business. I was a Roman Catholic. Now I have seen the light of truth and want to praise Jehovah for his undeserved kindness. . . . Jehovah, his Word and his organization have helped me to become a new person.”