The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 19:10-11, “So Pilate said to Him, ‘You do not speak to me?

Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have

authority to crucify You?’

11 Jesus answered, ‘You would have no authority over Me, unless

it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered

Me to you has the greater sin.’”

Do you remember things that occurred when you were four years old?

I was four years old when Adolph Hitler march into Poland. Two

years later America was attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese

and we entered World War II. I didn’t know it then, but war has

everything to do with authority! Pilate emphasized his authority;

but Jesus said His Father in Heaven had greater authority than he.

Donald J. Trump is the new President of these United States. He is

in authority over many aspects of our government. Some view him

as the most powerful man in the world at this time. But, have you

noticed how President Trump acknowledges God? He may not be

a born-again Christian like Vice-President Pence, but unlike Pilate,

he does acknowledge the power and authority of Almighty God.

Who is authoritative in your life? Is it you? or is God? It had

better be God. The “greater sin” of which Jesus spoke, lay at the

feet of the Jewish religious leaders. What they were doing was

even more sinister than anything Pilate would do. And Pilate was

fearful through this whole affair (v. 8). You and I had better be

fearful, too. I am! Are you?

We love you more than you’ll ever know,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas