The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 19: 4, “And Pilate came out again, and said to them, ‘Behold, I am

bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no guilt in Him.’”

In Acts 3:13, Luke says that “Pilate…was determined to let (Jesus) go.”

Why Pilate was disposed to release Jesus is nowhere clearer than when

it was said that into Pilate’s “life there came Jesus, and suddenly he saw

what he had missed. That day he might have found all that he had missed;

but he had not the courage to defy the world in spite of his past, and to take

his stand with Christ and a future which was glorious” (Barclay).

That is an excellent assessment of what we need to do in our lives. Pilate

waited too long, and missed his opportunity. He knew Jesus was innocent,

but lacked the courage to make a stand for Christ.

I have an Iranian friend to whom I sent the paper, “As Simply As I Can Say It.”

I sent it in Farsi, because that’s her first language. This week, she told me she

received it, but would I send it again in English. I continue to be excited because

her request is an indication that the opportunity for her to come to faith in Christ

has not been missed. Just pray for my Iranian friend that she will be saved.

I am attaching the English copy. Feel free to use it as the LORD leads you.

We love and pray for you and your witness, too,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”