The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Acts 16:27-31, “And when the jailer had been roused out of sleep and

had seen the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to

kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried

out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Do yourself no harm, for we are all here!’

29 And he called for lights and rushed in and, trembling with fear, he fell

down before Paul and Silas, 30 and after he brought them out, he said,

‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ 31 And they said, ‘Believe in the Lord

Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.’”

What a night! Paul and Silas had been singing hymns and praising the LORD.

But the jailer had been asleep. When he awoke and saw what had occurred,

he realized that he would be blamed and determined to kill himself. But Paul

SHOUTED to him to STOP! While all of this was actual, two things could be

easily allegorized: one, the world, like the jailer, is asleep to what’s really

going on. They see the melee, the chaos, in the world, but they have no idea

that everything is winding down and headed to the LORD Jesus’ Return! The

only way out they know is suicide. And suicide is NOT the way out! It’s the

way in to Hell itself. The second allegory is that Paul shouted with a LOUD

voice. Sometimes we think the lost world should just “see” us living out our

faith. They may see that we are different, but they have no idea why. And

just “seeing” is not knowing. ~ Ultimately, the jailer asks the universal

question: “What must I do to be saved?” In all probability, he was only

concerned about the salvation of his human life. Yet, Paul replied with a

decidedly spiritual answer: “BELIEVE on the LORD Jesus Christ!” People want

to be “saved” from bankruptcy, from illness, from the loss of loved ones –

from every conceivable physical and mental aberration. Yet, true salvation

is first spiritual and always and only from the LORD. Just think about it.

Our Love and prayers are always for you,

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.”