The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

II Corinthians 5:20-21, “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ,

as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf

of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 He made Him who knew no sin

to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness

of God in Him.”

It’s always exciting to hear from someone we’ve not seen for a

long time. It’s even more exciting when we see someone we’ve

not seen for a long time. It’s one thing to get a letter; it’s another

thing to get a visit. All that is to say they while we are letters

(II Cor. 3:2), we are also visitors –ambassadors—for Christ. We

are His messengers, sent to share the Good News of Jesus’ death

and resurrection with those who don’t know Him. We are there

to aid them, even when they often don’t know they need aid.

We are to speak with authority and with persistence because we

are dealing with eternal matters of life and death!

What makes a matter worse is when someone is dying and doesn’t

know it. If it were a physical matter, we would do everything

possible to help. But it’s more serious than that! It’s an eternal

matter. They live an observably clean life; they go to church;

they believe in God. What more do they need? They need Jesus!

Leah Remini is an actress, who left the horrid cult of Scientology

and is now seeking to expose the danger of that cultic group. Her

problem, however, is that she has not replaced the cult with Christ!

She believes her Catholic religion is sufficient, but it’s not. It’s no

more sufficient than my Baptist baptism! The Good News is not

about a religion; it’s about Jesus Christ, who became our sin and

died in our place and arose from the dead that we might have a

true and pure relationship with God the Father. We became

“relatives” of the LORD –and on a personal basis– when we trusted

Jesus for what did for us! Now, it’s for us to be His witnesses and

help others to know Him. Letters—yes, we are; but messengers

all the more.

You are loved and in our daily prayers,

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.”