The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 John 1:1-4, “What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we beheld and our hands handled, concerning the Word of Life–

2 and the life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us–

3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, that you also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.

4 And these things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.”

When I first studied Greek in college, our first lessons centered around this First Letter of the Apostle John. We were told that is was the easiest Greek in the New Testament, something we seriously doubted by the end of that lesson. What John does is give essential evidence of the reality of our LORD Jesus Christ. John had heard Jesus speak; he had visibly seen Jesus with his eyes; he had touched Him. Jesus Christ was real to John and He is real to us!

John wants us to have fellowship with Christ. He’s sharing with us the One who has come into close fellowship with him.

We’re a lot like that. When we find a new friend, we want to share that friend with others. I know the growing number of

friends to whom I send this Grands Letter. Sometimes, I encounter a new friend and think, “She should know her”; or “He should be acquainted with him.” Then I email the two individuals and seek to acquaint each with the other. That’s exactly what John is doing –only, the Friend he offers is Jesus Christ.

As I grow older, my fellowship with Christ grows, too. Perhaps the LORD is prompting me to let go of the things of this world as I move closer and closer to Eternity with Him. The truth is that things I have cherished throughout the years are of

far less value to me now than they were even in my recent past. What captivates my thinking is precisely what captivated John’s thinking in these verses: he is proclaiming his most prized possession: his Friend, Jesus Christ.

Why wait until life passes by so quickly? Start today/tonight and share Christ Jesus with those who have never met Him.

Have you met Him? I guarantee you that meeting Him and sharing Him with others will make your joy complete! There’s just nothing quite like it in this world!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”