The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Jude 1:22-25, “And have mercy on some, who are doubting;

23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.

24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.”

I can recall more than one occasion when someone said to me, “I know you! You saved me!” Those of you who know me, know with certainty that I would never allow words like those to stand unchallenged. I quickly and lovingly corrected those persons, saying, “No, I didn’t save you. Only the LORD Jesus Christ can do that. What I did was help you to come to faith in Him. He alone did the saving!”

When Jude says, “save others,” in verse 23, he’s not saying what my young, Christian friends said to me. Rather, he is saying what I said to them. We have never saved anyone, but we have shown mercy to some and helped them out of their doubts. In fact, Jude clarifies what he said by adding verse 24: “Now to Him, who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless…” Jesus only can allow us to stand blamelessly in “the presence of His glory.”

All praise must go to God alone! It is sufficient that you and I are allowed to experience the joy of seeing others come to faith in Christ. Jude closes his short letter saying “to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our LORD, be glory (honor), majesty (greatness), dominion (strength, might), and authority (power to act), before all time and now and forever.”

All of that having been said, we have joy unspeakable from the LORD when He uses to share His Word! How long has it been since you

seriously talked to someone about Jesus Christ? They’re all around us –and they’re waiting for someone to show them love and mercy.

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.”