The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Luke 1:1-4, “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,

2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word have handed them down to us,

3 it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in

consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; 4 so that you might know the exact truth about the things you have

been taught.”

Did you ever have an idea and believed it so fervently that you refused to investigate to see if you were wrong?

That has happened to a lot of people. Some of the ideas to which we fervently hold really don’t matter that much.

But, when we come to the Bible, the very Word of the Living God, we need to examine it most carefully.

When the Romans ruled the world, they often sent Greek slaves to medical school in order that they might serve as their family doctors. In all probability (thought it cannot be proved), Luke, the author of the third Gospel account, had been a Roman slave. Yet, somewhere along the line, he became a follow of Jesus Christ and later became the travelling companion of the Apostle Paul.

Inasmuch as Luke is writing to Theophilus (“lover of God”), a powerful ruler in his own right, we have to conclude that he wanted to get the story of Jesus straight; therefore, he “investigated everything carefully (with exactness) from the beginning to write it out for (him) in consecutive order…”

Luke, however, was not the only biblical investigator. Many years later, Sir William Ramsay, the renound Scotish archeologist, and a devout atheist, set out to disprove the Bible! Yet, in the conclusion of his extensive research, he became a believer and wrote the following concerning Luke’s account,

I take the view that Luke’s history is unsurpassed in regard

to its trustworthiness…. You may press the words of Luke

in a degree beyond any other historian’s and they stand

the keenest scrutiny and the hardest treatment.

Yes, Luke wrote his Gospel account specifically for Theophilus, but God intended it also to be for you and me,. So think like that when you read it. This was written especially for me! In that way, you will read it more carefully (just like

Luke originally wrote it) and it will become more meaningful to your life. It’s interesting, too, that a lowly servant wrote

it for the lowly servant who is reading this letter and for the lowly servant who has written it out for you. Isn’t it amazing how the LORD works!?

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.”