The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Corinthians 1:4-8, “I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God

which was given you in Christ Jesus,

5 that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

6 even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,

7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord

Jesus Christ,

8 who shall also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The Corinthians –even the Christians among them—were not without sin. Yet, they had traveled a long way down the road of redemption when compared with the Galatians. Still, with the Apostle Paul, all believers were remembered in his prayers. His ministry linked them with the grace of God and they were enriched in the LORD with every possible spiritual gift.

Consider Moses. He didn’t think he had the speaking ability that was necessary to reach those to whom the LORD intended to send him. So, the LORD sent Moses’ brother Aaron along. Yet, in the end of their assignment, Moses discovered his speech was quite sufficient.

No employer worth his salt would require an employee to do a job without furnishing him the needed tools to do it. Would you not be surprised, therefore, if I were to tell you that the moment you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, the LORD God implanted within you every spiritual gift necessary to complete His design for your entire spiritual life on this Earth?

The New Testament informs us that there are specific divisions of spiritual gifts: Serving Gifts and Speaking Gifts. There are seven specific Serving Gifts and five specific Speaking Gifts. The Serving Gifts include Faith, Discernment of Spirits, Helps, Mercy, Management, Leadership and Giving. The Speaking Gifts are Preaching, Teaching, Exhortation, Knowledge and Wisdom. There was also a Sign Gift. It provided the ability to speak in languages totally unstudied and unknown to the speaker. This gift was specifically present for the evangelization of the Jews and was terminated with the completion of the Scriptures at the end of the first century when Paul said, “tongues shall cease of themselves” (???????, ?????????) (1 Cor. 13:8).

It is important that all believers in Jesus Christ examine these spiritual gifts and apply them as the Holy Spirit leads. Further information on the gifts is contained in the attachment included with this Letter. God bless you abundantly!

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.”