The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Corinthians 2:1-5, “And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority

of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

4 And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in

demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

5 that your faith should not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.”

It was one of those extraordinary situations. I was leaving a meeting where some of the most well-known preachers of that era had spoken. In the huge exodus from the auditorium, one person was overheard to say, “What a marvelous preacher that man that man is!” While in the same crowd leaving the same meeting, another was overheard to say, “What a marvelous Savior that man has!”

Real ministry for Christ excels not in the magnificence of oratorical genius, but in the humility of heart in the one who has been with Jesus. Paul addresses the Corinthians Christians with this simple truth: Christ and Him crucified. All great men of God have

exemplified personal weakness while emphasizing the strength and power of Almighty God!

Why is this true? The secret is that when men sense their own inadequacy in sharing truths about Almighty God, the Holy Spirit countermands that human weakness with the power of Divine Truth. And it is that truth that convinces lost mankind of his lostness and

awakens his dead spirit to embrace the LORD Jesus Christ as his Savior and LORD! It’s not psychological manipulation; it’s the Divine operation of the Holy Spirit of God.

Let your faith rest in the power of God; and He will touch the soul that we cannot.

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.”