The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:30, “And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him

as head over all things to the church,

23 which is His body, the fulness of Him who fills all in all….

30 because we are members of His body.”

In seeking to study through the verses above, I encountered an author who said, “As it stands, this world is a complete disunity. There is disunity between Jew and Gentile, between Greek and barbarian; there is disunity between different men within the same nation; there is disunity within every man, for in every man the good strives with the evil; there is disunity between man and the beasts; and, above all, there is disunity between man and God. It was Paul’s thesis that Jesus died to bring all the discordant elements in this universe into one, to wipe out the separations, to reconcile man to man and to reconcile man to God. Jesus Christ was above all things God’s instrument of reconciliation…But, clearly, that unity does not as yet exist.”

We’ve undoubtedly never known complete unity! There must first be a unity between husband and wife; then between parents and children, and then between nations, covering a vast span of time. Is it even remotely possible that world unity might exist? Certainly not, as things currently exist.

Yet, it is God’s fundamental plan that it will exist! And it commences with you and me. When I am willing to accept another as my equal, and he is likewise willing to accept me, we have the essential format of God’s plan. It is then confirmed that neither you nor I will ever be at the pinnacle. That is the place for the LORD Jesus Christ; and for Him to be there, you and I must be willing.

“But where are we to be in this scheme?” you ask. Does that matter? Does it really matter?

All things are to be in subjection to Him! He is the Head over all things: the homes, the schools, the churches, the cities, the nations, the world and everything within it. He provides us with the strength to work and to live and to love one another, even as He loves us.

For this to exist, you and I must commit our lives, our time, our energies, our money –virtually,

EVERYTHING to Him! It starts with our total and complete surrender to the LORD Jesus! I’m not yet all that I ought to be, but I’ve started. Commitment to Christ is a guarantee of Heaven some day. The same commitment to Him here and now is but the preparation. Let’s do it together!

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.”