The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 8:26-30, “’I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the

things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.’

27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 Jesus therefore said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My

own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

29 “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”

30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.”

Have you ever listened to someone speak who was so far above your learning that it made no sense to you at all?

This is precisely what Jesus encountered from the Jews when He spoke to them. Jesus was speaking about His Heavenly Father. He was sharing with them what His Father had given Him to share. This is what He intends of us when we have come to know Him as our LORD and Savior.

Jesus speaks to us through His Word, the Scriptures, just as He spoke verbally to others in His day. He was “lifted up,” crucified, as the Father’s Own Sacrifice, to save us from our sins. When we truly believe this and accept Jesus as God the Father’s sacrifice for us, He makes us His spiritual children. It is then that we are given the Holy Spirit, who leads us to “always do the things that are pleasiing to” the Father.

When our lives are yielded to the Holy Spirit’s control, our speech and behavior become what the LORD wills. And this change in us becomes noticable to others, especially to those who have previously known us. The difference others see in us causes them to listen as we share with them the change that Christ Jesus has made in us. The Scripture above says, “As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.” And as we share with others what Jesus has done for us, others will come to believe in Him, aslo.

It’s not all that hard. It is the LORD who makes us different and teaches us His Word. The change in our demeanor then gives support to what we share in testimony. If you have trusted Christ Jesus, He lives within you now. If you have not yet trusted Him, do it today. Just pray and ask Him to forgive your sins and to make you His spiritual child.

You will then begin to grow in His likeness; and His Word will have true meaning to your life. And you will notice the difference, and so will your friends. 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 Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom