The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Luke 24:1-3; 14-16; 30-31, 45-47,“But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
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14 And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had taken place.
15 And it came about that while they were conversing and discussing, Jesus Himself approached, and began traveling with them.
16 But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.
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30 And it came about that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.
31 And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.
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45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
46 and He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day;
47 and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”

The crucifixion of Jesus was the talk of people everwhere! I urge you to read the entirety of Luke 24. It is vividly enlightening! Even the disciples of Jesus had difficulty believing it. Then, there were two men en route to Emmaus. They were talking about the resurrection and how they had hoped Jesus to have been the promised Messiah. Jesus Himself then appeared to them, but “their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.” It was when they were praying prior to breaking bread that “their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him.”

Ultimately, Jesus “opened their minds to understand the Scriptures;” He taught them that repentance (sorrowful admittance) of sin was necessary for them to gain forgiveness, and subsequently, they were to proclaim His Name to all nations throughout the Earth!

My prayer is that your eyes might be opened to God’s Truth – that you might understand Jesus to be the Christ, who can save your soul for Eternity. The life we are living now is not all there is. There is an eternal life available to everyone who will simply believe. Do you believe? It’s so easy to believe: Just prayerfully admit to God that you have sinned against Him. (You know that you have! It’s just hard to admit it.) Ask Him to forgive you, then believe that He has. He will open your eyes and heart to understand the Bible. And the Bible is the spiritual food you need to understand Him and His teachings.

I have witnessed hundreds of people who have trusted Him! Yet, you will never know His salvation to be true until you experience it yourself by faith. May God help you to believe Him. My prayer as I write is that you will.

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