The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Corinthians 5:17-21, “Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
18 Now, all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”

Have you ever experienced a dramatic change in your life? Sometimes things in ordinary life cause us to change. Especially is this true as the years roll by and we become older. There is a spiritual change that alters life when we come to know Jesus Christ personally as our LORD and Savior.

The Apostle Paul writes about this in our verses above. He presents Jesus as the catalist who produces that change in us. When we turn our lives over to Him, He spiritually medicates us so that we become more like Him and less like the world around us. God the Father resides in Jesus, His Son. Jesus died on the cross as the Father’s sacrifice for our sin. When He arose from the dead, He proved Himself to be all that the Father had said He was. When we trust Jesus to save us, He forgives all of our sin. He transforms us and accepts us into His Father’s family.

In our human families, we have responsibilities that enrich family life. So it is with God’s family. We then become His “ambassadors.” We are responsible to live like Him and to tell others about Him. When others accept Him, as we have, their lives are changed, too. What’s remarkable is that the LORD does all the changing. He reproduces His own life in us. Our part is reduced to believing –trusting that He is able to do in and through us all that He intends.

Do you need a life-change? You do if you have not yet trusted Jesus. He does marvelous things in human lives! Give your life to Him and see! You’ll forever be thankful you did!

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