The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 10:24-30, “The Jews therefore gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, ‘How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.’
25 Jesus answered them, ‘I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father’s name, these bear witness of Me.
26 ‘But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep.
27 ‘My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28 and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand.
29 ‘My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 ‘I and the Father are one.’”

It’s exceedingly difficult to get through to some people. You tell them, but they act as if they’ve never heard. The root problem is that they simply do not believe what you say. Jesus Himself encountered this difficulty. It was as if He were speaking a language entirely foreign to their ears. Jesus said that those who believed on Him as the Father’s Messiah possessed eternal life. He assurred them that it was possible to have eternal life. Others had believed; why could not these also believe?

Satan lives to discourage people. He steps on every word that Jesus speaks. He denies the truth because he knows that those who believe and accept it will never again be lost. They will rest in the Hands of Jesus forever. But what are we to do when those to whom we witness resist and will not believe? We are to pray for their deliverence from sin and rest everything in the LORD’s Hands.

It is not easy to understand that some will simply not be saved. Our responsibility is to warn them of the tragedy of rejection. We cannot do more than the Holy Spirit directs and enables us to do. Even the LORD cannot, will not, save those who choose not believe and trust in Him. What is their gain in not believing? When we are desperately ill and death lurks about us, we will try anything in the effort to prolong life. Why then, will some not trust Jesus? We must simply pray that they 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