The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Luke 1:1-4, “Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us,
2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,
3 it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus;
4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.”

It was Sir William Ramsay, Professor of Humanities at Aberdeen in Scotland, who wrote: “I take the view that Luke’s history is unsurpassed in regard to its trustworthiness… You may press the words of Luke in a degree beyond any other historian’s and they stand the keenest scrutiny and the hardest treatment.”

Luke, a Greek physician, was in all likelihood trained to be of service to Theophilus (“friend of God”), a Roman of possibly considerable wealth and position. Yet, Luke, a Christian, gave time to research historical matters that would be of inestimable use to those who would follow after him.

Important to us is Luke’s stated purpose in writing: “…that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.” That purpose has many values in the current time in which we live. So much misinformation abounds! Multiple apologies abound because there was a lack of meaningful dissemination of truth. Luke calls for “exact truth” regarding the Christian Gospel, precisely what we urgently need in our world today. Jesus said, “You will know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free” (John 8:32). Are you free? You are if you know the Truth, have received the LORD as your Savior, and treasure Him in your heart.

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