The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 11:1-3, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
2 For by it the men of old gained approval.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.”

When you are blessed to have even a small access of funds, you want the assurance that they will be safely secured. Assurance derives from the Greek word ????????? hupostasis that “signifies the joyous, unwavering confidence of an intelligent faith, the security of a fearless trust.” It is one’s faith in complete freedom from the power of evil due to the forgiveness of sin through the sacrifice and resurrection of our LORD Jesus Christ.

Our stability in such confidence derives in part from those who have gone before us. Their lives achieved the approval of God when they trusted Him, giving us confidence that a like anticapation (??????? elpomai) would produce the same result for us.

Our faith today corelates with our understanding of God’s creative acts. He formed all of what we see and all of what we don’t see, and we believe He did so. That being true, what needs do we have that lie outside His divine jurisdiction? He is capable of providing all things that exist for our spiritual benefit. What does not comport with His will is never to our benefit.

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