The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Galatians 3:1-6, “You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
2 This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
4 Did you suffer so many things in vain– if indeed it was in vain?
5 So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
6 Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

You can call me what you like, but there are some people that just cannot stay in their lane of traffic.
The Galatians were just that sort of people. In fact, they were “harum-scarum” in all aspects of life.
An Asiatic people, they accepted and adopted the ideas of every religious system that came their way.

The Apostle Paul became ill during his second missionary journey, and it was then and there that he came into contact with the Galatian people. So it was there that he preached to them Christ. With their character trait of accepting every and all new ideas, they accepted Paul’s Christ. For a while, it appeared that these Galatians were “all in” for Jesus. Then, suddenly, they broke with Paul’s Christ and took on another religion, this one pagan.

If you have ever encountered a person who was “all in” for Jesus and the Christian faith one day, and
all in for some pagan faith the next, you have a good example of the nature of the Galatians. Is it any wonder then why Paul calls them “foolish”? It was undoubtedly due to their indecisive approach to the Gospel. Oh, the Galatians had proffered a belief in Christ, but they didn’t stick with it. Did you ever meet anyone like that? Have you ever been like that yourself? You had best trust Jesus alone.

The Scriptures all soundly contend that man’s justification before God is by faith alone in Jesus Christ! Don’t subscribe to anything or anyone outside of the Christ of the Holy Scriptures! He alone delivers us from sin.

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