The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Acts 9:1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
3 As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;
4 and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting…”

1 John 1:5-7, “This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;
7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.”

As far back as I can remember, I have been “fascinated” with this Acts passage. As a young man, Saul of Tarsus was the chief persecutor of the Church. He hated Christians, and with full Jewish authority, he imprisoned and executed many of them. Yet, on the Road to Damascus, Christ Jesus arrested him with His own heavenly Light. It was to be the end of Saul’s persecution work and the beginning of his sharing salvation through Jesus Christ his LORD!

The Apostle John enlarges the witness of Christ, calling Him the Light of the Christian Message. In the three verses of his first letter to the Church, John says that “God is the Light” (the same that Saul of Tarsus saw); and we are to walk in His Light and enjoy fellowship with other believers. We have access to Jesus Christ through His blood that cleanses us from our sin.

Stop and think: Do you truly know Jesus? You know about Him; but a lot of people know about Him. You can know Him personally. When you yield your life to Him, He changes you from inside out! He then gives you the Holy Spirit to guide and stabilize your life. Saul was so grateful, he changed his name to Paul, the name that fit his new life! Sound good? Believe me, it is!

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