The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Matthew 7:7-12, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
8 “For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
9 “Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?
10 “Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
11 “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!
12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you
want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

I witnessed a powerful testimony in a Sunday School class today. A man who was en route to hunt deer, stopped to visit a long-time friend, who had never trusted Christ as his LORD and Savior. Interestingly, the LORD had brought the two friends together and alone, so one could be free to listen and the other free to share the LORD. It was a simple, spiritual meeting where the lost man came to know Jesus!

The passage of Scripture at the top of this letter exhibits both sides of the salvation story: “Ask, and it will be given to you” is the directive for the one who is lost. “…for everyone who asks receives…”

There are no restrictions regarding the asking, only that you ask. Still, the directive in our first verse above says that asking is definitely required. God is not playing games. He is in the “rescue business.” He died on the cross and arose from the dead to rescue us from sin. Are you looking to be saved? “Ask,
and it shall be given to you…”

You may have heard it said that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” Nothing could be truer than that. We would not be celebrating His birth if He were not the Christ. We could not know the joys and benefits of salvation if He had not died and arisen from the grave.

Make this the greatest CHRISTmas you have ever known! Ask
Jesus into your heart and life! His promise is clear. You will find Him; and all that He is and has to offer will be opened to you.

Oh, and for those of you who have already trusted the LORD, go “dear” hunting. There are scores of people who have need for Christ in their lives. God’s plan of salvation is the greatest gift you can give them!

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