The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Peter 1:17-21, “If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you
21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

Respect is an attitude that is swiftly disappearing in the world-at-large. It commences when one person assesses that he has not been noticed in the way he believes he ought to be. In such a situation, it may well be that the one desiring respect has not earned it because he has not treated others with respect.

Peter tells us that the LORD we address as “Father” is the One who judges mankind with divine impartiality. Our redemption did not come through an exchange of silver or gold. Rather, it came from the precious, blood of Jesus Christ. His death on the Cross paid the penalty for our sins.

This same Jesus, who died, was buried, and arose from the dead was alive before the foundation of the world. And the Father raised His Son, Jesus, from the dead and glorified Him! This enables us to believe that our hope in Him is real. I came to that understanding when I was a small boy. It is available to everyone, but it is only by faith. Have you trusted Jesus as your Savior?

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