The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Exodus 24:1-7, “Then He said to Moses, ‘Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.
2 Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.’
3 Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, ‘All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!’
4 Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, ‘All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!’”

If there are but three words that all children should remember from elementary school, they are: “Listen and behave.” And if there are but four words every teacher longed to hear from students, they are “We will be obedient.” School teachers are like “substitute parents.” They are the authorities when the parents are not present.

Moses related to the people the instructions the LORD had given him. Notice that in addition to the altar and the burnt offerings, there was a sprinkling of blood and the reading from the Book. The blood of our LORD Jesus Christ, previewed here, occurred at His crucifixion. When we trust and commit our lives to Him, He covers our sins
with His blood.

The Bible, Christ’s Holy Scriptures, are preserved for our daily instruction. It is to our benefit that we absorb them daily in the process of yielding our lives to His purposes.
Are you doing that? I pray that you are. And while you are praying, remember me. I stand in the same need as you.

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