The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Luke 2:21-23, “And when eight days were completed before His circumcision,
His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was
conceived in the womb.

22 And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses
were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord

23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every first-born male that
opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”).

One of the strange things that makes the Bible a Holy Book is that the same
verse that gives information on one matter gives information on another
matter. Some of you reading this Letter just now are men. Did you understand
that 23rd verse when it says, “Every first-born male that opens the womb
shall be called holy to the Lord”?

Notice that it does not give exclusivity, it simply means that if you are a
male and the first-born in your family, according to Scripture, you are
“called holy to the Lord.” It should follow then, that we who are the
first-born males in our families should behave throughout life as one
“called holy to the Lord.”

One of the vital characterizations for the first-born male, therefore, is to
live a pure and holy life. We are “called to be pure,” although we are not
always pure. Jesus is our Supreme Example. He was throughout His earthly
life what the Father wants us to be.

It is not my place to offer judgment regarding who is truly saved and who is
not; yet, I observe, just as you do, those who say they are “Christians,”
but

live contrary to the true Biblical definition. Whether they are truly “born
again” believers, the LORD alone knows. Thus, it becomes our responsibility
to pray for them. If they are true believers, they will appreciate our
prayers; if they are not, they need our prayers all the more.

We are living in difficult times. Word meanings are often scrambled, making
it virtually impossible to know with certainty who is and who is not a truly
“born again” believer in Christ. We must live the life that leaves no one in
doubt about us. May 2025 ever and always reflect the LORD in our lives!

Heartily in Christ,

(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