The Grands Letter (John/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on June 10, 2025 5:35 am (CST)Dear Grands,
John 20:26-31, “After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, ‘Peace be with you.’
27 Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.’
28 Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’
29 Jesus said to him, ‘Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.’
30 Therefore, many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
31 But these have been written, so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.’” that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith, you may have life in His Name.”
“John, the writer of this Gospel, was the son of a master fisherman, who had, according to Mark’s gospel, additional “hired servants” (Mark 1:20), and a home of his own in Jerusalem (19:27). Young John, who ultimately became one of Jesus’ disciples, also had a quick and sharp tongue, whereupon he was noted and called “a son of Thunder.”
“According to the early fathers, the Gospel of John was written and published at Ephesus, at the request of the Apostle Andrew in his effort to combat certain errors concerning the Deity of Christ.” Simultaneously, the word Jew occurs numerous times in this Gospel. It is only found once in Matthew, twice in Mark, twice in Luke, but over sixty times in John!
Dr. Robert Lee, in his Outlined Bible, emphasizes the following: 1) Jesus as the Son of God before His incarnation; 2) that Jesus is revealed as the Son of God by His deeds and by His words; 3) that the Son of God reveals Himself still more completely to His own than to anyone else; and 4) this gospel views Jesus as the Son of God, who is slain for the sins of all mankind, and arises from the dead as His claim to deity.
Believers also see Jesus as the Father’s only Supreme Sacrifice for man’s sin, as proven in His death, and in His Son’s literal, physical resurrection as prophesied on the third day subsequent to His death on the cross.
If you know Him as your LORD and Savior, share Him with those who do not. If you don’t know Him, renounce your sins and trust Him today! He will prove to be your best friend ever!
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
United States of America
“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom
