The Grands Letter (Acts/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on June 11, 2025 5:59 am (CST)Dear Grands,
Acts 1:6-9, “So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, ‘Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?’ 7 He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; 8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.’ 9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.”
According to one writer, the Book of Acts is “the only unfinished book in the Bible. Yet in this unfinished book, there is unmistakable system and order.” As the Gospels speak of the work of the LORD Jesus Christ, the Book of Acts speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit. Certain factors in the Book of Acts show themselves contiguous with the Gospels, except that the Holy Spirit is now the featured, primary spiritual member of the Godhead.
The initial work itself reaches from Pentecost to the death of Stephen, with the Lord at work in Jerusalem (1-7). Then, events move to show the Lord at work in Judea and Samaria (8-9). The final work of the Spirit cites “even unto the Uttermost Parts” (10-28).
The overall demonstration of the Holy Spirit’s work should inspire us to undertake the work the LORD has designed for us. Too often, however, we find ourselves given more to observation than to labor. We would do well to ask ourselves where we would be today had the Holy Spirit elected to observe rather than to labor.
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom
