The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 1:1-9, “God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,

2 in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.

3 And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

4 having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

5 For to which of the angels did He ever say, “YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”? And again, “I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”?

6 And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, “AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.”

7 And of the angels He says, “WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS, AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE.”

8 But of the Son He says, “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.

9 “YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”

Were you ever assigned a responsibility for which you felt totally inadequate? What did you do? Depending upon who assigned you the responsibility, you probably undertook it with great care. I recall a man being almost overcome by an assignment given to him by the company for which he worked. He could have asked to be relieved of the task, but that might have risked losing his entire job!

The Apostle Paul was assigned to enlighten his readers on the glory and power of the LORD Jesus Christ. It was Jesus’ sinless life itself that portrayed His Heavenly Father! It was Jesus Christ who created the world! It was He who superseded the highest angels of Heaven and is forever worshipped by the host of Heaven’s angels and those He rescued from sin.

The Apostle Paul tells us that Jesus left Heaven for Earth, where He gathered about Him a small, unlikely group of adherents, whom He taught the purity and glory of His Heavenly Father! In time, Jesus’ outspoken appraisal of His Father wearied those who objected to His message. And why did they object? They were not prepared to renounce their sinful ways and submit to God’s Son, who came to gather mankind for eternity with the Father.

Those today who resist the clear salvation message do so at their own peril. Heaven’s gates are opened only to those who have turned from sin and received the LORD Jesus Christ. Where do you stand? Have you trusted Him? Do so today! Time is running out….

Heartily in Christ,

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