The Grands Letter (Heb/GLJ)

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 2:8-13, “But one has testified somewhere, saying, ‘WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM?

7 ‘YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.’” For in subjecting all things to Him, He left nothing that is not subject to Him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.

9 But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.

11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

12 saying, “I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE.”

13 And again, “I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.” And again, “BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.”

Paul, whom I earnestly believe to be the author of this Epistle to the Hebrews, gives decided emphasis to our LORD Jesus Christ. He honors Christ, indicating that for a short time (three and one-half years) Jesus lived on the earth as “a little lower than the angels…”

In John 17:10, the apostle John cites somewhat the same declaration when he records the words of Christ Jesus who responded to the Father, saying: “…all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.”

At the same time, there is a sense in which all that the LORD has given to us has been given that He might be glorified in and through us. Shamefully, we assess what He has given to us as being for our glory, when they are merely “loaned” to us that He might be glorified in how we use them. The Father was glorified through His Son; now the Son is to be glorified through us. We have a tremendous responsibility for which one day we will be held accountable.

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