The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ephesians 2:1-7, “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”

Sin produces death; and human participation in the things of this world is sinful. “What things?” you ask. Ungodly things of the flesh and of the mind.

“But, doesn’t everyone engage in things like that?” More than likely they do; yet, it’s still wrong, according to the Word the LORD.

“It must call for a natural way of behavior, don’t you think?” That may be; yet, according to the Scripture, it is wrong, and God is displeased with us when we allow wrong things to occupy our minds and our hearts.

“But if this is the way I am, what can be done about it?” God has a plan, and He has shared that plan with everyone through His Holy Scripture, the Bible.

“But if we’re ‘dead in our transgressions,’ as the Scripture says, how are we to be made alive so that we can live as the LORD God intends? The passage introduced above in this Letter, tells us how. It says that God is “rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.”

The word “mercy” means “to take the hurt out.” Yet, it’s even more than that. Because God loves us, “He will make us alive together with Christ.” Jesus Christ became His Father’s sacrifice on the Cross for our sins. Someone once said, “The price of sin was so great that only Jesus could pay it. In fact, the price was so great that not even Jesus could pay it again.”

But how does that apply to my life? God applies it to all of the lives of those who believe and trust in Jesus as the Sacrifice for their sin. When we are rescued from sin, Jesus becomes our Savior! Heaven then becomes our home for eternity. There’s an old hymn that says, “The way of the cross leads Home.”

If what you’ve read above has yet to become real in your life, just ask the LORD to forgive your sins; then, believe that He has. If you’re sincere, you can become a Christian before this Letter is completed. Just believe in Jesus and thank Him for dying on the cross for you. He will then let you know that you have been saved.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We may never know that Christ is all we need
until He becomes all that we have.”
– Corrie ten Boom