The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Matthew 1:18-21, “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit.
19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly.
20 But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 “She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

What a blessing it is to occasion the birth of a child! Although births are largely the same,
each child is unique and precious to its parents and ultimately to the world-at-large. At the same time, there was never a birth like that of Jesus. His mother was human, but His Father was the Holy Spirit of God.

Engagement to the Jews in biblical times was considered as sacred as marriage itself; therefore, when Joseph discovered that Mary was pregnant, he immediately surmised that she had become so by another man and decided immediately to divorce her. But the LORD God had a plan to preserve the Child.

Dreams were often viewed quite sacredly in those days; thus, when the LORD visited Joseph in a dream, revealing to Joseph that this Child was truly a miracle of the LORD, Joseph altered his intention to divorce Mary and from that point accepted the Child as the Son of God.

From the Child’s lowly birth in Bethlehem, through the visit of the Magi in His formative years, He was divinely protected all the way to the Cross. He was His Heavenly Father’s
intentional Sacrifice for the sins of every generation of the entire world. He is the Father’s
Sacrifice for your sins and for mine.

I trusted Jesus as my Savior when I was seven years old. I viewed and trusted Him as the only One who could forgive my sins. All that was required was a simple, honest prayer. It can be that way for you, too.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5-6 ).

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

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

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