The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 11:7, “By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.”

Were you ever required to do something that didn’t make sense to your friends? “What are you doing that for?” they would ask. Funny, but you were asking the same thing, and you probably made up something to answer to get them off your back. If you have ever experienced something like that, you have something of an idea how Noah felt.

It probably embarrassed his wife and family, too, out her far away from a stream of any kind, and building a kibotos, a wooden box 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. But when you have been instructed to do anything by the LORD, you do it. You do it because you have faith in God and you are confident He knows what He’s doing, even if you don’t.

Noah didn’t have all the answers, but he did the work cautiously and reverently. It was a work of faith; and when we labor in faith, we need to be cautious. Noah did the work knowing that it was “for the salvation of his household.” At the same time, the ark was a condemnatory judgment against the world. What was judgment against the world was salvation to Noah and his family. Think about that! It’s true today. Those of us who are saved by believing in Jesus are, through our salvation, a condemnation to those who do not believe.

Peter calls Noah “a preacher of righteousness.” It is reasonable to believe that Noah preached to those who jeered and laughed at him as he went about building the ark. Some will laugh at us. That doesn’t matter. What matters is that we know the LORD, and that in love we are presenting Him to them! In the end, the LORD did cause a great flood to cover the Earth, and those who refused to believe were swallowed up in the chilling waters of death without a second chance!!

I am aware that some of you, who are reading this, work in environments that prohibit witnessing. Certainly, we don’t want to defraud those for whom we are working by defying their rules. But, we can always exhibit the LORD through our lives; and when questions are asked, the LORD will give us opportunities to respond and tell how we met Him! Just be alert!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”