The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Haggai 2:12-13, “’If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment,

and touches bread with this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food,

will it become holy?’ And the priests answered, ‘No.’”

13 “Then Haggai said, ‘If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these,

will the latter become unclean?’ And the priests answered, ‘It will become unclean.’”

The simple principle that emerges from these two verses is: Righteousness is

not contagious; unrighteousness is. A New Testament parallel is I Corinthians

15:33, “Do not be deceived: ‘Bad company corrupts good morals.’”

One good apple mixed in with a bag of rotten apples does not make the rotten

apples good; but, one rotten apple mixed in with a bag of good apples will soon

make the good apples rotten. Lesson: watch out who you run and hang out with!

Praying you will stay sweet and always in the Word,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas