The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Colossians 3:8-10, “But now you also, put them all aside:

anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.

9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its

evil practices, 10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed

to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—“

Having warned us of some weighty sins in verses five and six, Paul

turns to attitudes that we are likely to view as normal. But they,

too, are wrong in God’s sight. Anger is a “vigorous upsurge”; wrath is

a “violent rage”; malice is “hatefulness, immoral behavior”; slander is

“speech that is harmful to another’s reputation”; and abusive speech

is using “filthy, obscene language,” something that has become all-too-

frequent today. Nor are we to deceive others by telling lies, since we

put away such things when we were saved. We are now clothed in

a new nature of righteousness, like the nature of Jesus Himself.

WOW! What a challenge! Yet, the Holy Spirit indwells us, making it

not-so-difficult if we are sensitive to His leadership and follow Him.

Love and peace to you all,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

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