The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 3:17-18, “You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand,

be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of

unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness,

18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior

Jesus Christ.

To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”

The entire third chapter of Second Peter concerns “steadfastness.”

Peter warns us of the coming of the Day of the LORD, which is His

Judgment on the world because of sin. “Be on your guard” is a

Greek imperative. It is an essential command. Why? It is because

there is error in the world (and in the church) –error that is taught

by people who have no scruples, no principles. They just want you

to follow them. Some TV evangelists are an excellent example.

And if you listen to them and embrace their teachings, you will fall

away from the Truth and become unstable, wobbly, not knowing

where you stand on anything.

What then, are we to do? Here’s a second Greek imperative:

“grow in grace and knowledge of our LORD and Savior, Jesus

Christ.” How do you grow physically? By eating good food! How

do you grow spiritually? By eating, taking in, believing sound

doctrine; by ignoring those things that turn our minds away from

the LORD and purity.

I have students, whose parents did not follow the Word of God.

That left them, the children, without steadfastness in their lives.

Because they (the students) were unstable, they married unstable

people and their children became unstable. What a mess! How

then did they become Christians with all of this instability in their

background? Simply by the grace of God, and with almost

unbelievable hurt and sorrow. LISTEN TO PETER! Concentrate

on God’s Truth! Learn wisdom from the LORD! Jesus is coming

again! Be ready! Be strong! Be faithful! Share the Good News!

We love you all dearly and pray for you daily,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas