The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 3:3-4, 8-9, “Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, 4 and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.’”

8 “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”

It is inevitable that false teachers will produce false followers. When their teachings encounter truth, they

mock and make fun of those whose truth does not agree with them. Mockers have ungodly impulses that require the destruction of truth in order that they may pursue their ungodliness. When they ask, “Where is the

promise of His coming?” they are not really wanting to know. They are simply trying to escape the truth

that would keep them from their ungodly behavior.

What, then, are we to do when they behave in this manner? Keep your mind on his basic thing: as the LORD reckons time, there is no difference between a day and a thousand years. He is not “busy,” so that He has become slow in fulfilling His promise. Rather, He is patient, giving sufficient time for the lost to repent of their sin and come to Him for their salvation. In the meantime, He is also giving us time to share the Gospel with those

who are still living in sin.

The Associated Press is reporting today that a 69-year-old Korean-Chinese woman living in China close to

the North Korean border is sharing the Gospel with North Koreans; and when become Christians, she urges

them to return to North Korea and share the Gospel with the people there. She is constantly monitored by

both Chinese and North Korean authorities, yet for 20 years she has continued to share Christ under those

perilous conditions. Under what “perilous conditions” are we sharing our faith? And how much time do we

truly have?

Our daily prayers include each of you, whom we truly love,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”