The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

John 3:19-21, “And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil. 20 “For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21 “But he who practices the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

Old Dr. Bob Jones, Sr. is credited with having been the first to say, “It’s never right to do wrong to do right.” But, doing right is never easy. A former student of mine has a son, who a Chaplain in the Army. He was a Captain and was up

for promotion to the rank of Major. Modest sums of money had been placed under his control for use in the chapel.

The wives of some of the officers wanted to organize a party and asked the Chaplain for money for the party. When

the Chaplain learned that alcohol would be served, he denied their request for the money. The women went to the Commanding Officer, who overruled the Chaplain, also denying him promotion and forcing him out of the army.

Evil is dirty business. “You can’t do wrong and get by.” Those who engage in evil, hate exposure, so they do their

evil work in darkness where they think no one can see. But God sees in the darkness, as well as in the light. Nothing

escapes His notice. And His people, who embrace His righteousness, do everything above board and in the light,

so that everyone may see and know that what His people are doing is what He is doing through them.

We are living is a day when evil is so prominent that it’s now done openly in daylight. I know I’ve told you that the worst thing I knew about anyone in the town where I grew up was that a woman who live across the street…smoked!

The temptation for believers is to compromise. “If I do this (even though it’s wrong), I will be able to do good that I couldn’t do unless I first do that thing that is wrong.” Talk about double-talk! But, Satan seeks to convince us that

It’s not wrong because we’ll ultimately be able to do that good thing. Rubbish!!! Satan lies! He’s seeking to pull the

wool over our eyes and enshroud us in darkness! WAKE UP, believer! “It never right to do wrong to do right.!

Please pray for us as we pray daily for you,

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.”