The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Thessalonians 2:2-4, “Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to Him,

2 that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.

3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.”

One of the most vital things for all believers today is to always be saturated with God’s Truth! Be in a church where that Truth is proclaimed. Weigh everything you hear or read carefully and compare it with biblical Truth. There is a pastor in southern Arkansas (this is in the news) who is telling his people that Hell is a myth like Santa Clause. He is a deceiver! He has been led astray; now he is leading others astray.

Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians is dealing with misinformation someone has given them concerning “the day of the LORD.” That phrase depicts the day of God’s wrath that will fall upon all unbelieving people. Someone had misled the Thessalonian church, saying that that day of wrath had already come. Paul urges them not to be deceived. The Day of the LORD’s wrath will not come until “the apostasy comes.” The apostasy is mankind’s falling away from God’s Truth.

There’s a lot of that in our world today. They’re on radio, television, in blogs on the internet –they’re everywhere, proclaiming ideas that are contrary to the Bible! They’re not all scrufs. They come across as really knowing the Bible –but THEY DON’T!! They’re in it all for themselves, not for the glory of Christ!

These deceivers are setting everything up for the coming of the Antichrist. Thus, it is VITAL that you read the Bible daily and listen to sound instruction from godly pastors and teachers. The Holy Spirit lives within every born-again believer, and He will give you pause when you hear teaching that is contrary to Scripture. This is SO important! Just as you don’t want to discover that the airplane you’re on is going to a destination you did not intend, it is even more serious that you not be led astray from the teaching of the Bible. May the LORD lead you daily in His ways!

You are in our prayers; and we need to be in yours,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”