The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Colossians2:8-10, “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according

to Christ.

9 For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form,

10 and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority…”

With all of the Apostle Paul’s previous instructions to us and to the Early Churches, he never tires of warning us of false teachers. Only this week, I read of one (whom I consider to be “false”), who said he was renouncing all of his prior teachings about wealth and prosperity. Others have openly denied the truth of Holy Scripture; still others, have totally renounced their faith. They said they were no longer Christians. Perhaps, they never were.

All of that should serve as a solemn, but sure, warning that “all that glitters is not gold.” Those who advocate a belief that rewards one with the prosperity of this world’s goods, can be considered an advocat of a false gospel. One such teacher’s father long ago went astray by adding to the teachings of Scripture; now, his son has gone further still by substituting humanistic philosophy for Scripture itself. Oh, he draws massive crowds! But where is the teaching that Scriptural Truth will draw the masses? Jesus had far fewer congregants at the Sermon on the Mount.

The pure teachings of Jesus, ensconsed in our Bibles, is His Truth. He Himself is the “fulness of Deity…in bodily form.” If you have been born again (literally, born from Above), “you have been made complete.” God never constructs anything that contains flaws! Numerous times we are warned “not to add” anything to the Word He has given us in the Bible. So logically, His instruction is that we believe everything He has given us; and all He has given us is everything that He has intended us to have and believe.

If you have never trusted Him as LORD and Savior of your life, I beg of you to do it before you close your eyes in sleep. Remember the child’s prayer we all were taught?

Now I lay me down to sleep;

I pray the LORD my soul to keep.

If I should die before I wake,

I pray the LORD my soul to take.

We might be tempted to dismiss those words as a “mere childish rhyme”; yet, the truth is, we do not know

the LORD’s terminal point of our earthly life or when He will call us to face Him in judgment. Prudence says, “Prepare.” Humanistic philosophy says “It’s not important.” What do you really think? Are you willing to risk it

all on anything outside of His Holy Word?

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

P. S. Thank you for your prayers for my sweet daughter-in-law. She is being evaluated by some superb medical

doctors! She thanks you for your sincere interest and concern. My son and I thank you, too.

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.”