The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 2:1-3, “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.”

In the first chapter of Peter’s second letter, he majors on moral corruption. In this second chapter, his emphasis is on doctrinal corruption. Does that make sense to you? It sure should! The natural tendency of the natural man is toward immorality. We possess fallen Adam’s spiritual DNA! Immoral man seeks to justify his immorality by turning away from doctrinal soundness. And preachers, who are often themselves engaged in immorality, accommodate the immorality of their members by turning them away from the truth of God’s Holy Word!

Peter is Jewish by birth, so when he says that “false prophets also arose among the people,” he means among the Jewish people. One does not have to read far into the Old Testament to discover the problem the LORD and His true prophets had with the Jewish people. But, Peter is not hounding the Jewish people; rather, he is saying that the Christian Church is going to have false teachers, too. With the subtly of the serpent of Eden, these false teachers will “secretly introduce destructive heresies” that will even deny the LORD Jesus who Himself paid for their sins with His own death on Calvary’s Cross!

There will then be a notable embrace of false teachings by even true believers, because this teaching will allow them a continuing alliance with licentious and evil behavior. Yet, they will not escape the LORD’s judgment. They will bring swift destruction upon themselves because of the maligned truth coming from the pulpits of these false teachers. Those same teachers have their own agenda: greed and pride and self-satisfaction. They are NOT the LORD’s ministers! And the judgment that fell upon those evil prophets of old is not dead. The same destruction is destined to destroy these modern day ministers, as well. Be careful! Be VERY CAREFUL of whose teachings you embrace! Be certain that they are HIS TEACHINGS from HIS WORD and for HIS GLORY! We, too, are accountable to the LORD for what teachings we imbibe and embrace!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(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.”