The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Jude 1:10-13, “But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.

11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

12 These men are those who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.”

There are some people you just don’t want to get on the wrong side of. Jude was one of those. From verse four, where he calls attention to some ungodly people in the Church, he’s been like a tiger who has part of you in its mouth and is determined not to let go! We’re now in verse 10 and Jude is still warning of those men who “revile the things which they do not understand” and are being destroyed by giving in to things “they know (only) by instinct.” We have such to deal with in our own time. In fact, we have some saved people in the Church, who talk about things which they don’t understand, either!

Jude says these men are in the way of Cain, who was expelled from the Garden of Eden when he sinned against Almighty God. They are compared with Balaam, the one who would preach anything for money, and with Korah, who was destroyed when God opened the ground on which he was standing, so that it swallowed him. Fishermen of every century know what hidden reefs are and how dangerous they are as well. Jude compares these ungodly men to “unreasoning animals.” He calls them “clouds without water.” They sound and look good, but produce nothing of value. They are “wandering stars,” moving from church-to-church in the effort to exercise control.

I remember a doctor in an Australian church. I simply asked him if he were a deacon in the church. He snapped back saying, “I don’t have to be a deacon to control the deacons.” Whoa! What kind of loving leadership do you suppose he

exercised in that church? Yes, they’re there, alright. It may take a while to find out who they are, but every church has at least one! Some churches have more.

We are living in the last days. Jesus may return at any time. How can I be sure? Well, I can’t point to a day on the calendar, but I can read Scripture. Get into the Word! Find a church where the Word is supreme and Christ is exalted!

Time is running out!

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.”