The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Matthew 6:1-4 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them;

otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

2 “When therefore you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do

in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you,

they have their reward in full.

3 “But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing

4 that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.”

The word Gospel means “Good News.” Sometimes we believers refer to “the four Gospels.”

Actually, there is just one “Good News,” and that’s about Jesus Christ coming into the world

and dying on the cross for our sins. Yet, there’s more! He arose from the grave and was

received again into Heaven from where He had come. Yet, when we say “four Gospels,”

we’re referring to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John –the four accounts of the Gospel.

Matthew was written to the Jews; Mark was written to the Romans, Luke, to the Greeks,

and John, to the Church.

Matthew warns us to beware of our motivations as we share this Good News. Some people

know more than other people in some matters. But when we flaunt our knowledge so that

people will look up to us and give us praise, we are doing wrong. Jesus is the one who died

for us and arose from the grave. He alone is worthy of man’s praise!

I seriously doubt that anyone reading this letter ever literally blew a trumpet when they dropped

money in the offering plate. But they might have said, “Whew! I don’t know how I’m going to

make it through this next week. Do you know how much I gave to the LORD this morning?”

The LORD tells us to give quietly. Here’s how: put your money in an envelope, and if you

Indicate on the envelope how much you have given, drop the envelope into the offering

plate UPSIDE DOWN! That’s what the Word means when it says not to let your left hand

know what the right hand is doing.

Here is what’s really important: The LORD sees what you’ve given, and He also knows how

much you have left! (He can read through envelopes!) We are to do what we do quietly, and

He promises to reward us. There is much that I could saw in support of His rewards, but it

can be summed up in this: You cannot out give God! He has given His Son; and the Son is

the Savior of the World. We have nothing of which to be proud –nothing except Jesus!

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.”