The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

II Peter 1:2-4, “Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus

our Lord;

3seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness,

through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by

them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that

is in the world by lust.”

Have you ever done something so terribly wrong that you began to doubt whether the LORD

would ever forgive you? If you have, this Second Epistle of Peter will be a soothing relief to

your worries. Denial itself carries something of a negative stigma. When it pertains to the LORD Jesus Christ, it soars away beyond serious. Yet, for those of us who are believers, the denial of anything – even that of which we are not guilty — sends a punch to the pit of the stomach.

Three times Peter denied even knowing Jesus. Then he was “found out!” Would he ever recover from such devastating sin? By the grace and peace of God, he did! And so can we!

Dr. G. Campbell Morgan is said to have lost his faith for a number of years. Yet, when he returned to LORD, he studied only the Bible. Studying Galatians, he went on to write that “love is the essential attribute of God. Joy is the consciousness of love; peace is the confidence of love; longsuffering is the habit of love; gentleness is the activity of love; goodness is the quality of love; faith is the quantity of love; meekness is the tone of love; and self-control is the victory of love.”

While sin is always justifiably punishable, bear in mind that it is love –His Love—that resides

beneath the punishment. And no matter how far we may roam from His design for us, His

love always abounds for our redemption. Peter discovered that! And so can we! Give God the opportunity to demonstrate His grace in and for your life.

On an appropriate wall in the house hangs this poetical reminder:

A Mother’s Heart is a special place

Where children have a home;

It waits for them througout the years,

No matter where they roam.

God’s love is like that, only more so! Much, much, more so! If you’re one who has roamed,

rest assurred that the LORD is waiting and longing for your return. If God had a middle name, it would be “forgiveness.”

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom