The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Deuteronomy 5:31-33, “’But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I give them to possess.
32 “So you shall observe to do just as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left.
33 “You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.”

The word “Deuteronomy” literally means “second law.” It is the last of Moses’ five books –the first five books in the Old Testament. Despite the meaning of the Book’s title, it contains no new law. It simply emphasizes the Law previously given.

Repetition is vital to human retention. That’s why students, knowing that a major test is coming, will read and re-read what they believe will be asked. We, too, need to read and re-read the Bible, and for the same reason. We are certain to be tested daily. The principles contained in the Bible are there to guide and control our lives. Jesus Himself used the Scriptures. Understandably, Satan despises it!

The final chapter of the book records the death of Moses. Lee says, “It was a lonely death,” as indeed every death is. It was, nevertheless, “death with a vision” and with “Divine embrace.” That’s the warm embrace of the arms of Jesus, when we trust Him as His “born again” children. Are you one of His “born again” children? You can be! It’s all a matter of trust in His Son.

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