The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Jeremiah 6:11-16, “To whom shall I speak and give warning that they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed and they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; they have no delight in it.
11 But I am full of the wrath of the LORD; I am weary with holding it in. ‘Pour it out on the children in the street and on the gathering of young men together; for both husband and wife shall be taken, the aged and the very old.
12 “Their houses shall be turned over to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,’ declares the LORD.
13 “For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain, and from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
14 “They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.
15 “Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; they did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be cast down,” says the LORD.
16 Thus says the LORD, ‘Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Human pride had fallen like an immovable barrier between the nation of Judah and her God. Judah had rejected the way of the LORD and Jeremiah was sent to warn Judah of the impending doom. Jerusalem would soon fall. The nation would become captive; everything would be lost. And it was all because of Judah’s refusal to repent of her sin.

If that does not sound like our world today, one of us is living on another planet! Our world has fallen captive to the original lie: “You surely shall not die” (Gen. 3:4). Yet, people are dying through the multiplicity of diseases, traceable to the race for the “almighty dollar!” Anger and hatred produce deaths that love and peace could and should erase.

Jeremiah admonished those of his day and urged them to walk in the “ancient paths” of the LORD. They rejected his pleadings. True Christian ministers throughout the world today carry the truth of God’s Love, along with its warnings; but it is hugely rejected. Like those in Judah, there is the cry, “Peace, peace! But there is no peace” (Jer. 6:14).

The Word of the LORD warns of the coming day of judgment. Yet, our culture diminishes as those who sound the LORD’s warning suffer ridicule. The message of the LORD is ignored. Mark it well: Judah did fall, just as Jeremiah had warned. And so shall we, if we ignore His warning.

“Seek the LORD while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Let the
wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return
to the LORD, and He will have compassion on him, and to our God, For He will
abundantly pardon” (Isa. 55:6-7).

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