The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Timothy 3:1-7, “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,
4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; avoid such men as these.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

Are we living in the “last days”? Think what you will, but there are twenty-some indicators in these verses that say that we are. Read them again and then be honest in your assessment of where we are as a world.

Are we “lovers of self”? …of money? Do we boast of our accomplishments, whether they are personal or just aligned with us in some way? Are we arrogant? Do we speak slanderously of people we don’t like? Read the list again. Be honest in your assessment of those things that are connected with yourself. Are the items listed things that affect you? or are they things that you yourself bring to the list?

Some of my recent readings have warned of religions that are focused on bringing down nations of the free world –nations that claim to view Christ as the Answer to our world situation. Yet, while we acknowledge the focused intention of these nations, we have to ask ourselves whether ungodly nations are more dangerous to us than the sins that hold us hostage –sins mentioned in the verses above?

We’re living in extremely difficult times! We’re caught in a squeeze between the intention of neighboring nations and things of personal delight. We must be something before we can do anything! The LORD longs for us to come to the knowledge of the truth. Christ IS that knowledge of Truth that we need. “Believe in the LORD Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household” (Acts 16:31).

“For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death
of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
11 And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have now received the reconciliation” (Rom. 5:10-11).

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