The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 14:5-12, “A trustworthy witness will not lie, But a false witness utters lies.
6 A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding.
7 Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way, But the foolishness of fools is deceit.
9 Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is good will.
10 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.
11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, But the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.”

One of the early accounts of the wisdom of Solomon concerned two women who claimed to be
the mother of a new-born child. King Solomon ordered a sword and said he would cut the child
in half and give each half to each of the women, who claimed to be the mother. Ultimately, the woman
who was the true mother of the child, relinquished her right to the child. She was more willing to
give her child to the other woman than that it should be slain and profitable to neither.

Honesty, knowledge of the truth, and absenting one’s self from a fool, leads to true understanding.
How can one discern the knowledgeable from the fools? The fools mock at sin, as if it did not
exist. Their hearts overflow with bitterness. Joy flees from them. Furthermore, the house of the
wicked will ultimately be destroyed, while the upright will flourish. All the while, those who study
and engage in the ways of the wicked, will be destroyed.

The way that seemed right was wrong, and it ended up in death to those who embrassed it.

Whose philosophy do you follow: that of the upright? or the wild? None of the fools have ever extracted
themselves from bondage. What makes you believe you can? The LORD Jesus Christ alone can
change your life. Yield it to Him! Absorb His teachings in the Word. Become what He alone can make you! You’ll never be sorry!

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