The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Isaiah 1:15-20, “So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.
19 “If you consent and obey, you will eat the best of the land;
20 “But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Truly, the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

“You’re going to sit on the bench and watch your team mates play until you learn to obey instructions! You are not the head of this team, I am! So, the quicker you learn this, the quicker you’ll be back on the field!”

What this coach said paralleld what the LORD said in the opening chapter of Isaiah. Moreover, they were both right in what they said. Of course, the game varies quite a lot from life itself. Games come and go; the LORD deals with spiritual matters of which the cost is much higher.

His mandate has never changed: “Cease to do evil; learn to do good.” When will we learn? Of course, no individual is to blame for all the evil in the world. But we contribute to it! Thus, His mandate is true for us as much as it was for those in Isaiah’s day.

“Wash…clean; remove evil…cease to do evil…Learn to do good; seek justice…reprove the ruthless… defend the orphan…plead for the widow…” Review these needs and attend to them. Then, the promise of the LORD will be fulfilled in your life: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow…”

What would you give to know true, spiritual freedom? Yield your life and all your sin to God and you will see.
But what does it cost? Jesus He gave His life for you. May you learn of God’s abundant blessing is my earnest prayer.

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