The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 1:1-9, “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge;
6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness;
7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.”

If you have been saved and then engaged in sin so that you doubted your salvation, you desperately need to read these verses!

Just think: it was Simon Peter, the very author of those verses above, who openly denied before a spiritually lost crowd that he neither knew nor followed Jesus! Yet, what Peter states in this letter soundly affirms that he trusted Jesus as his LORD!

Not only had Peter been forgiven for his sin, he had been granted the LORD’s own “precious and magnificent promises.” What are those promises? They are inclusive of everything pertaining to life and godliness, as well as the true knowledge of Christ, His divine power, and everything that pertains to godliness.

It is through the spiritual application of these virtues that we escape the the corruption that is in the world – you know, the same corruption we see in some, who occupy
prominent positions in business, in politics, and even in
some churches.

The hope of redemption, whether public or personal, lies in our acceptance of the LORD Jesus Christ. It’s not just being a member of a church; nor is it an earnest endeavor to live a clean, moral life. Redemption is a gift that only Christ Himself can give. And it ours for the asking! Have you asked Him for your gift? He’s only waiting for you to ask.

Prayerfully, 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