The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 1:1-4, “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, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.”

Having completed a 600-page book –something I ought to have read many years ago, I turned to a much smaller volume. The books are entirely different in style and content. With only two chapters of the smaller volume having thus far been read, I am already keenly aware that the smaller is of more immediate value than the former.

In our verses above, Simon Peter quickly identifies himself as a “bond-servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ.” What he has received from the LORD, however, is not exclusively his alone. He is but one of the faithful who is humbled by the joint title, the same “grace and peace” that Peter received through the righteousness of Christ, he is anxious for others to receive. Hence, his two short letters have inestimable value for us today.

That “grace and peace” from the LORD Jesus Christ contains everything pertaining to a life of godliness. It accompanies the knowledge of the “glory and excellence” of Christ Himself. These qualities are only bestowed upon those who have confessed their sins and become “partakers of the divine nature.” Have you experienced this? It is not something you attain apart from faith. It comes to you when you confess your sins to the LORD Jesus and ask His forgiveness. Read again verses 3 and 4 above. Then read the paragraph below —

“And there is salvation in no one else; for there is
no other name under Heaven that has been given
among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

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