The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Hebrews 10:36-39, “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
37 FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.
38 BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.”

The LORD God possesses a will for everyone who has repented of sin and trusted Him for forgiveness. He continues to love and cherish those who are His by means of that faithful trust.

At the same time, trusting Christ does not expunge the believer’s need of His closeness. The LORD continues to shelter the believer just as He did Daniel and his three Jewish companions in Old Testament times.

Simultaneously, and notwithstanding the LORD’s protection, it is each believer’s responsibility to maintain a close, loving relationship with Him. It is the Apostle Paul’s contention that believers are not to be like those who “shrink back to destruction,” but like those “who have faith to the preserving of the soul.”

All that is to say, “If you (or I) were to be arrested for being a Christian, would there be sufficient evidence to convict us?” The LORD acknowledges His love as sufficient for us. Yet, will our love for Him be sufficient for the hour of temptation?

We are all the children of our earthly fathers, whether they are alive or deceased. Some of us are by faith the sons and daughters of the LORD Jesus Christ. May we ever and always be and do that which honors Him. That honor commences with our faith and yieldedness to Him. Are you yielded to Him? If not,
why not? You have everything to gain, if you are!

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