The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Corinthians 10:1-13. “For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea;
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and all ate the same spiritual food;
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.

5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.
6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved.
7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY.”
8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.
10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.”

When we sin against the LORD after He has saved and blessed us, we deserve His Divine Retribution! Far too often we become “comfortable” doing things He has forbidden. Then, we wonder why He shuts off the flow of His blessing to our lives. Did you miss the part that says: “…these things happened to them as an example…, they were written for our instruction”?

When my mother said, “Boy! You’re going to get it when we get home!” I knew exactly what was coming! I understood her meaning perfectly. What has the LORD said in His Word that we don’t understand? Let’s be honest. We understand; we just think He won’t notice or He won’t remember. Ha! Where would we ever have gotten an idea like that?

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