The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Titus 1:7-11, “…the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,
8 but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled,
9 holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict.
10 For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11 who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain.”

Like it or not, we are moving quite swiftly into the era of an election cycle. Men and women, some of whom are virtually unknown are just now emerging on the political stage. Some have openly acknowledged a personal faith in the LORD Jesus Christ. Others, are attempting to win approval by intentionally omitting God, saying rather that God should be relegated to the Church and scrubbed from the business and political arenas.

Simultaneous with the political speedway, are those who claim to be ministers of the Gospel, but who emphasize what looks more like the acquisition of personal finanical resources than the proclamation of God’s Good News.

The Apostle Paul’s expression of a true minister of the Gospel is first that he must be above reproach. His will is to be the will of his LORD. He is not to be feisty or selfish or abrasive or a partaker of alcohol or drugs. Nor should he be a money grubber. Such are virtually everywhere in today’s marketplace.

Instead of all the “look-at-me” –isms, the true man of God is loving, caring, sensible, honest, and faithful to the LORD and His Word. He is not looking for financial stability; his stability comes from the LORD alone.

There are true and faithful men, who have not been called to the ministry of the Word. Some of them serve Him in various aspects of government; some serve in the military, some in medicine. What separates a godly man from an ungodly man is not where he serves, but whom he serves. Pray for the godly men in ministry; pray for the godly men in the military, in business, in government –all of which areas are vital to all that we are and do. May God bless and increase their numbers! And may they ever be in our prayers.

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