The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 John 3:9-14, “No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed
abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone
who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love
his brother.
11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we
should love one another;
12 not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason
did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
13 Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the
brethren. He who does not love abides in death.”

This is a clear and cogent word from the apostle John. Love and sin do not
go together. They do not agree. Love is from God; sin is not. Those who love
are of the LORD, while those who practice sin are of the devil.

The Old Testament Scriptures tell us that Cain killed Abel because Cain’s
deeds were evil and Abel’s were righteous. Remember that when the two
brought their offerings to the LORD, Abel’s offering was righteous and accepted,
while Cain’s was unrighteous and neither he nor his offering were accepted.

Cain thought he could remedy a bad situation by killing his brother. But, he
forgot that God was in control. That’s what is wrong with a lot of people today:
they live outside of the will of God and are sloppy in their offerings to Him.
When people don’t do right by you, you can know that they have first done
wrong toward God. Just be sure you do what’s right toward God.

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