The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 John 3:4-8, “Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness;
and sin is lawlessness.
5 You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him
there is no sin.
6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or
knows Him.
7 Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;
8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from
the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the
works of the devil.”

There are no less than 495 biblical references to the word “law.” With that
many clear notations, it is a wonder that we cannot seem to understand
the meaning of the word or where violation of it ultimately leads.

Worse yet, knowing the meaning, we continue to ignore that “the wages of
sin is death” (Rom. 6:23) and that our personal involvement is what is called
“sin.”

The clear key that opens the way out of sin and its imprisonment is called
repentance – deep sorrow for our involvement in sin, along with the sure
determination to hereafter avoid sinning. Moreover, the closer we live to
God, the less involvement we will have with sin. As the verse above says,
“No one who abides in Him” keeps on sinning.

Our plea is “I just can’t help sinning.” Yet, the Scripture says it’s because
we do not consciously “abide in Him.” Keeping our eys on Jesus and
living and following closely with Him is the open secret to avoid sinning.
Read the Bible daily! Pray for understanding and yield your life to Jesus.
All of this is the key! His way is always the best! God bless you!

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