The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Colossians 3:1-7, “Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.
3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.
5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience,
7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.”

“I’m a Christian! I’ve been baptized! I go to church every Sunday! I read the
Bible! I…“ Hold on! There’s a whole lot more to being a Christian than just saying that you are. Paul cites this passage in his letter to the Colossian
believers with that very thing in mind! His emphasis on “keep seeking the things above” virtually says so. What are those things?

First, there are sins like “sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires…”–
things of the mind – things that our lost and filthy world dangles before us,
things that mask our attention to the LORD, things that amount to idolatry!
Such things (and worse) are what brings the wrath of God down upon us.

True Christians are focused on Christ. They intentionally avoid worldly things.
The truly born again believers in Christ set the LORD’s standard in their lives,
so as to avoid evil and affect the lives of non-believing friends.

Is the Christian life hard? Let me just say that it’s impossible without Jesus!
Yet, it’s fruitful and joyful when you see the lives of unbelievers come to know
Him Whom they’ve previously ridiculed. If you don’t know Him, trust Him
right now!

“LORD Jesus, I truly regret the sins I’ve committed against You.
Forgive me for all my sins. Come into my heart and life and teach
me to follow You and Your teachings in the Bible. In Jesus’ Name,
I pray. Amen.

If you’ve genuinely prayed to receive Jesus as your LORD and Savior,
Let me be among the first to welcome you into the Family of our LORD!
Establish a time and place for reading His Word. Yield to His leadership
in your life. Get into a Bible-preaching Church and never stop thanking
the LORD Jesus for saving your soul. 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