The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Deuteronomy 13:1-4, “If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,’
3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
4 “You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.”

Do you remember a time when you were very small, and your mother asked you a question that seemed strange to you? You answered her, but later asked why she had asked you that question. Her response was that she had heard someone else give an answer to the question, but decided to ask you because she knew you would always tell her the truth.

Truth has value! It’s like good cement that holds the bricks of the house together. Questions, too, should always invite truth. Is there not a Scripture that says, “…and you will know the truth,
and the truth will make you free” (Jn. 8:32)?

We often lay claim to being a “free people.” Yet, if we allow even the slightest tinge of untruth to reside within us, to that extent we are not a totally free people. It’s the “whole truth, and nothing but the truth” that keeps us free. Pray for the peace of your nation, for it is the LORD Jesus Christ alone who makes and keeps you free!

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