The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Proverbs 9:10-18, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11 For by me, your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you.

12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

13 The woman of folly is boisterous; she is naive and knows nothing.

14 And she sits at the doorway of her house, on a seat by the high places of the city,

15 Calling to those who pass by, who are making their paths straight:

16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” and to him who lacks understanding she says,

17 ‘Stolen water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.’

18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.”

Are you fearful of the LORD? Are you truly? Do you live each day with a sensitivity to His presence and His will for your life? If you do, you’re on the path of wisdom. That is precisely what the LORD desires. It is His will that we always live with a clear knowledge of His presence. If we are truly His, and yet ignore Him, we will quickly learn that He is not to be ignored.

Remember when you were a child and how you quickly learned that your parents were in charge of your life? You were trained to do what they wanted, not what you desired. They were aware of the pitfalls that would lead you in life’s wrong direction. The LORD is all-wise. He wants the best for you. Ignore Him at your peril.

Jesus, His Son, was sent to give us life that only He could give. Jesus walked in the right pathway; He taught what we need to know. He gave us the Scriptures as our sole guidebook and the Holy Spirit as our Teacher. Yes, “stolen water is sweet,” but only for the moment. Christ alone is forever!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom

Dear Grands,

Psalm 29:1-4: “Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His Name; worship the LORD in holy array.

3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is over many waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.”

The entirety of what we know and call “Psalms” is a collection of 150 psalms, averaging some 30-odd psalms in each of five groups. Book One concerns man’s beginning in blessedness, his fall into sin, and recovery at the LORD’s hand.

Book Two tells of Israel’s ruin, her Redeemer, and redemption. Books Three through Five speak of the holy counsel of God, the earth, as man’s dwelling place, and the living Word of the Gospel (Jesus) as man’s Redeemer.

The word “worship” (Heb. shachah) means literally “to bow down.” Thus, the LORD, who is our Redeemer, possesses absolute authority by which to demand our proper recognition of Him as our only Redeemer. Nations that are basically ruled by one person understand their leader’s superiority and their own need to treat him with reverence. That’s why we also bow in prayer. All mankind is equally required to worship Jesus Christ with the utmost spiritual reverence.

The concept “…the LORD is over many waters” (v. 3b) verbally indicates the universal authority of the LORD Jesus Christ. When the King of England arose from his seat at the commencement of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, he was acknowledging the authority of the LORD Jesus Christ. As believers, we can do no less.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.”

– Corrie ten Boom