The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Timothy 3:1-7, “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.

6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,

7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

If you have read carefully the verses above, you have noticed that they indicate that “difficult times will come.” Let me assure you that those times are with us today!

Read slowly through this litany of 20-some things noted in the Scripture above! Every true Christian, as well as the pretenders, should engage in careful examination of his or her spiritual life. If you are not a truly born-again child of God, you need to trust Him immediately! Life is all too short. Good intentions will not do it! You can enjoy His forgiveness, but only upon the confession of your personal sin.

Yes, the times in which we live are difficult! That’s all the more reason why we all need Jesus Christ in our lives. It’s a matter of “surrender.” I gave my life to Jesus as a boy of seven. My three children came to faith at a younger age than I. You can accept Him! You can lead others to accept Him, too. Use the tract below. Attach it to the Christmas email you send to others. The LORD Himself only knows the ultimate value of your witness. God bless you abundantly!

Heartily in Christ,

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