DON’T PLAY WITH YOUR SOUL TO NEGLECT YOUR SALVATION {Hebrews 2:1-4} “Therefore we must give the MORE EARNEST HEED to the things we have HEARD, lest we DRIFT AWAY. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? Your SPIRITUAL LIFE, your SALVATION demands as much or MORE TIME, ENERGY and EFFORT as does your physical life. These four verses are loaded with IMPORTANT words, thoughts, & concepts: It begins ‘WE MUST THEREFORE’ which refers us to the fact that ‘BECAUSE Jesus is LORD, our Mediator, Higher than the Angels, the Son of God,’ and more that WE DO NOT have a CHOICE in the matter, we MUST! What MUST we do, pay even MORE ATTENTION, CAREFUL attention, give HEED to, pay EARNEST attention to, our SALVATION. Why? Because, “HOW shall we ESCAPE if we NEGLECT this great salvation?” Interestingly, almost every translation interprets this with ‘NEGLECT’. (One uses the word ‘rejects’ but that is out of character for the Greek word) NEGLECT literally means to IGNORE or PAY NO ATTENTION (as OPPOSED to paying CAREFUL attention). We DON’T GET SAVED and FORGET GET, we ARE SAVED and, as the scripture teaches, we WORK at it. Let’s DISCERN the parts of WHAT the writer is saying to us: 1) ** THE TRUTH ** Our salvation requires our UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. To NOT pay attention to it, will be like NOT PAYING ATTENTION to your car, boat, airplane, or motorcycle in motion. There is NO AUTOPILOT for the life of a BELIEVER. We either PAY ATTENTION to it OR we get OFF COURSE! MoRe BeLoW . . .
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 14:00:47 +0000
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