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Pay Close Attention

Hebrews 2:1-4. Pay Close Attention. PAY ATTENTION. Hebrews 2:1 Pay Closer Attention. to what you have heard. Life Is Passing You By. Hebrews 2:1 “Drift Away” from life, hope, joy . . . Lit., to flow by or flow past . You Adrift?. Life is Passing You By . . .

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Pay Close Attention

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  1. Hebrews 2:1-4 Pay Close Attention

  2. PAY ATTENTION Hebrews 2:1 Pay Closer Attention to what you have heard

  3. Life Is Passing You By Hebrews 2:1 “Drift Away” from life, hope, joy . . . Lit., to flow by or flow past You Adrift?

  4. Life is Passing You By . . . 2:3 If we neglect “made light of . . .” Matt 22:5 A little indifference Small Carelessness Little Disrespect Outrageous Behavior

  5. Pay Attention, Reason 1 Because to Float by or Drift away is to Die. Anchor Yourself!

  6. Let us, therefore, strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by means of disobedience, Hebrews 4:11

  7. Let us, therefore, strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by means of disobedience, for . . . Hebrews 4:11

  8. Strive Because . . . Heb 4:12 The Word of God Opens you up like a surgical knife before God “The God with Whom we Have to Do.” “The God with Whom we must Reckon.”

  9. Pay Attention, Reason 2 God Sees Right Through You

  10. Pay Attention, Reason 3 Hebrews 6:4-6 “. . . if they commit apostasy, it is impossible to renew them to repentance . . .”

  11. Impossible to Renew, How? • From past tense verbs to present tense (v.4-6) – impossible because of heart problems.

  12. Impossible How? • From past tense verbs to present tense (v.4-6) – impossible because of heart problems. • Because it is Apostasy (v. 6).

  13. Impossible How? • From past tense verbs to present tense (v.4-6) – impossible because of heart problems. • Because it is Apostasy (v. 6). • Because they hold up the Christ they crucified to make fun of Him, put Him to open shame for all to see (v. 6)

  14. Don’t Choose It Keep on Seeking, Asking, Knocking Hell Is .

  15. Pay Attention, Reason 4 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into God’s Hands. “A certain fearful prospect” “The fury of fire”

  16. Only Fearful for Some . . . David was not fearful, “. . . Let us fall into the Hand of the Lord, for His Mercies are great . . .” 2 Sam 24:14 Pay Close Attention

  17. “ . . . Do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.

  18. “ . . . Do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised

  19. “ . . . Do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised . . . ‘My righteous one shall live by means of faith, and if he shrinks back, My Spirit has no pleasure in him.’

  20. “ . . . Do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised . . . ‘My righteous one shall live by means of faith, and if he shrinks back, My Spirit has no pleasure in him.’

  21. “ . . . Do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised . . . ‘My righteous one shall live by means of faith, and if he shrinks back, My Spirit has no pleasure in him.’ But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.” Hebrews 10:35-39

  22. “ . . . Do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised . . . ‘My righteous one shall live by means of faith, and if he shrinks back, My Spirit has no pleasure in him.’ But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.” Hebrews 10:35-39

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