PAY CLOSE ATTENTION

Hebrews 2:1-4

PAY ATTENTIONHebrews 2:1

Pay Closer Attention

to what you have heard

Life Is Passing You ByHebrews 2:1

“Drift Away” from life, hope, joy . . .

Lit., to flow by or flow past

You Adrift?

Life is Passing You By . . .2:3 If we neglect “made light of . . .” Matt 22:5

A little indifferenceSmall CarelessnessLittle Disrespect

Outrageous Behavior

Pay Attention, Reason 1

Because to Float by or Drift away is to Die.

Anchor Yourself!

Let us, therefore,strive to enter that rest, that no one fallby means of disobedience,

Hebrews 4:11

Let us, therefore,strive to enter that rest, that no one fallby means of disobedience,

Hebrews 4:11for . . .

Strive Because . . . Heb 4:12

The Word of GodOpens you up like a surgical knife before God

“The God with Whom we Have to Do.”

“The God with Whom we must Reckon.”

Pay Attention, Reason 2

God Sees Right Through You

Pay Attention, Reason 3Hebrews 6:4-6“. . . if they commit apostasy, it

is impossible to renew them to repentance . . .”

Impossible to Renew, How? From past tense verbs to present tense

(v.4-6) – impossible because of heart problems.

Impossible How? From past tense verbs to present tense

(v.4-6) – impossible because of heart problems.

Because it is Apostasy (v. 6).

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)

HELL IS .

Don’t Choose ItKeep on Seeking, Asking, Knocking

Pay Attention, Reason 410:31

It is a fearful thing to fall into God’s Hands.

“A certain fearful prospect”

“The fury of fire”

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

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

“ . . . 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

“ . . . 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.’

“ . . . 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.’

“ . . . 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

“ . . . 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