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SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
STUDY NOTES
HEBREWS 2:1-4
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT SALVATION
INTRODUCTION
Some people say, “believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see”
But if it is God’s Word, you better hear it all, see it all, and believe it all
Give heed to every word of God’s Word, let nothing slip by
Did you let God’s Word go by yesterday?
Did you read any of the Word of God yesterday?
How long has it been since you read and studied the Word of God?
We see the importance of listening to God in the very beginning of creation
God spoke to Adam and Adam did not heed, he was careless with God’s spoken word
His attitude was that of indifference, Adam had a carefree attitude like too many today
We read of Adam’s disobedience in, Rom 5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made
sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
(Righteous only through Christ)
The word translated “disobedience” means, “failing to hear” because of a lack of attention
Adam’s disobedience was because he failed in his hearing, he was not listening closely to God
He failed to recognize that it was God’s Word, and that it was truth that must be heard
Adam and Eve listened to Satan who said, “that God didn’t tell the complete truth”
Adam listened to Eve say, “that God didn’t really mean what he said”
He heard himself say, “it doesn’t really matter,” too often people say, it will all work out one day
What God had to say to Adam and Eve was important to all of mankind (Genesis 3)
Paul summed it up for us, Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
It would be best for all people, all-of the time, if all people would heed God’s Word
Satan will put our mind on something else, and we will put off God’s Word until later
The message of Hebrews 2:1-4 is to pay attention to God’s Word today, “right now”
Accept Christ, learn Christ, live for Christ, don’t neglect your salvation
Heb 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at
any time we should let them slip.
“Therefore” takes us back to chapter one which presented to us the Superiority of Jesus Christ
He is God’s Son, He is the heir of all things, He made the worlds, nothing or no one is better than Christ
He is greater than the prophets through which God spoke in times past (Heb 1:1)
He is greater than the angels which have at times been God's messengers (Heb 1:4)
God spoke through man and angels in times past, in these last days He speaks to us by His Son (Heb 1:2)
A1l that God is going to say has been said in Jesus Christ, His Son, He is the “Revelation” (Rev 1:1)
Christ is the finality of God's message, the completeness of God's Word (Rev 19:10)
Christ is the total revelation from God and God’s last spokesman (John 5:39-47)
That is why “we ought to give the more earnest heed,” a very strong statement in the original Greek
Meaning that it is necessary for you to carefully give your full attention, don’t neglect God’s Word
The original presents exceeding ordinary attention, calling for an abundant, superabundant attention
Presenting it as something that must be done from a sense of duty, a “must,” it is of Divine necessity
It is a moral and a logical “must,” the basis of which is our duty as a Christian to hear God’s Word
There is no reason why we should not hear what God has to say, yet people give many poor excuses
We must give our full attention, we must continually “give the more earnest heed”
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That means much more than giving God’s Word some consideration or giving it a thought
It means to give your undivided attention, set your mind upon God’s Word, devote yourself to it
Sailors used the original term meaning to hold a ship in the right direction, to set the sails
As Christians we need to be sure that our ship is sailing in the right direction
Our mind must give attention “to the things which we have heard”
That which has been heard from God, you must first hear it, you must put forth an effort to hear it
And be sure that the word you are hearing is the Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 4:12)
In each of the seven letters found in Revelation 2 &3, it is stated, Rev 2:29 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Every Christian needs to hear every word, obey every command, heed every warning
We must have a desire to listen, a will to learn, and a spirit to obey
Only through God’s Word can we set our minds on things above, Col 3:2 Set your affection on things
above, not on things on the earth.
(Very important in our day)
The Word of God will open our hearts to serve God, Rom 6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the
servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
We must increase in the knowledge of God by hearing His Word, Col 1:9 For this cause we also, since
the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; Col 1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
It is important that we “Heed God’s Word,” we must receive it in our mind and commit it to our heart
We must listen, learn, live, and obey God’s Word, “lest at any time we should let them slip.
“Lest at any time” calls for caution, there is a great danger, anyone of us can slip up
The choice is ours, we are to make the decision, will we “Heed God’s Word” or not?
The meaning of “we should let them slip” is the opposite of giving heed
It is possible to let God’s Word slip by us, we can let it drift away, we can daily neglect the Bible
It is like standing on the bank of a river and watch something float by you
It flows with the current and you are still standing there, it went right by you
Many Christians today are guilty of what Paul warns us of, they have Bibles, put away somewhere
They claim to believe that the Bible is God’s Word, but they don’t read it or study it
They will talk about it but not live daily according to its truths because they don’t seek God’s truth
They want to hear the good stories from the Bible but don’t want to be a living story of the Bible
They want to possess a Bible but do not want the Bible to have possession of them
We must be obedient to God’s Will and live a fruitful life according to the Word of God
Heb 2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience
received a just recompence of reward;
God has used angels to speak, when God gave the law to the Israelites from Mount Sinai, Psa 68:17 The
chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in
the holy place.
Angels were God’s administrative agents at the time of the giving of the law, Act 7:53 Who have
received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
God was the speaker, He used the angels as messengers, the Jews heard the message
But they did not keep it, they did not pay attention, they did not take heed, they let it slip
Since their message was from God it “was steadfast”
“Steadfast” speaks of something fixed, something sure or certain, something you can rely on
The word that came from God through angels was “steadfast” and could be trusted
Words that were established and guaranteed to be truth, every word from God is trustworthy
God’s Word is not to be questioned or challenged but believed and received, words that we must live by
We are given a warning, “and every transgression”
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A “transgression” is that which breaks the law of God, referring to sins of commission
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