Pay Attention!
Hebrews 2: 1- 4
Chapter 2: 1 & 2
“We must pay the most careful attention,
therefore, to what we have heard, so that
we do not drift away. For since the
message spoken through angels was
binding, and every violation and
disobedience received its just
punishment.”
Break it down…
We are commanded…
“We must pay the most careful attention…”
To What?
“to what we have heard,”
Why?
“so that we do not drift away.”
V2 “the message spoken through angels was binding,”
Angels were often sent by God to announce His will
and blessings…Deut 33 tells us (when He gave the 10
Commandments to Moses), “The Lord came from
Sinai…He came from amidst…holy ones (angels)…
at His right hand were angels with Him.”
“was binding” – His Word was steadfast and sure -
firm
V2 “and every violation and disobedience received its
just punishment.”
Every violation = crossing the boundaries of the Law
And disobedience = breaking of the Law, neglecting
to follow the Law and neglecting to do good
Received its just punishment = any and every
violation and disobedience received its just (right and
appropriate) punishment…no escaping just
punishment…
Chapter 2: 3
“How shall we escape if we ignore so great a
salvation? This salvation, which was first announced
by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who
heard Him.”
“How shall we escape if we ignore” = Look what
happened to Israel in the desert! None of them survived
the 40 years … except Joshua and Caleb. But now…
“so great a salvation” = The Word became human and
lived with us, was sacrificed for us, rose from the dead,
conquered our sins and death…from sacrificing animals
to the King of King –the Lamb of God sacrificed once
and for all! How can we ignore that!?!
V3 (continued) “This salvation, which was first
announced by the Lord”…
Gen 3: 15, God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity
between you and the woman, and between your
offspring and hers; He will crush your head, and you will
strike His heel.”
And the Lord Jesus, Himself, announced that He would
be the sacrifice (the Passover Lamb)… (John 14 – 16)
Heb 2: 4
“God, also testified to it (this great salvation)
by signs, wonders and various miracles, and
by the gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed
according to His will.”
Signs: The move from Rochester, NY and NTID/RIT
Chaplaincy to Springfield, MO
Wonders: The move from MO to Gallaudet Chaplaincy
Miracles: Home Missionary making $65.00 a month
invited to live in Arlington, VA, etc…
“and by the gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed
according to His will.”
I Cor 12 & 14 –for the Church
Wisdom
Knowledge
Faith
Healing
Miracles
Prophecy
Discernment
Message in Tongues
Interpretation
Eph 5: 18 –20 Personal Prayer
Language
“Be filled with the Spirit,
speaking to one another
with psalms, hymns, and
songs from the Spirit. Sing
and make music from your
heart to the Lord, always
giving thanks to God the
Father for everything, in the
name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
Romans 8: 26
“…the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We
do not know what we ought to pray for,
but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us
through wordless groans. And He Who
searches our hearts knows the mind of the
Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for
God’s people in accordance with the will
of God.”
What is Heb 2: 1 –4 saying to us?
We do not want to drift away … PAY
ATTENTION!
God announced the plan of salvation
from the Garden of Eden
Jesus paid our debt of sin
Jesus confirmed the plan of salvation thru
signs, wonders, miracles and
Sends the Holy Spirit so we can be filled
with the Holy Spirit and have the gifts of
the Holy Spirit work in BDA and in our lives
giving us a personal prayer language!
