We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.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 we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them.
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… there's a lot of growth to take place in my life. And when I'm not growing, I'm going to by default start going in the opposite direction. Hebrews 2.1 says, we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard or we may drift away from it. It's like a ship that is not anchored, drifting away from its harbor. You're not gonna automatically drift toward a godly life. You have to put effort in that. I'm not suggesting salvation comes through human effort, but I am suggesting spiritual growth does come by applying the truths of scripture. And so this is something we don't wanna see happen. We don't want to drift toward an ungodly life. And maybe I'm talking to somebody right now that feels pretty beaten up spiritually. Maybe today as you're hearing this message, you have failed in some way, shape, or form. Maybe it's a moral failure. Maybe you failed your spouse, your kids, failed your Lord. You've fallen and you wonder, can I be forgiven? …
… is going to take your life. That's the completion of it, your life. And there were lots of reasons for the Hebrews, lots of temptations to not finish the race. Here's a few examples, Hebrews 2 verse 1. We must pay much closer attention to what we have heard lest we drift away from it. I dare say there are more people who fail to finish the Christian race for that reason. Not that they wake up and say, you know what? I'm done being a Christian. They just drift. Now, Hebrews definitely teaches the doctrine of once saved, always saved. It's sometimes called you cannot lose your salvation. But one of the things that Hebrews is doing is giving us all these warnings because there are genuinely people, and sadly we all know of these people in our lives. They taste of some heavenly things. They maybe even joined a church. They were part of a Christian fellowship for a while, and they didn't stick. They didn't stick. They proved not to really be with Christ. And so Hebrews understands that reality, and these many warnings are the means by which God's true people will hear it and say, oh Lord, may I not be a drifter. Hebrews 2.12, take care brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart leading you to fall away. …
… committed to my husband or wife, and I will be faithful to try and connect. I will be faithful to serve. I will be faithful to be in agreement. Look at the next scripture, Hebrews chapter two, verse one, we must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. This is not just in our marriage. This is in our faith. Some of us have drifted so far away from God's plan for our life. We've drifted so far away from what we told God we would do with our life. It wasn't dramatic. It was gradual. But one moment I said, God, you are my everything. I will serve you. You can have, you ever, you ever see like a young adult, a young adult's like, God, you can have it all. You can have my money. Old people never be praying that prayer. What does the young adult say? They have no money. You can have all my $21. God's like, you keep it. You're going to need it. …