Hebrews 2:1-4 | What's the lesson for me today?
Neglect
3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him
-Hebrews 2:3
-Hebrews 2:3
ameleō
-to be careless of; neglect
This is the word that is used in the above passage. I think it is particularly notable that the passage does not concern itself with rejection. Instead it is concerned with neglect. It is one thing to reject this salvation. And that is often times what we find ourselves caught up in. As long as we are not rejecting it, we must be doing well. But even within our Christian circles we can describe a distance we feel from the Lord. Most people I talk with confess that they do not read their Bible enough and they do not pray enough. Ladies and gentlemen, I fear that we have a church culture that neglects the salvation we have been given.
Have you ever stopped to consider what it really means that we have been saved? Many modern believers might answer that something to the affect: it means Jesus died for my sins and now I can go to heaven. While there is truth in that statement, it is far from the fullness of it. We were saved with purpose in mind. Jesus was not a ticket to heaven, but an opportunity for us to walk in obedience and reconciliation with the Father. I am going to share a few passages of Scripture here that I want you to meditate upon. Consider what it really means that we were saved.
-to be careless of; neglect
This is the word that is used in the above passage. I think it is particularly notable that the passage does not concern itself with rejection. Instead it is concerned with neglect. It is one thing to reject this salvation. And that is often times what we find ourselves caught up in. As long as we are not rejecting it, we must be doing well. But even within our Christian circles we can describe a distance we feel from the Lord. Most people I talk with confess that they do not read their Bible enough and they do not pray enough. Ladies and gentlemen, I fear that we have a church culture that neglects the salvation we have been given.
Have you ever stopped to consider what it really means that we have been saved? Many modern believers might answer that something to the affect: it means Jesus died for my sins and now I can go to heaven. While there is truth in that statement, it is far from the fullness of it. We were saved with purpose in mind. Jesus was not a ticket to heaven, but an opportunity for us to walk in obedience and reconciliation with the Father. I am going to share a few passages of Scripture here that I want you to meditate upon. Consider what it really means that we were saved.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
-2 Cor. 5:17-21
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
-Ephesians 2:10
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
-Colossians 1:13-14
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
-2 Cor. 5:17-21
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
-Ephesians 2:10
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
-Colossians 1:13-14
Are you noticing a pattern in each of those passages? They are all testifying of our salvation but none of them are speaking anything about heaven. Heaven was never the goal. The Father was the goal. If we are neglecting our salvation, we are neglecting the Father. That is a big deal and it should be a big deal to us. We do not want to be neglectful of something that is so costly. Understand that the salvation we would be neglecting was paid for by the blood of the Son of God. Do not concern yourself as to whether or not you are rejecting the Lord. Let us be concerned with whether or not we are neglecting Him.
What lesson are you taking away from this Scripture?
What lesson are you taking away from this Scripture?
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