“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 NKJV
The warning if we don’t hear God, “then how would we expect to escape punishment if we despise the very truths that give us life? The Lord Himself was the first to announce these things, and those who heard Him firsthand confirmed their accuracy.” Here and later in many places, we are warned: not to drift away from the power of our great salvation; later the warning is about failing to enter into His rest; to be devoted to the full assurance of our hope till life’s end; not sinning wilfully after we have received the truth; receiving God’s correction as our faithful Father; not to close our hearts to the voice of One Who speaks from heaven. No one can afford to underestimate and be blasé about this final message - a salvation of such magnificent proportions! There is no alternative escape. Salvation as it is articulated in Christ, is the message that God spoke from the beginning, and it was confirmed again and again by those who heard Him. We are rescued from the lies we believed about ourselves under the law of performance! Let’s believe God for ourselves. Amen!
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