Every Transgression and Disobedience receives a Just Recompence of Reward

[Mr. M]

Hebrews 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.

2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience

received a just recompence of reward;

3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began

to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

 

Is salvation being neglected, and if so, by whom? Certainly not the unsaved!

Is it not those who have received the Holy Spirit, but neglect the gifts, 

and the bearing of fruit? 

1 Timothy 4:14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy 

with the laying on of the hands of the elders.

[Ausie 52]

This is one of the many dire warnings in the Book of Hebrews that a Christian can fall away and be lost. The Christian Life is conditioned on faith & trust in Christ to begin with and to continue in. If one finally turns away from Christ in total unbelief, he is lost forever. The writer to the Hebrews was concerned that many of them were tempted to return to Judaism and thus forsaking Christ.

[TheBlade]

Sorry Mr M I read and had to stop  "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard,"
 

Oh yes AMEN and AMEN! Thanks my brother

[Mr. M]

On 9/1/2023 at 3:02 PM, Mr. M said:

3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began

to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

2 Peter 1:

12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things,

though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle,

to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle,

even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

15 Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease

to have these things always in remembrance.

[Mr. M]

On 9/1/2023 at 3:02 PM, Mr. M said:

3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began

to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

Luke 21:34-36 But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.

[Bruce_Leiter]

Fellow believer, in my varied and long experience as a teacher and then a pastor, I have observed many unbelievers who neglect the gift of salvation. In churches, there is a lot of passive neglect of Jesus' saving power. People don't want to change, even when God calls us to. They want an "easy" religion instead of a full commitment to Jesus.