Hebrews 2:3 – “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,”
The context is speaking of the preaching of Jesus who is greater than the prophets and the angels who spoke with authority before His incarnation. God is speaking to us in His Son. The Lord Jesus preached, the Father bore witness, and the Holy Spirit came as the power of God to do His work in us. How great a salvation! Why would anyone want to make light of this wonderful salvation in Jesus Christ?
To neglect is to remain inattentive and unbelieving? Since the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense? Neglecting will render escape impossible. What do you have to do to be lost? Nothing. Absolutely nothing! How then shall we escape eternal damnation? The greatness of this great salvation is in the offer of the LORD God who comes to us.
In one sense they had been saved (from the penalty of sin), in another sense they were still being saved (from the power of sin), in still another sense they were yet to be saved (from the presence of sin). But God ever deals with His people as accountable creatures. As moral beings, He addresses their responsibility. And so it is with us today.
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Pastor Josh Laryea