"Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away."
- Hebrews 2:1 NKJV
Life on earth, if not anchored in Christ, causes you to drift away.
"...when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God..."
- Genesis 3:5 NIV
"...then the eyes of both of them were opened..."
- Genesis 3:7 NIV
Today, people who don't have Jesus are lost!
"Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe."
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT
“The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to.”
- Luke 4:5-6 NIV
3 Things We Must Do to Not Drift Away:
1) Believe and Trust the Word (Jesus)
“Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be SURE to all the seed…”
- Romans 4:16 NKJV
“These things I have written to you who BELIEVE in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to BELIEVE in the name of the Son of God.”
- 1 John 5:13 NKJV
2) Hold on to the Word (Jesus)
“Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God…”
- Heb 2:17 NKJV
““What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’” - Luke 15:4 NKJV
3) Identify yourself in Jesus
“Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren.…. “
- Hebrews 2:17 NKJV
“For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.”
- Hebrews 2:18 NKJV
Jesus identified with us.
“Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.”
- Luke 24:39 NKJV
Paul Identified himself in Christ.
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
- Galatians 2:20 NKJV
John Identified himself in ChrisT.
“Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.”
- 1 John 4:17 NKJV
Identify yourself in Christ.
“When Christ WHO IS OUR LIFE appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.”
- Colossians 3:4 NKJV
“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.”
- Hebrews 12:2 NKJV