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How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? Hebrews 2:1-4 (KJV) warns "lest at any time we should let them slip": drifting from Christ starts with neglect.
Hebrews w/ Otis Fowler Pt 3, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta with Otis Fowler.

Chapter 1 showed Jesus above the prophets and the angels. Hebrews 2 opens with the first warning of the book: "we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip" (Hebrews 2:1). Otis explains that nobody drifts toward holiness. Drift is what happens when you stop rowing, one small neglect at a time.

"For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation" (Hebrews 2:2-3)? The hosts look at Uzzah and the ark (2 Samuel 6:6-7), being "sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all" (Hebrews 10:10; 2 Corinthians 5:21), creation leaving men "without excuse" (Psalm 19:1-4; Romans 1:19-20), the unforgivable sin, the quail in the wilderness (Numbers 11), and the eyewitnesses of the Word of life (Luke 1:2; 1 John 1:1-3).

Verse 4: God bore witness "with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost." That leads to Mark 16:15-20, what speaking in tongues is, a follow-up on the two witnesses from the last Q&A, and "Who hath believed our report?" (Isaiah 53:1). It opens with Otis on the secret of the Lord (Proverbs 2:1-6; Proverbs 3:32; Psalm 119).

Questions answered
- What does "lest at any time we should let them slip" mean? (16:14)
- Why do Christians drift away from God? (20:16)
- Why did God strike Uzzah for touching the ark? (34:13)
- What is the unforgivable sin? (54:31)
- How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? (59:10)
- What signs follow them that believe? (1:23:33)
- What is speaking in tongues? (1:27:09)

Previous: Hebrews w/ Otis Fowler Pt 2: https://youtu.be/tnRGX9PNeJs
Next: Hebrews w/ Otis Fowler Pt 4: https://youtu.be/szRHuSwB3fo
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Chapters
0:00 Hebrews 2, Verses 1-4: Opening
2:09 Prayer
3:25 Otis's Nugget: The Secret of the Lord
6:19 The Fear of the Lord (Proverbs 2, Verses 1-6)
7:00 His Secret Is With the Righteous (Proverbs 3, Verse 32)
8:14 Delighting in the Word (Psalm 119)
11:20 Reading Hebrews 2, Verses 1-4
12:46 Recap of Hebrews 1
16:14 Lest We Let Them Slip (Hebrews 2, Verse 1)
20:16 You Don't Drift Toward Holiness
24:39 The Word Spoken by Angels (Hebrews 2, Verse 2)
34:13 Uzzah and the Ark (2 Samuel 6)
42:58 Sanctified Once for All (Hebrews 10; 2 Corinthians 5)
49:03 Creation Declares God (Psalm 19; Romans 1)
54:31 The Unforgivable Sin
59:10 So Great Salvation (Hebrews 2, Verse 3)
1:03:01 Quail in the Wilderness (Numbers 11)
1:15:04 The Good Samaritan
1:17:26 Eyewitnesses of the Word (Luke 1; 1 John 1)
1:22:42 Signs and Wonders (Hebrews 2, Verse 4)
1:23:33 These Signs Shall Follow (Mark 16)
1:27:09 What Is Speaking in Tongues?
1:29:00 Follow-Up: The Two Witnesses
1:36:56 Tangent: Physiognomy
1:39:29 Who Hath Believed Our Report? (Isaiah 53)
1:50:54