Homilist Hebrews 2:1-4 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.… I. They are things COMMUNICATED. "We have heard" them from parents, teachers, ministers. II. They are things TO BE RETAINED. Should be held, not merely in memory as facts, but in heart as forces. III. They are things the retainment of which requires MOST DETERMINED EFFORT. 1. The loss of them would be the greatest calamity. 2. A possible calamity. Many things tend to relax the soul's hold upon them remaining depravity within, seductive influences without. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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