24 Nov 2011

Hebrews 2:3-4

Posted by joncooper

Hebrews 2:3: “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;
4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”

God has provided an incredible variety of evidence that the Gospel is true, that Jesus really was both the Messiah and God Himself, and that Jesus actually was crucified and rose from the dead on the third day. God had made Himself very clear, through signs, wonders, miracles, witnesses, fulfilled prophecies, and spiritual gifts. He has left no room for doubt. Yet, despite all this, many have chosen to reject this “great salvation”. They simply don’t believe it. In fact, not only do they not believe it, but they think that simply not believing it is enough to make it all go away! If they don’t believe in Hell then there is no Hell. If they don’t believe in a God who judges sin then there is no God who judges sin. They actually seem to believe that reality itself depends on their beliefs.

Of course, this whole idea is silly. Gravity won’t go away if you decide that you don’t believe in gravity anymore, and God’s existence doesn’t depend on your beliefs either. Hell isn’t something that will stop existing if enough people agree that it isn’t real. Nor is God amused by all of this. As many people have said, God does not believe in atheists. Unbelief is not “okay”; it is a fearful and terrible sin. God does not look at unbelief and say “Oh, well, they don’t believe in me, so that’s ok. I’ll just move along to the next person”. The Lord does not accept unbelief; He condemns it.

Yes, there are many people who choose to reject the truth, or mock it, or despise it, or simply ignore it. They think that this is their salvation, but as these verses point out, unbelief leads only to destruction. Jesus really is the only way to be saved – and those who neglect “so great salvation” will find that their unbelief is the very thing that has damned them.

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