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Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 7 a.m.

Welcome to Day 2229 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom \nHebrews-2 Don't Neglect So Great Salvation - Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 04/23/2023\n\n\u201cDon\u2019t Neglect So Great A Salvation\u201d\xa0 \n\nHebrews 2:1-4\n\nLast, we began an extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. The theme of the superiority of Christ in His person and work resounds from every chapter of the book of Hebrews.\n\nToday, our focus is a warning about drifting from our spiritual foundation. Let\u2019s read Hebrews 2:1-4.\n\nWe must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.\xa0\xa0For since the message spoken\xa0through angels\xa0was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,\xa0how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?\xa0This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord,\xa0was confirmed to us by those who heard him.\xa0God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles,\xa0and by gifts of the Holy Spirit\xa0distributed according to his will.\n\nIt\u2019s hard to imagine many contexts in which drifting is a good thing. Possibly, a lazy floating river ride in a kayak or canoe may be enjoyable until you have to disembark. On the other hand, if a car begins to drift from its lane, it\u2019s only a matter of time before an accident. When a boat drifts off course, at best, it will miss its destination; at worst, it could crash and sink! If an airplane drifts from its flight path, disastrous consequences could occur. Of course, a little drifting, caught early, can be corrected with little more than inconvenient consequences. But if a driver, sailor, or pilot doesn\u2019t pay attention and neglects their responsibilities, the drift could result in injury or death.\n\nSimilarly, neglect in spiritual matters can result in spiritual drifting. When we begin to ignore the guardrails of God\u2019s Word, we can swerve from the truth and become trapped in a spiritual or moral ditch. Suppose we fail to navigate our vessel according to the safe principles of God\u2019s revealed truth. In that case, the currents of cultural conformity will inevitably drive us into the jagged rocks of doubt, ultimately shipwrecking our faith. If we turn our focus away from our heavenly destination, the winds of false doctrine and worldly conviction can blow us into enemy airspace, leaving us open to spiritual attack.\n\nYou know I am certainly not a doom and gloom type of person, and there are many great awakenings within the worldwide church today, but the state of some churches and Christians appears to be drifting. Spiritual laziness has set in by neglecting the great salvation given to us as a gift through Jesus Christ. Just think about the downward trends in our churches:\n

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• Doctrinal deviation
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• Moral compromise
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• Leadership failures
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• Cultural conformity
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• Political expediency
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• Worldly priorities
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• Evangelistic complacency
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\nSadly, the list could go on. These are the dangers of spiritual drifting. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so vital for believers to pay heed to the crucial tenets of the Christian life. There\u2019s just too much at stake! Drifting from the message and morality of the gospel was as much a problem in the first century as it is in the twenty-first century. The challenges may have been different, but the trajectory is the same: off the straight path of doctrinal and moral purity and into