Christ, the Superior Message: Part One

I. The God Who Speaks, Heb 1:1-3
II. Christ's Excellence above the Angels, Heb 1:4-7
III. Christ, the Superior Messenger, Heb 1:8-14
IV. Christ, the Superior Message, Heb 2:1-18

A. a Warning… Heb 2:1-4

1. "The paragraph is plainly parenthetical." John Brown
2. "Hell is undoubtedly full of people who were never actively opposed to Jesus Christ, but who simply neglected the gospel." John MacArthur

B. Inferences Heb 2:1

1. inference #1, v1
   a. we must pay much closer attention…
   b. δεῖ περισσοτέρως ἡμὰς προσέχειν
   c. dā per-is-sot-ER-ōs hā-MAS pros-EKS-an
   d. the reader was not paying close attention or earnestly heeding

2. inference #2, v1
   a. to what we have heard …
   b. τοῖς ἀκουσθεῖσι
   c. to-IS ak-oos-THĀ-see
   d. the gospel in general
   e. the basics of the gospel from ch.1
   --- Therefore… (ESV); Wherefore… (KJV)
   --- διὰ τοῦτο (dee-A TOO-to)
   f. Rom 10:17; John 5:39

3. inference #3, v1
   a. lest we drift away from it.
   b. μή ποτε παραρυῶμεν
   c. MĀ po-te par-ar-u-Ō-men
   d. παραρυῶμεν "carelessly pass"
   --- nautical term?
   --- Heb 6:19
   --- 1 Tim 1:19