Pay Attention to God’s Word
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. (Hebrews 2:1-4)
The main point of these verses is the importance of paying attention to the Word of God and heeding what it says - particularly the Gospel of Christ. That’s simple enough to see, but I’m intrigued by the way he makes this point. Many times the wording of the Bible might seem confusing to many people. We wonder “Why did he say it that way? Couldn’t he have just said what he wanted us to see?” I’m a firm believer that when the wording is complex it isn’t because the writer is intending to be unclear of elusive, but rather that there is some reason why he has said it this way. So I want to show how I broke this passage down.