The Great Escape

Hebrews 2:3 NKJV

3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

How shall we Escape?

There are Some Questions to Which there is no Answer

A. There are Some Questions to Which there is no Answer

How deep is the bottomless pit?

How wide is space?

How long is eternity?

How Shall we Escape if we Neglect so Great Salvation?

This is a Question that Prompts Other Questions

What is Salvation?

Salvation is deliverance from the penalty of sin

The wages of sin is death (Rom. 6.23)

Once, hell and judgment loomed ahead

Jonathan Edwards: God may cast wicked men into hell at any moment”

their foot shall soon slide

Once, every moment moved you closer to destruction

Now, every heartbeat brings you closer to heaven

Salvation is deliverance from the power of sin

Once you were a slave to habits and lust

To whom you yield yourselves servants to obey; his servants you are whom you obey

Sin has power over us while we are subject to it.

Jesus said, whoever sins is a slave to sin

Sin, when it conceives brings forth death

Now you are free to conquer in the power of God

Stand fast in the Liberty where Christ has made you free

Salvation is deliverance from the presence of sin

Now surrounded with sin’s reality

Man moans about it but chooses it, revels in it, wallows in it

So many people know that sin is harming them, yet continue to wallow in it

As Peter said, “The dog returns to its own vomit”

We all need salvation because all have sinned

What is so Great About Salvation?

The price paid for our salvation was great

Consider Him, who endured such contradiction against Himself

Instead of the blood of bulls and goats each year, offered His own blood, once

The fact that all can be saved is great

Whosoever

The simplicity of the message is great

God has chosen the foolish things...

The changed life is great

If any man is in Christ, He is a new creation

The fellowship of the saved is great

We now have fellowhsip with God, and with one another

The faithfulness of the Savior is great

We can now come boldly to His throne

The fact that this is the one permanent thing in life is great

eternal salvation:

From What do we Escape if we Accept this Great Salvation?

How shall we escape?

There is no escape

Jesus described it as a place from which there is no escape, where the fire is never quenched

where there is never any rest?

Death comes to a man once, after that, the judgement.

The tragedy of life’s neglected opportunities. There are so many

The job you could have taken

The education you could have received

The property you could have purchased

Imagine standing at judgment regretting your neglect

But the man who accepts salvation escapes the following:

The guilt of the past

The fear of the future

Hell

Lake of fire

f. Earth’s most awful war

The judgment of the Great White Throne

Escape the loss of the greatest prize in the universe - Eternity with Jesus.

Conclusion

This “Salvation” is The Great Escape

Escape to Jesus