The Caution of All Cautions

So yeah, we're in Hebrews chapter 2, 1 through 4, and the title for this sermon will be the caution of all cautions.

Here we will, throughout this whole time together, we're going to be able to learn that if you do not listen and obey to this caution, you will endlessly suffer.

That's why this is the caution of all cautions. And the opposite is also true.

The first part is if you do not listen and obey. But here is that if you do listen and obey, you will live endlessly. You have eternal life endlessly. And so you can see how here this is the caution of all cautions to be able to understand this. We're going to break verses 1 through 4 into three different sections, like a good Baptist sermon. There are going to be three C's. If you're taking notes, there are going to be the first verse will be the caution. And verse 2 and then part of chapter 3 will be the consideration. The consideration. And then the third section for this sermon will be the confirmation. So we're going to have the caution, the consideration, and then the confirmation.

So read with me in chapter 1 in Hebrews chapter 2.

So back up into verse 1, for this reason, we know that we go back into what was the reason for this reason to happen. And we look into chapter 1. In chapter 1, we read here all about the person and the work of Christ, that this is the gospel. And about how he is better than the angels and about the work that he accomplished there in verse 3. And so the finality of God's saving promise is what he fulfilled there and explicitly said there in chapter 1. And it's fulfilled in Christ. And so we see here that the work has been in the past. The work has been in the past. The world is going to tell us different. The world is going to tell us the truth is out there. The truth is somewhere where we haven't found it yet. And so the world is going to constantly point to things that you have not found yet or things you have not achieved. There's always going to be something new. Well, the caution of all cautions points to the truth that has already happened. This is one of the reasons why that it is the caution of all cautions because it's already happened. And so those who come after the work of Christ, you would think that we would get it. But we look around the world and there is still a mass rejection of Christ. Even though the work is finished, the work is accomplished. We have all of the scriptures to be able to tell us that this is what happened in the past. And then in verse 1, it continues on for this reason. So this reason is Christ.

We must pay much closer attention to what we have heard so that we do not drift away from it. This phrase here, which Pastor Casey talked a lot about six months ago when we covered this verse, "Do not drift away from it." This implies a denial of God, implies a denial of God and His provision. This happens in the form of self-reliance.

What do you fall back on for your security? When you think about this world, there's lots of things that I am prone to be able to fall back on. You got your guns and your gold. You got your other things that you're like, "If I get more of this or more of that, it's going to help me feel more secure." Or, "This is going to help me feel more secure if I'm able to obtain this or obtain that." This is a self-reliance. This is a drifting away. And this is what God is saying here in this verse, so that we do not drift away from it, it being the gospel. And we don't drift away from that. We don't drift away from relying on Christ. The person in the work of Christ. In Joshua chapter 24 and verse 27, make a note for that if you want to flip there, it's fine. But it's at the end of Joshua, and Joshua is pretty close to a dying. He's at the...

They have done a conquest of Canaan, and these are his last words. One of his last words is, "Do not deny God." "Do not deny God." And that's a very similar phrase to, "Do not drift away from it." It's, "Do not deny God." And when we continue reading in Joshua, and all throughout the history of Israel, is that God continually told them to not rely on horses, not to rely on gold and silver, not to rely on kings. And yet, they drifted in that way. They drifted away into those means of self-reliance, rather than trusting in the name of the Lord. And so, we kind of see that. And then in Micah, Micah chapter 5 verse 13, you kind of see all the way from Joshua all the way until Micah, Micah, you know, part of the 12 minor prophets, kind of encapsulates this time period of Israel, where Micah chapter 5 verse 13, it actually states how the Lord cut off Israel from their means of self-reliance. There's a whole list there in chapter 5, in Micah chapter 5, where God warned them in Joshua and in Deuteronomy as well, and in Deuteronomy, of warning Israel not to be self-reliant, but to rely on him for their provision, for their everything, to rely on him. And yet, we see all throughout the history of Israel. And finally, in Micah, it was a long period of time. Finally, the Lord gave him grace and patience to wait. And then when Micah came, he cut him off. He cut him off from the self-reliance, and we know that that's how it kind of led to the exile and all of that. And so, that was in Micah chapter 5 and verse 13. Also, in the MacArthur's study Bible,

the study notes for that give a really good term to help us understand this term of, "Do not drift away from it." The notes there talk about how it's a nautical term, a nautical term like being like a ship. And so, it's like a ship that is floating down and passing harbor after harbor after harbor, but there is one harbor that will not destroy the ship. And it says, "Don't drift away from that harbor." There is one harbor that is going to provide security, to provide safety, to be able to keep the ship alive. If you'd go any other way, down the stream or upstream, away from this harbor, that is the caution of all cautions that you will end up suffering endlessly. That's kind of the idea here when we're talking about, "Do not drift away from it." The caution of all cautions is, "Don't miss the salvation of Christ. Don't drift away from it." That's why we always need to keep coming back to the gospel. We need to preach the gospel every single Sunday, every single day, every single minute that we have to be able to constantly reform back to Scripture, on what Scripture says, about what the Scriptures say about who the gospel is and who Christ is Himself, and not to drift away from that.

Very, very important to be able to understand this. This leads to our first main truth, found in our first verse here, is, "My salvation is received either in Christ or not at all."

My salvation is received either in Christ or not at all.

First, we'll cover the salvation received in Christ. The salvation received in Christ, this is the harbor that we're not drifting away from, where everything else is going to be the not at all. But the salvation received in Christ, it is received in Christ and we are justified. And we are justified with all the righteousness of Christ. The 33 years where Jesus lived, He was building up an account of righteousness in His account. And His white robes, He was able to give to whomever He wants, to whoever He wants. And those whomever wants are the ones who repent and believe and respond to the gospel.

And that's the justification part. And the sanctification part is where you live a hard life of sanctification in the form of crucifying your fleshly desires. And this is the sanctification part where Pastor Casey harped on and plead with us big time on not conforming to our fleshly desires. That's all the other harbors. But to be able to be zero to end on in a consistent way, on a daily basis, on not to drift away from the harbor of Christ. And to be able to keep crucifying our fleshly desires. Now this process doesn't ever stop. This process doesn't ever stop until you and I, who have repented and believe in the gospel, we see Jesus.

When we kind of come around to this salvation, I want to be able to kind of talk a little bit about eternal security. Or eternal security, it's also been known as the perseverance of the saints. And it's also been called the preservation of the saints. I like to maybe take all three terms and to kind of blend them together. The eternal security has an implication that is just an emphasis on a reservation in heaven. It doesn't really emphasize your Christian life or the work of God. The perseverance of the saints, that does put an emphasis on the perseverance of the saint. It puts the emphasis on your work and that you're actually not drifting away. And that you are actually standing firm and you have your eyes fixed on Christ and you will not drift away from that. And that you will do that. And then there's the preservation of the saints, where this puts an emphasis on God's faithfulness, on God's faithfulness to secure the saint, to be able to secure you and I, who have put their faith into Christ. And I like all three kind of put together as we're teaching this to be able to say,

but the most glorious I think is the preservation. If I had to pick one of the three, preservation of the saints is quite an amazing and glorious thing to be able to reflect on who God is and that he cares for you to preserve you. In Romans 8, 38 and 39, talk about the separation, nothing can separate us from the love of God. How great is that preservation of the saints? And it's something to be marveled at and to be studied and worshiped and amazed at the preservation of the saints.

The other side of this main truth is that my salvation is not received at all. All right, we talked about being our salvation being received in Christ, but if the salvation is not received at all, there is a great desire to be self-reliant on all things except God. There is little desire to study the Bible, to know the spiritual diamonds that are explicitly and implicitly said in the Bible, to be able to dig deep and find diamonds as we say. There is a continual submission to your own sinful desires. You don't desire to have any accountability. You don't desire to be part of a local church. Nothing comes from the heart in order for you to do godly biblical things, to follow God's commands.

These are just symptoms and indications that salvation has not been received by you. And so you may be saying to yourself, "I'm a lost cause," or, "You don't really know me. You don't really know what I've done." I do know, and by reading scripture, that the cross is for everyone. The cross is for everyone who repents and believes. And you can repent and believe for anything and everything. The cross is sufficient for you and I.

And whether you are heeding this caution or not, let's continue on into verse 2 and 3a. This is very applicable to all of us. Let me read for us starting in verse 2.

"For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?"

If you look here in verse 2, there is a couple "ands," the word "and," but there's one big one that helps us dissect this verse a little bit better to help us understand and comprehend what these verse says. I kind of label these as conditions. There are two conditions in this verse before we get to the consideration. The big "and" there is, "For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and that next "and" there kind of helps separate these two conditions." So if you have your Bible open, you'll be able to see that. The first condition is that God's law is absolute, that God's law is absolute, and it is proven unalterable. It is proven unalterable, meaning secure, firm, sure, unalterable. God's law is absolute. And then the second condition, on the other side of that "and," is that all men receive rightful punishment for breaking that law or a just penalty.

We can kind of get our heads wrapped around these two conditions, right?

They're fairly simple concepts that a high and lifted holy God, His law and word is secure and firm and unalterable. And then there's the subjects, there's the creatures, who we, that when we violate God's law, that there will be a just penalty.

This is fundamental 101 for us. But then it comes to the consideration, and the consideration here, how can we escape?

And the short answer, known to us, the reader, is that we can't escape. We cannot escape this. This is a just penalty. The condition of us not being able to escape is simply neglecting this salvation. The caution of all cautions, and this great salvation,

where we would suffer endlessly, is just so casually neglected in such a great consequence. It is, it can be so easily missed. It just neglected. And so we got to be very, very careful, and we must continually preach and shout out this caution to the world. So let's explore this, these conditions, one condition at a time. So the first one there in verse two, the word spoken through angels proved unalterable.

And all throughout scripture, this kind of caught me, I was like, who were the angels? Are the angels, are they the apostles? Are they the Christians of that time? Are they the Hebrew people?

This was actually a literal, an explicit explanation as far as how the law was proclaimed and started out. If you were to go to Deuteronomy 33, verse two, it's towards the end of Moses' life. And there's a time where it talks about 10,000 holy ones were present at the time at Sinai, at Mount Sinai. And so there were angels present, according to God's word, there in Deuteronomy 33, verse two. Moses went up to Sinai multiple times. I think I've read that there's been eight times where he went up and down.

And there was, I believe, in the context of that verse, it refers to lightning. There was one time, maybe more, where when Moses went up to the Mount Sinai, that there was thunderous lightning and clouds. And I think it was that particular time where Moses had witnessed 10,000 angels as the angels

assisted in the proclamation of the law that God gave to Moses there on the top of Mount Sinai.

This is also confirmed in Psalm 68, 17, where it talks about the Myriads as at Mount Sinai in holiness that are seen in chariots. In Acts, in the New Testament, Acts 7, verse 53, where it talks about the law received, ordained by angels.

This is at the time in Acts 7, where Stephen, this verse here, Acts 7 and verse 53, I believe Casey did mention this particular verse in a sermon. Right after this verse, when Stephen was going through his summary of the Old Testament and talking about how he's like, "The law that you received that was ordained by angels," he's talking to the Jewish leaders. Right after he said that is when they got gritted and they wanted to kill him. And they did with Stephen. This is the dying man's last words, the proclamation as far as what happened on how the law was communicated and initiated through this wonderful, that has been proven unalterable law that has been brought in ever since with Moses by Myriads of angels. And then another one in Galatians chapter 3, verse 19, it talks about how the law is put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

And there's just another verse that talks about the New Testament and talks about these angels,

that the word was spoken through angels, proved unalterable.

And as we continue in verse two here in Hebrews chapter two, we get to the second condition on the other side of that big and. The second condition is every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty. This word transgression is a term where we understand that there is a line in the sand and it's an understood line. And the person that drew the line said, "Don't go past this." There's an understanding that I know this line exists. The other person knows that that line exists and I am going to rebelously step over the line, even though I'm not supposed to. That is a transgression. It is a deliberate act of rebellion. And that's what we do when we sin is a deliberate act of stepping over what God has proven unalterable in His word to be able to say. In Numbers 15 verse 30, there is a person who were, God is laying out on how to take care of people. Well, there is a person, when the person who does things defiantly, like blaspheming the Lord in Numbers 15 verse 30,

the Lord instructed for the nation to cut him off from his people and that his guilt would remain on him. Okay.

If you're still in Hebrews, go over to Hebrews chapter 10.

Hebrews chapter 10.

These verses, we're going to, as a church, probably get to these in a few months, but no harm in jumping, this pertains here back in chapter two. But Hebrews chapter 10, read with me in verse 26.

Two or three witnesses.

And again, the Lord will judge his people. It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

We don't want to be in this camp. We don't want to know, especially if you're hearing the word today. If you're hearing the word today, you have a responsibility to respond with repentance.

You know your sin. God knows your sin. If you were to reject Christ, it is going to be terrifying to fall into the hands of the living God. This is a just penalty. This is easy to comprehend, right? If you break the law, justice is received by receiving a penalty for the violation of this law.

You know, there's been a phrase that I've come around when I hear tough doctrine like this, tough preaching and teaching, is that it's easy to understand, but it's just hard to swallow. It's hard to swallow that God just doesn't love me the way I am.

There is easy believism, as we have said here in Biblically, to be able to understand that it is not just an easy believism. There is an understanding of your sin and to be able to understand that there is only one harbor going back to the not drifting away that you must pull under. You cannot neglect such a great salvation. How will you escape? How will you escape? If these two conditions are true, and they are, that we've talked about, how can you escape from that? And so this is a caution of cautions that we have to be able to confront, and we have to be able to embrace all of scripture as we're going through this. So this leads to our second main truth. Our second main truth is my just penalty was either taken by Christ or it remains on me.

My just penalty, you can write this and own it for yourself, because we have all sinned, fallen short of the glory of God, you can take this main truth and personalize it for yourself as I can. My just penalty was either taken by Christ or it remains on me.

All sin will be punished.

All sin will be punished. This is how God maintains his just character. But the only reason why that he's able to be mercy, a God of mercy and a God of just, is because of Christ. That is the only safe harbor. The only way God is able to maintain his character of being holy, of being separate from his creation, is this just penalty. All sin will be punished. He does not forgive sin without receiving the payment of a just penalty for that sin.

Jesus took the sin. He took the penalty upon himself. And it is a worthy sacrifice that pleased the Lord for those who believe in him.

So all sin will be punished, whether it's on the cross or paid by you.

So my just penalty was either taken by Christ or it remains on me. And what makes this either or so weighty to us today is the words, "It is finished." It is finished. We are no longer waiting for the Messiah to come.

You know, for Christmas, we're always waiting for the anticipated gifts to be able to have. There's excitement to be able to say, you know, there's something that's coming that I'm going to be able to receive.

Christ has come.

We're not waiting for anything else. We are going back to what we know what has happened. What the person and the work of Christ, Christmas has happened. The Messiah has come. There is no other work needing to be done for our salvation. And so if we were to neglect this salvation, how can we escape?

And then this question here, referred to, you know, this either or of a just penalty, really took me by surprise. I had to think about this as I was praying for this.

"If disobedience in the old covenant was swift, how much more severe will punishment and disobeying the new covenant will be?"

And we read that in Hebrews 10.

That's how much more severe punishment. And don't take my word for it too. There's also in Luke 12, 47, where there is a parable that Jesus said about a slave. This is Luke 12, verse 47, where a slave who knew his master's will, but he didn't get ready.

And so Jesus says, "And that slave is the one who will receive many lashes." Where he knew his master's will and he did not do it, he disobeyed, and he receives many lashes.

And then in Matthew 10, Matthew 10, verse 14 and 15, Jesus talks about those who reject the apostles. So as the apostles were being sent out and they're proclaiming the gospel, repent for the kingdom of God as a hand, Jesus said that those who reject you, it will be more tolerable for the people in Sodom and Gomorrah

than the people who are rejecting you, the apostles. That's the Old Testament, Sodom and Gomorrah.

And it's very bad. And the people who are going to reject the apostles, instead it'd be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah. And very, very similar in Matthew, chapter 11, verse 20 and 24, where Jesus entered this town. I forget the name of the town, but in Matthew 11, 20 to 24, where Jesus came into this town to perform miracles which authenticated that he was the son of God, that his words were true, his words were divine, and yet they did not repent. And it's kind of a general casting here in this passage where Jesus said, where they did not repent. And Jesus said something very similar. He says it'll be more tolerable for the people in Sodom and Gomorrah than these here who reject me as I've clearly been giving them myself.

So I make sure to tell us all that because this is such a great salvation and such a great consequence, a caution of all cautions, to be able to understand that we sometimes feel that mercy is assumed, that God somehow owes us mercy. We kind of give God the benefit, right? You're God and you know I didn't intend to do this and that. You know I didn't intend to do that. No, mercy is not assumed in any case except from the righteousness of Christ. There is nothing in you and I that God will understand to be able to say, you are welcome into my kingdom and have eternal lives. No, that is nowhere in scripture. And so we go over this bad news on how the just penalty will remain on you if you're not received of the gospel of Christ. And this receiving happens through penal substitutionary atonement. Penal meaning like in the word penalty. In the word, I know Elder Howell can take this home on exactly what the, I'm just going to gloss over really fast. Penal substitutionary atonement is that where Jesus took your punishment in substitution of what you and I deserve, those who repent and believe, he took your place on the cross. And that to me lies the gospel where you actually see the substitution where there's a transaction of taking of your sin and giving his robes of righteousness. This is a substitutionary atonement in such a wonderful way to be able to understand this great salvation.

Go now with me back to Hebrews chapter two.

And now we're getting to our third division here. This is the confirmation. The confirmation. This will be encouraging for most of us here.

And starting in second half of chapter three, getting into verse four.

After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard. God also testifying with them both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

So now we see here there is a there is an emphasis put on on what was spoken. We know first what was spoken in verse two was spoken through through angels where the angels were around and be able to do so. Now there's something better, right? We read that in chapter one that there's someone now better than the angels. And this is now spoken to the Lord himself in time and space as a human being. Where he was constantly preaching and teaching the Old Testament. He was preaching and teaching the law. And so that's what we understand that that when that Jesus himself confirmed the law, he he he continually proved that the law is unalterable. And so by those who heard are the witnesses of the teachings of the Lord Jesus. And it's in time and space. It was confirmed by people's ears on what he said. It was confirmed by people's eyes on what the works that he did.

And this is this is very, very important to be able to understand that salvation has been confirmed. Salvation has been confirmed. And there's no more anticipating a future work of salvation.

The just penalty has been taken for those who believe upon this Savior.

Yes, we're looking forward to the second coming. We're looking forward to the second coming of Christ. But the second coming, he will not be taking any penalty for anyone when he comes back. He will not be taking a just penalty. The work has been accomplished. He is coming back to to make his reign manifested. But back in when he was here, when he did take the penalty on the cross, that salvation has been confirmed.

Jesus is not coming back to build up an account of righteousness for others. He's not coming back to die again. He's not getting buried again. And if he's not dying or getting buried, we know that he's definitely not resurrecting again. Because he already lives. Go back to chapter one. And in verse three, one of our memories is that when he had made purification of sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty of high. He sat down, meaning it is over. There is no work to be done to bring salvation for his people and to be able to accomplish this.

And then in verse four in chapter two, we read that not only is what the Lord Jesus spoke is confirmed by those who heard, but I just kind of see sense a little sarcasm here in chapter four. It says, God also testified to my, you know, in my opinion, God is higher than a human who would hear. But this is like the double whammy and whammies. And to be able to emphasize this point of what has been done has been confirmed. It is salvation that has been confirmed where God also testifying with them, meaning by those who heard that salvation has been confirmed. And it's been confirmed and by both signs and wonders and by various miracles.

These are things that have been accomplished. There is no confirmation necessary. No further confirmation needed at the particular time. And then all throughout the apostolic period, there were signs and wonders that confirmed this. And it's just constant, constant confirmation after confirmation with signs and wonders and various miracles. And I want to kind of harp in on here on the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

These gifts aren't given for men to go off and do whatever they want to do with these gifts. These are gifts of the Holy Spirit. What does it say? It says, according to his own will. These are gifts of the Holy Spirit. To his own will. And what does this look like at that time and for us today?

These gifts in the new covenant would include the inspiration of scripture. The inspiration of scripture written by men.

I'd love to be able to dive into how the Holy Spirit inspired scripture to be written by men. And this is a gift of the Holy Spirit that was given to those who wrote the Bible.

Another gift of the Holy Spirit in the new covenant is the quickening of the spirit and regeneration. This is the creation of a new believer. This is the creating a new spirit within someone. This is greater than the first creation that we find in Genesis 1 and 2, where there was God spoke the word and there was physical manifestation of existence out of nothing. And then here, the Holy Spirit, he quickens the believer with a new spirit. And to me, this is more mighty and more amazing than a physical creation. This is a spirit of rebirth where you have a promise to hold on to. That by his word, that you have a new spirit and you respond with faith and repentance. And this quickening of the spirit is very much of a gift of the Holy Spirit according to his own will.

A third gift is the teaching and preaching. Like today, like 2000 years after Christ, there is a continual teaching and preaching. And then get this, giving grace to you through the means of a sinner's voice.

Who's trying to preach his best in a revealed word. Even in this weakness, you the Holy Spirit is working. Like not not of me, not a pastor Casey, not anyone in this church. This is a gift of the Holy Spirit, where there's a means of grace that is given from the explanation of his word into each and every one of us who would believe in the sun and be able to not drift away from him and to be able to embrace him as our savior.

Another gift of the Holy Spirit is the sanctifying of Christians, where there is a bringing of conviction of sin and there is a granting of repentance. This is this is a this amazing gift of the Holy Spirit that we cannot neglect. We cannot just pass away.

We must be able to understand about how these gifts of the Holy Spirit are performed to us today.

And you can kind of see throughout all that there are so many plethora of scripture references that we could point out here to be able to point that out. But we rely so much on scripture.

So this leads us to our third main truth is that assurance of salvation is linked, linked to God's word. Assurance of salvation is linked to God's word. I know assurance of salvation can be difficult in times of circumstances, in times of so much skepticism out in the world. There is going to be attack after attack after attack. The attacks will not stop. When it comes to you and your family, my me and my family, this church, the authority of God's word, the attacks are going to keep coming. And we must have an assurance of our own salvation.

And it is linked to God's word. One of the spiritual benefits of studying God's word is becoming more sure of your salvation.

When you study scripture, you get to know God better and you grow in your dependence upon Him.

A former pastor of mine said, "You cannot surrender to someone that you do not know."

That keeps coming back as I consider my need to constantly surrender to the Lord and depend upon His grace, His mercy, His compassion. As I try to lead my family, I try to be a godly wife, I try to live my life. It is a constant dependence upon God. And we find that in God's word. And as we live our lives and we're doing these things, hopefully you're not drifting away from such a great salvation in that you are depending upon your dependence upon Him, in that you're growing in your assurance of salvation. The assurance of salvation is having a peace with God. Where you're kind of feeling like, "Oh, I need to do this. I need to study more scripture." Or, "I need to do this. I need to do that." That's not having peace with God. Yes, you need to be doing these things diligently. We need to be athletes, farmers, soldiers, as the Apostle Paul says. We need to be constantly working out our salvation in that way. But we also need to have peace. We also need to rest in Christ and be able to know, "You know, God, I am with you. I am with you." And praying to Him for that and thanking Him for that. Go to the Psalms and rest in the Psalms and grow in your peace, having an assurance of your salvation. And so I hope that we all know God in this way, in this growing way, be able to read God's Word and be able to dig in deeper, to be able to understand the Gospel more. If you do not know God and you're lost or you're too self-reliant and you find yourself drifting away this way and that way and you kind of find yourself, I don't know how I made myself here, be able to have this church or stumbled upon this video or whatever the case is, and you kind of find yourself a little bit lost, press into God's Word, read the Gospels, read the Gospel of John, the account of those who have heard the Lord speak in His teaching and in preaching, be able to go back to that and to be able to understand that He is the only way, the truth, and the life, and that no one can come to the Father except through Him. And if you're hearing these words, you're still alive,

you know, you can still respond to the call, to the external call of repentance and pray for His mercy. And so I hope that as you study His Word, that you would have peace with God and that would become real to you and that you would be more settled and be more reconciled to your Creator. Let us not drift away from such a great salvation. Let me pray for us.

Dear Lord, we thank you so much for what you have given to us here in Hebrews chapter 2 and 1 through 4. Help us to be able to take these words home as we leave here in this church, that we know that we will not be drifting away. We would be continuing to be fixing our eyes upon Christ, as it says in Hebrews chapter 12, that we want to have the sin in our hearts that was so easily entangled us that we will fix our eyes on you. We're so very thankful for what you have given to us in your Son. In Jesus' name.