Do Not Pay Close Attention

Sunday, July 25, 2021

In Hebrews 2:1, it says, "We must pay much closer attention." It doesn't say 'Pay close attention.' It says 'Pay closer attention.' 'Close' is an absolute term, but 'closer' is a relative term. It's not enough to pay close attention, you have to pay closer attention. Closer than what? Closer than whatever has been. However you've been with God, you have to keep going closer. You need to get closer to God, closer in the Word, and closer in prayer. And the writer of Hebrews doesn't just say "you" have to pay closer attention, he says "we" have to pay closer attention. How can he say that? He wasn't backsliding, he was writing the Bible. But if he can write that he also has to pay closer attention, then how much more for all of us? How much more do we need to pay closer attention to the Lord, to His Word, to His Voice, and to His Spirit? Not just close attention, but closer than you ever have before. For no matter how close we've been before, it's time now to get closer.

From Message #1092 - The Anti-backsliding Kit II