AngelOnLine Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? We are not immune to drifting away from the gospel because instead of keeping our focus on Him, we focus on things of this world. According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? Be attentive and apply God Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmroberts Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? We are not immune in every way. We are human beings that left to our own devices, without daily input from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ about how we are to conduct ourselves, we are capable of drifting and leaning on our own intellect and reason which are fallible in everyway. According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? We must pay more careful attention to the words of Jesus rather than the things of this world in order to keep from drifting. As Paul wrote to the Ephesians 'Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.'(Eph 6:10-11). This is not an act of human will power, we must continually depend on the power of the Holy Spirit in order to resist the tendency to drift. How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? The first category of drift is described of people who hear the truth and their hearts are far from God. They are not even on the path. The seed of truth is snathched away by 'the evil one' and the truth never even gets the opportunity to grow a root at all. The next type of drift is one that hears the truth, receives it with joy but never attends to the seed's care and feeding. The root does not take except on a very superficial level and when testing and trials come, they quickly fall/drift away, blending into the crowd'. The third type of drift is when the seeds of truth become mingled with 'the thorns'. This accurs when the seeds of truth in our heart become overshadowed by other concerns of life, wories about finances, worries about others' spiritual condition, anything that takes our mind off of Jesus and the seeds of truth He plants in our heart, will choke out the seeds of truth and make them unfruitful. This is why Jesus Himself said'Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.' (Matthew 6:33) We are not to let circumstances of life hinder our faith in our Triune God in anyway. We are not to worry about anything for everything is provided by God Himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Being multi-dimensional, we have many things going on at the same time within ourselves and around us. We have to make sure that we put God as the main source of our existence. We have need for food, a home, clothes, acceptance from others. If we put any of these things before our need for God, (making our needs a god), we are in danger of missing the mark. God is our supplier of all our needs. He is our savior from sin. This is just the beginning. We cannot make it without God just because we accept Jesus as our savior. We must rely on God for every aspect of our lives. He is the one who made us. He is the one that will supply our every need. We need to put God first or risk losing it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I think Scripture is clear about our tendencies to revert back to our so-called "Traditions." May we never allow any policy of the Church to take precedence over "The Word of God." As the writer of Hebrews encouraged his readers to "pay much closer attention to what we have heard," so we must stay close to the heart of God by meditating on His Word day and night. Our Lord Jesus best illustrates this "drifting away" as a consequence of falling on non-fertile ground. Our best efforts mean nothing unless we personally..."hear the word and understand(s) it." Consequently, our root system will be deep. Then and only then will we bear fruit and multiply our lives and efforts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjcia Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? "We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away." We can easily drift away from the gospel when we do not pay more attention to it.. Merely reading it and yet not applying it to our lives, not obeying what God has clearly stated in His gospel, being careless of our lives, our time, priorities etc According to the author we can successfully resist the tendency to drift by paying more careful attention, NOT just attention but MORE CAREFUL attention..just as human attention/mind definitely can drift/wonder so easily if not controlled and focused, so does our lives if they are not worked everyday at obeying the Lord. Parable of the Sower v 19: "drifts" when he does not understand it; and most probably does not want to/does not care enough to learn it/understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.. Careless attitude/spiritual neglect is and easy target of the evil one v 20-21: fell on rocky places but has no root; initially he received the word joyfully but does not last, when trial and sufferring comes he has no resources to draw from because he does not cultivate the seed to infiltrate and become rooted in his heart and life.. v 22 hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth..makes it unfruitful...wrong priority (worldly cares) will deinitely choke the spiritual life to death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don W Posted July 2, 2007 Report Share Posted July 2, 2007 We must first remember the historical reason why this was written Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Rasz Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? If we are not in the God's Word daily and living what we are learning we can get caught up in the world and drift away from the gospel. According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? We must pay careful attention. The author is telling us to be mindful of what we know and to apply ourselves to it. How di Jesus describe this phenonmenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? Jesus talked about the seed that was sown on the hard ground of the path, the shallow ground of rocky soil, or the thorny soil where it was choked out. We are also reminded by James 1:22 that just being hearers of the word, and not being doers of it is a dangerous,deceptive place to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 We are all prone to being caught up in the things of this world and being distracted by Satan from living the life that God intended us to live. We must not only read and understand the Word but apply it daily to our lives. In the Parable of the Sower, "drift" is anything but the good ground case. Rocks, thorns, or by the wayside, either way there was "drift". People heard but for one reason or another didn't respond to it. Hearing and understanding something is all well and good, but a life changing message is pointless if it is not applied to make that change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckett Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 To not drift away, we must 1st believe in the Gospel of Christ, then we must take it into our hearts so that it becomes apart of who we are. This is the only way we can resist the need to drift away. Jesus decribes it as not being rooted in what we hear about the Gospel so that anything can shake us up and turnus around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cee Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? Jesus, is talking about the message of the gospel, "what we have heard". including that of Christ's person as the God-man and His redemptive work on the cross. We are to pay attention more carefully and do not "drift away" from from His message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amandah Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? As long as we live in the flesh we will be sinners. We can resist the tendency to drift by keeping in the word, asking the holy spirit to keep you aware of our sins and confess them in prayer and stay in fellowship with other belivers. Jesus describes the parable of the Sower as the seed beign the word of God. Some are like a seed along the path as soon as they hear it Satan takes it away. Some of the seeds fall in the rocks they hear the word but they have no roots when trouble comes along they fall away. Some fall among the thorns they hear the word but they are to worried about earthly pocessions and it chokes the word. The last is the seeds that fall in good soil these people hear the word accept it and produce a yielding crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofmiraclebaby Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 i think we drift because we become hearers of the Word and not doers of the Word. We can't grow in the Lord if we don't take what He tells us in His Word and do it.....i agree with the statement there is no standing still in our relationship with God, we are either moving towards Him or we are drifting away from Him....how do we keep from drifting? By not only hearing the Word but heeding to it. Lord, help me not to be just a hearer of the Word!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjjj Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? The author of Hebrews speaks of drifting away (2:1) and “neglecting” our salvation (2:3) According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? Instead of drifting away and neglect we are to “pay much attention” to what we have heard, a salvation declared by the Lord (2:3), a salvation attested to by witnesses (2:3) and a salvation the God Himself has born witness to through miraculous means (2:4) How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? The seed either never really went under the surface and was stolen away, or it just went under the surface and when it grew it withered, or it was choked by sin and worldly desires-probably of the three it sound most like the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawarren911 Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 We are not immune from drifting away due to the mere fact that we are human and that we tend to not pay attention as we should. We let our everyday lives interfere with our relationship with Jesus. The way that we can successfully resist the tendancy to drift is my daily (constant) prayer and bible study and to always to stay focused on our personal relationship with Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulone3863 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? We are not immune intellectually--when the world throws other doctrine at us from other "religions" and with worldly theories, such as evolution, seeks to confound our minds with worldly logic. Also, we are not immune morally, for we are susceptible to the devices of Satan and the world, in our human frailty, if we do not diligently cling to Christ and the cross, as they would tempt us away from our stand for Chirst with various enticements: a better position within our present career or company; a better job, etc. We can resist the tendency to drift by paying more careful attention to the gospel (which warns us about such devices of Satan and the world). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulone3863 Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 We are not immune from drifting away due to the mere fact that we are human and that we tend to not pay attention as we should. We let our everyday lives interfere with our relationship with Jesus. The way that we can successfully resist the tendancy to drift is my daily (constant) prayer and bible study and to always to stay focused on our personal relationship with Jesus. I agree, we do let our everyday lives interfere with our relationship with Jesus. And it is the subtle things, (forgetting to pray because we are so busy, etc.) Good answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semeion Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? Ways in which we are not immune to drifting away is the consequence of pararreo-listening without absorbing. The drifting away from God's words begins with lack of attentiveness to the word, thus taking it as opinions or words to toss away. Jesus illustrated this matter in the "Parable of the Sower". In a nutshell, if someone approaches the word with shallow heart and thinking, their "mind soil" will not be rich enough to sustain the word/seed. Or if approached with spikes and weeds, the life of the seed could be choked, and then die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semeion Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 I agree, we do let our everyday lives interfere with our relationship with Jesus. And it is the subtle things, (forgetting to pray because we are so busy, etc.) Good answer. I agree also. I realize that once I get back into the Word, I feel this joy and understanding come over me and I am happy in the Lord once again. But there are times when Life catches up to me, as with anyone, or we approached by culture and media, or maybe just our own thinking and then we find ourselves drifting. It happens bit by bit, not all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_a_cloakey Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 We are not immune to drifting away because a) we are human, and 2) we care sinners. I like this quote by an unknown author: "Stay within whispering distance. If you stray, you cannot hear his voice." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God's leading lady Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Some seed were sown in good soil or ground and some were sown in bad, If seed is sown in good ground it will produce fruit. If the word of God isn't rooted and grounded in our spirit man daily then we will drift and die spiritual; just as the seed will die if the seed isn't rooted securely and watered daily. The Christian will eventually drift away from God not intentionally but will drift slowly without knowing what happen, because the cares and worries of the world will joke the word out of him. So that is why a Christan must stay rooted and grounded in the word of God by reading the word by fasting and by praying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTotalAwe Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? Everyone is vulnerable who is not 'taking in' what he is hearing. It is very easy for the word to be snatched from someone who does not understand what he is hearing. That is why in our witnessing we should strive not to plant 'surface seed' or 'religious jargon' that the enemy can easily snatch away. According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? By not surface reading, taking heed to what we're hearing. Personal comment: If we don't understand something, pray for understanding and then keep reading the verse/verses we don't understand until they make sense. Read cross references. Don't rely on a single scripture by itself, and don't move on until we understand the thing that has us baffled at the moment. James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraids not; and it shall be given him. "Upbraideth not" - He will not scold or criticize or find fault with you for asking. He will reward you with a solid understanding. How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? It is the situation that though one may at first receive the word with joy, for various given reasons (some don't even give it a second thought) they don't hold on to it and nurture it and allow it to penetrate the heart and mind deeply enough for it to bear fruit in their life. They fully expect their shallow, sickly, under-nourished understanding to make them completely exempt from any and all attacks from the enemy. Then when something happens they get upset, blaming God and determining that there evidently was no truth or power in what they heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? We ought to pay even closer to attention to the voice that has been speaking so that we will never drift away from it. Seeds that were drifting did not produce a good crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephibesheth Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? I think the word "drift" is most significant in this verse because it denotes a gradualness. I believe this speaks of satan's deceptive message, which is always opposed to the gospel, as being cunning and subtle (which is the character assigned to him in Genesis). In the garden, the serpent was able to subtly get eve to question God's character and identity relative to Eve. In the wilderness, the devil attempted to get Jesus to question his own identity. Christ, however, has no questions regarding who He is, and we need to have His same mind in us. I believe the preceeding verses in Ch.1 are meant to make it abundantly clear to us who Christ is and our charge is to take great care to adhere to this gospel and be of an alert mind regarding satan's opposing message relative to its subtle nature. I think the phenomenon of "drift" in the parable of the sower is most revealed by the seed that took root among the thorns but was overcome by the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanMary Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? 1)We are always vulnerable to drifting if we're not diligently holding onto God, to His Word, and applying it actively to our lives....The next big shock, disappointment, or crisis, may leave us open to doubt, and "drift". 2)We resist "drift" through focus on our Lord. Snow drifts when it is blown about by the wind, as does sand. The winds of adversity can blow us off course unless we are anchored in the Word of God and His love....living for Him, by His Holy Spirit. 3)He described the seed, or Word of God, falling on hard ground..or thorny soil where weeds choke it out: The heart hardened to God and His Word...(crisis and disappointments may cause hardness of heart, unless washed by the blood of Jesus through intimacy with Him...bringing the hurts and wounds to Him for healing. Holding onto the cares of this life instead of casting them on Him who cares for us can bury us in heaviness and despair, leading to gradual drift and believing Satan's lies)...seed on hard ground has no root to give it life, and it dies, or birds snatch the seed away and devour it. (Satan's job here on earth to keep God's children from growing and achieving destiny.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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