Anchored or Drifting?

Anchored or Drifting?

Dave Riddle - 11/05/2023

Key Passage: Hebrews 2:1-4

Jesus is greater than the angels… for this reason we must pay even greater attention…

- Hebrews 2:1

- Chapter 1 was doctrine.

- Chapter 2 calls for a response.

- “Pay attention”: prosechō - to turn the mind to, attend to be attentive. to apply one's self to, attach one's self to, hold or cleave to a person or a thing

- 1 Timothy 4:13

- “All the more”: perissoterōs - more superabundantly. Much more, more in a greater degree. More exceedingly.

…to what we have heard

- Hebrews 2:1

- Philippians 4:9

- We don’t lack information. We lack transformation.

…so that we will not drift away

- Hebrews 2:1

- “Drift away”: pararreō - to glide by: lest we be carried by, pass by

- prosechō: also used to refer to anchoring a ship.

- pararreō: also a nautical term that means to carelessly slip past the harbor.

- Unless we anchor ourselves to the truth of God’s word we will drift.

- 2 Peter 1:5-8 - the cure for ineffectiveness and a lack of productivity.

Am I giving superabundant attention to the truth? Or am I neglecting it?

- Am I anchored? Or am I drifting?

Humble Service

House Rules - Service

Dave Riddle - 11/13/2022

doulos (Greek: δοῦλος): a slave, bondman, man of servile condition

It’s What Jesus Did

• Matthew 20:28

• Acts 10:38

• Philippians 2:7

We’re (re)created for it and called to it

• 1 Peter 2:21

• Philippians 2:3-5

• Ephesians 2:10

• Galatians 6:10

• Matthew 20:26-27

It Demonstrates Love

• Galatians 5:13-14

• Romans 12:9-10

• Romans 13:8

It Strengthens the Household

• 1 Corinthians 14:12

• Ephesians 4:11-13

• 2 Peter 1:5-8

• James 2:15-16

• 1 Peter 4:8-11

It’s Pleasing to, and Rewarded by, God

• Matthew 25:21 & 23, 34-36

The Bible - Know it. Love it. Live it.

House Rules - Bible

Dave Riddle - 9/25/2022

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Bible Engagement

• Learning to know, love, and follow the teaching of scripture.

Originates with God Himself

• All scripture is inspired by God

  • 2 Timothy 3:16

  • “All scripture is God-breathed”

• 2 Peter 1:20-21

God’s Word and Truth

• John 17:17

  • God’s Word = Truth

The Design For Our Lives

• Hebrews 4:12

  • God’s Word = Living, effective, able to judge our thoughts and intentions.

• Psalm 119:7, 9, 33, 36-37, 104-105, 160

  • The impact of God’s Word on our lives.

The Way of Salvation

• 2 Timothy 3:15

  • Scripture reveals the way of salvation.

Equips God’s People

• 2 Timothy 3:16-17

  • …So that the righteous person may be proficient, equipped for every good work.

Know it so you can Share it

• Matthew 28:19-20

• Acts 17:11-12 - The Bereans

  • Eagerness

  • Examination

Know it. Love it. Live it.

• James 1:22-25

  • Not just hearers, but doers.