Don't Dangle
When I get bored sometimes I like to take my wedding ring and dangle it from finger to finger seeing how many times I can flip it between them. It's my way of passing the time. Of course, I'm playing with fire. Eventually the ring flings off the tips of my fingers onto the floor, rolls fast and furiously away from me and I start to scramble for it's redemption! I share this because the Greek word used in Hebrews 2:1 carries the same meaning as what I do with my ring on occasion. Hebrews 2:1 (ESV) Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. The words "drift away" is one word in Greek. The word " pararrhueo" is very picturesque. It can mean to slip off as in a ring from a finger. This is why we have to pay attention. Our thoughts can lead us away from the message of the Gospel. We start to let it dangle off the tip of our finger, only to suddenly realize how lost we are withou...