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Drifting is very dangerous, it can happen unnoticed.

AM I DRIFTING. Heb. 2:1-3. Drifting is very dangerous, it can happen unnoticed. Many Christians are drifting toward spiritual destruction. AM I DRIFTING. Heb. 2:1-3. SOME THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DRIFTING It requires no effort Christians and churches slowly drifted away

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Drifting is very dangerous, it can happen unnoticed.

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  1. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3 • Drifting is very dangerous, it can happen unnoticed. • Many Christians are drifting toward spiritual destruction.

  2. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3 • SOME THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DRIFTING • It requires no effort • Christians and churches slowly drifted away • You can never drift upstream 2Pet 3:18; Matt 5:6 • Speed downstream increases and danger increases with speed • Dangerous to others: A drifting ship is a hazard to other vessels Eph 6:4; Eph 4:14 • It ends in shipwreck Heb 2:1-3

  3. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3 • SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL DRIFTING • Less desire to study God's Word Psa 1:2 • Less desire to attend worship services Psa 122:1 • Less interest in teaching others Acts 8:4; 1Thess 1:8 • Less time and need for prayer Mk 1:35; 6:46; Lk 18:1 • Greater thrill over worldly honors 1Jhn 2:15-17 • Greater enjoyment in worldly pleasures 2Tim 3:2-4 • Less desire to be with the people of God 1Sam 23:16-18; Rom 14:19; Heb 3:13; Jas 4:4

  4. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3 • SOME REMEDIES FOR DRIFTING • Continue rowing, or keep patiently running. Heb 12:1; Amos 6:1; Rev 3:15-18; 1Cor 15:58 • Guard against temptation - self is greatest enemy 1Pet 2:11; Rom 7:18-21,24; 8:2 • Go against tides of: popularity, peer pressure, praise of men, modernism, skepticism, denominationalism, humanism, false doctrines of all kinds, liberalism, neglect, indifference, apathy, neglecting Bible study, worship, prayer, visiting

  5. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3 • SOME REMEDIES FOR DRIFTING • If we drift with the majority, we will be lost Matt 7:13-14 • Have a strong anchorage Heb 6:18-19; Eph 3:16-18; Eph 4:14-15; Col 2:6-7

  6. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3 • As a Christian, am I drifting, have I forgotten about the waterfall ahead? • If so, I need an anchor; I need to be tied to the rock that cannot be moved. • Are we drifting as a church? • Have the tides of indifference and neglect swept us away, have we lost our love for truth and slowly drifted into error? • Let's renew our allegiance and dedication. • Give the more earnest heed Heb 2:1-3

  7. AM I DRIFTING Heb. 2:1-3

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