1. 8 Safeguards for Christians
from the Book of Hebrews

2. Safeguarding Our Future
We put on equipment to safeguard our body from injury
We require background checks to safeguard our financial future from disaster
We build protective areas to safeguard our property from natural disasters
Are we safeguarding our eternal destiny? Consider the little word “lest” in Hebrews

3. 8 Safeguards for Christians
1. Give heed – “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip” (Heb. 2:1) The safeguard here is giving heed to our hearing which involves holding on; turning one’s close attention to (Mk. 4:24; Lk. 8:18; 1 Tim. 1:4; 4:13)

4. 8 Safeguards for Christians
2. Heart of belief – “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God” (Heb. 3:12) The safeguard here is a strong heart of belief (Prov. 4:23)

5. 8 Safeguards for Christians
3. Exhortation – “But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Heb. 3:13) The safeguard here is giving and receiving exhortation (1 Thess. 5:14)

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4. Fear – “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it” (Heb. 4:1) The safeguard here is fear (reverence, respect, awe) toward our Almighty God (Mt. 10:28)

7. 8 Safeguards for Christians
5. Labor - Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” (Heb. 4:11) The safeguard here is laboring to stay faithful in our service to Christ (1 Cor. 15:58)

8. 8 Safeguards for Christians
6. Looking to Jesus – “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds” (Heb. 12:3) The safeguard here is following the example of Jesus who endured suffering (1 Cor. 11:1)

9. 8 Safeguards for Christians
7. Support – “Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed” (Heb. 12:12-13) The safeguard here is supporting each other through times of suffering and discipline (Isa. 35:3-4)

10. 8 Safeguards for Christians
8. Looking carefully – “Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright” (Heb. 12:15-16) The safeguard here is looking carefully to your spiritual affairs (2 Pet. 1:5-11)