1. Welcome

2. Worth of Everyone
Hebrews 2
Danger of neglect
Worth of the Individual

3. Danger of Neglect
“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.” Heb. 2:1
“For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward,” Heb. 2:2

4. Danger of Neglect
“how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, ” Heb. 2:3
“God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will? ” Heb. 2:4

5. Worth of the Individual
Man’s philosophies destroy worth
Determinism
= Fatalism
Communism
= Conflict with state
Calvinism
= Predestined

6. Worth of the Individual
Man is responsible for what he is and what he does
Adam and Eve – Gen. 3
One talent man – Matt. 25
Prodigal son – Luke 15

7. Worth of the Individual
God put all things in subjection
Plant and animal world
Machine’s can’t replace man
Heb. 2:8
Psalms 8:6-8
6. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
7. All sheep and oxen-Even the beasts of the field,
8. The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

8. Worth of the Individual
Heb. 2:9
Jesus tasted death for all
Red – Black – White - Yellow
If you and I were the only ones would He have died for us ?
Yes !

9. Worth of the Individual
Heb. 2:11
Jesus not ashamed to be called brethren
Part of the same family
Same spiritual blood

10. Worth of the Individual
Heb. 2:15
Willing to deliver from bondage and fear of death
Man has fear of death

11. Worth of the Individual
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” 1 Cor. 15:55
We are delivered from death itself.
Brought to a place where there is no death.
All men are valuable
We are living on this earth so that we can prepare to live with God in heaven.

12. Worth of Everyone Hebrews 2 Don’t neglect your soul
You are responsible for the salvation of your soul
We have freedom to choose.
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matt. 16:26

14. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
February 25, 2018
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn
CCL