Growing up I learned many things while in school, all the way from learning to count, how to spell, to certain events in history. But while I at one time learned all of that information, I have since forgotten some of it. I once was able to remember certain scientific formulas or was able to decipher difficult mathematical equations, but today if you asked me to do it again I likely wouldn’t be able to. I didn’t keep that information “fresh” in my mind. I have forgotten it, and because I never used that information I am highly unlikely to ever go back and learn it once again.
That’s what sometimes happens to information when you don’t use it, you forget it. It just leaves your memory banks and is gone. But this is something that we must never, never let happen to us with the teachings of the Bible. We must remember.
Hebrews 2:1 “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.”
To understand better what this verse means, I am going to define what two of these words mean. The word “earnest” means “to have serious purpose; intent, or fixed closely.” It also means to be diligent.
The second word is “heed,” which means “careful attention; notice; to observe, regard, or to mind.”
We ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard…. This means that we need to intently pay attention to the things that have been preached to us from the Holy Scripture. We need to observe and regard everything that we have been instructed to do with great intent.
One of the things that comes with getting older is sometimes that the memory can start to become “fuzzy” as more and more memories begin to fade away. We do not want this to happen with God’s word. We do not want to begin losing our memory of what we have learned from Christ.
That is what the devil wants, however. He wants us to forget everything that we have learned from the Bible, and he will try to push other things in your mind so that you are not fully focused on storing the knowledge of God in your mind. The devil will try to distract you with the things of the world, trying to pull your attention away from Christ. We need to resist these distractions (James 4:7) and give our full, undivided attention to learning and the application of the Spirit to our lives.
This is why daily reading and meditation of the Bible is such an important routine that we all need to have. When we repeatedly spend time reading our Bibles, we will be pushing those holy words deeper and deeper into our memories, and if you push them down deep enough, there will be no one who can erase them from your mind.
Keep the Bible in your mind all the time. Read it daily, and practice it each day. Don’t forget God’s Word, keep it fresh!
In Christ,
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 