1. Chapter 18-19 So they read distinctly from the book...of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. (Nehemiah 8:8)

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11. How long will you neglect... What does it mean to “neglect”? - to pay no attention or too little attention to; to disregard or slight: to disregard or slight: - to pay no attention or too little attention to; to disregard or slight: to disregard or slight: - to omit, through indifference or carelessness - rāp ̱ āh: A verb meaning to become slack, to let drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to abandon, to be lazy abandon, to be lazy - rāp ̱ āh: A verb meaning to become slack, to let drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to abandon, to be lazy abandon, to be lazy

12. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:17

13. How long will you neglect... What does it mean to “neglect”? - to pay no attention or too little attention to; to disregard or slight: to disregard or slight: - to pay no attention or too little attention to; to disregard or slight: to disregard or slight: - to omit, through indifference or carelessness - rāp ̱ āh: A verb meaning to become slack, to let drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to abandon, to be lazy abandon, to be lazy - rāp ̱ āh: A verb meaning to become slack, to let drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to abandon, to be lazy abandon, to be lazy

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16. How long will you neglect... What does it mean to “neglect”? - to pay no attention or too little attention to; to disregard or slight: to disregard or slight: - to pay no attention or too little attention to; to disregard or slight: to disregard or slight: - to omit, through indifference or carelessness - rāp ̱ āh: A verb meaning to become slack, to let drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to abandon, to be lazy abandon, to be lazy - rāp ̱ āh: A verb meaning to become slack, to let drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to drop, to leave alone, to let go, to forsake, to abandon, to be lazy abandon, to be lazy

17. we will not neglect the house of our God. Nehemiah 10:39

18. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. Matthew 23:23

19. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 1 Timothy 4:14

20. Hebrews 2:1-3 - danger of drifting off course - essential need to purpose to be on course

22. Hebrews 2:1-3 - danger of drifting off course - essential need to purpose to be on course

23. And he did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the Lord. 2 Chronicles 12:14

24. Hebrews 2:1-3 - danger of drifting off course - essential need to purpose to be on course

25. Hell will be undoubtedly full of people who were never actively opposed to Jesus Christ, but who simply neglected the gospel.…. John MacArthur MacArthurPastorAuthor (1939- )

26. Most people do not go headlong and intentionally into hell. They drift into it. Most people do not deliberately, in a moment, turn their backs on God… they just slowly, almost imperceptibly slip past the harbor of salvation out to eternal destruction. John MacArthur MacArthurPastorAuthor (1939- )

27. “as a matter of fact, if you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out to have been reasoned out of it by honest argument? Do not most people simply drift away?” C.S. Lewis, Teacher, Writer, Writer, Speaker (1898-1963) Speaker (1898-1963)

28. Hebrews 2:1-3 - danger of drifting off course - essential need to purpose to be on course

29. How long will you neglect... What about Joshua? Negligent? - No...by the Word of the Lord - Display of true leadership and humility - Foreshadowing of our Joshua...Jesus