IT is not said: How shall we escape, if we disbelieve, or despise or scorn so great salvation? It is written: How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?
Suppose a man has been poisoned, and a sure and certain antidote is provided for him. He does not need to throw it on the ground or trample it under foot. He has only to let it remain untouched by his bedside and the result will be the same as if he had destroyed it in a passion or flung it from him in contempt.
You do not need to be guilty of many and great sins in order to lose your soul. You have only to sit still and do nothing when Jesus stands at the door and knocks, to keep the door closed when He offers salvation—carelessly and indolently to neglect it.
If this is your course, how can you escape? On what good and solid ground can you rest any hope of escaping? God's Word plainly says: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Neglecting this salvation makes escape impossible and condemnation certain.