gospel are also the three themes of the epistle to the Hebrews. So these four verses are in and of itself a kind of summary of the entire epistle. What are those reasons? The first reason for listening to the gospel is the source of the gospel, or the authority of the gospel—the authority with which the message comes to us because of the source of the message. His second reason is the dangerous and alarming condition and position of all men and women who do not believe the gospel and who do not heed