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Hebrews 12

Jesus, the Example

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Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also  alay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us  brun with  cendurance the race that is set before us,

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 1fixing our eyes on Jesus, the  2 aauthor and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him  bendured the cross,  cdespising the shame, and has  dsat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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For  aconsider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary  1 band lose heart.

A Father's Discipline

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 aYou have not yet resisted  1 bto the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

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and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, " aMY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR  bFAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM;

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 aFOR THOSE  bWHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

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It is for discipline that you endure;  aGod deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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But if you are without discipline,  aof which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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Furthermore, we had  1earthly fathers to discipline us, and we  arespected them; shall we not much rather be subject to  bthe Father of  2spirits, and  clive?

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For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good,  aso that we may share His holiness.

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All discipline  afor the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the  bpeaceful fruit of righteousness.

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Therefore,  1 astrengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

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and  amake straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather  bbe healed.

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 aPursue peace with all men, and the  bsanctification without which no one will  csee the Lord.

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See to it that no one  acomes short of the grace of God; that no  broot of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be  cdefiled;

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that there be no  aimmoral or  bgodless person like Esau,  cwho sold his own birthright for a single meal.

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For you know that even afterwards,  awhen he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

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 aFor you have not come to  ba mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,

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and to the  ablast of a trumpet and the  bsound of words which sound was such that those who heard  cbegged that no further word be spoken to them.

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For they could not bear the command, " aIF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED."

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And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, " aI AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling."

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But  ayou have come to Mount Zion and to  bthe city of  cthe living God,  dthe heavenly Jerusalem, and to  emyriads of  1angels,

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to the general assembly and  achurch of the firstborn who  bare enrolled in heaven, and to God,  cthe Judge of all, and to the  dspirits of the righteous made perfect,

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and to Jesus, the  amediator of a new covenant, and to the  bsprinkled blood, which speaks better than  cthe blood of Abel.

The Unshaken Kingdom

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 aSee to it that you do not refuse Him who is  bspeaking. For  cif those did not escape when they  drefused him who  ewarned them on earth,  1much less will we escape who turn away from Him who  ewarns from heaven.

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And  aHis voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, " bYET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN."

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This expression, "Yet once more," denotes  athe removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

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Therefore, since we receive a  akingdom which cannot be shaken, let us  1show gratitude, by which we may  boffer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;

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for  aour God is a consuming fire.



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