12As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.G5105G2532G2192G4029G2254G5118G3509G3144G659G2249G659G3956G3591G2532G266G2139G5143G1223G5281G73G4295G22542Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.G872G1519G2424G747G2532G5051G4102G3739G473G5479G4295G846G5278G4716G2706G152G5037G2523G1722G1188G2362G23163Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.G1063G357G5278G5108G485G5259G268G1519G846G3363G2577G1590G5216G55904For in your struggle against sin you have not yet had to resist to the point of being killed.G478G3768G478G3360G129G464G4314G2665Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.G2532G1585G3874G3748G1256G5213G5613G5207G3450G5207G3643G3361G3643G3809G2962G3366G1590G1651G5259G8466Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."G1063G3739G2962G25G3811G1161G3146G3956G5207G3739G38587Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father?G1487G5278G3809G2316G4374G5213G5613G5207G1063G5101G5207G2076G3739G3962G3811G37568If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.G1161G1487G2075G5565G3809G3739G3956G1096G3353G686G2075G3541G2532G3756G52079In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!G1534G3303G2192G3962G2257G4561G3810G2532G1788G5293G3756G4183G3123G5293G3962G4151G2532G219810Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.G1063G3303G4314G3641G2250G3811G2596G846G1380G1161G1909G4851G1519G3335G846G4111When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.G1161G3956G3756G3809G4314G3303G3918G1380G1511G5479G235G3077G1161G5305G591G1516G2590G1343G1128G1223G84612Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees!G1352G461G5495G3935G2532G3886G111913Keep walking on straight paths, so that the lame foot may not be disabled, but instead be healed.G2532G4160G3717G5163G5216G4228G3363G5560G1624G1161G2390G3123G239014Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.G1377G1515G3326G3956G2532G38G5565G3739G3762G3700G296215Guard against turning back from the grace of God. Let no one become like a bitter plant that grows up and causes many troubles with its poison.G1983G3361G5100G5302G575G5485G2316G3361G5100G4491G4088G5453G507G1776G2532G1223G5026G4183G339216Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau, who for a single meal sold his rights as the older son.G3361G5100G4205G2228G952G5613G2269G3739G473G3391G1035G591G846G441517Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive his father's blessing; but he was turned back, because he could not find any way to change what he had done, even though in tears he looked for it.G1063G2467G3754G2532G3347G2309G2816G2129G593G1063G2147G3756G5117G3341G2539G1567G846G1567G3326G114418You have not come, as the people of Israel came, to what you can feel, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm,G1063G4334G3756G4334G3735G5584G2532G2545G4442G2532G1105G2532G4655G2532G236619the blast of a trumpet, and the sound of a voice. When the people heard the voice, they begged not to hear another word,G2532G2279G4536G2532G5456G4487G3739G191G3868G3056G4369G3361G4369G846G336120because they could not bear the order which said, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."G1063G5342G3756G5342G1291G2579G2342G2345G3735G3036G2228G2700G100221The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling and afraid!"G2532G3779G5398G2258G5324G3475G2036G1630G1510G2532G179022Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands of angels.G235G4334G3735G4622G2532G4172G2198G2316G2032G2419G2532G3461G3223You have come to the joyful gathering of God's first-born, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.G3831G2532G1577G4416G583G1722G3772G2532G2316G2923G3956G2532G4151G1342G504824You have come to Jesus, who arranged the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that promises much better things than does the blood of Abel.G2532G2424G3316G3501G1242G2532G129G4473G2980G2909G3844G625Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape, then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!G991G3868G3361G2980G1063G1487G1565G5343G3756G3868G5537G1909G1093G4183G3123G2249G654G575G377226His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven as well."G3739G5456G5119G4531G1093G1161G3568G1861G3004G2089G530G1473G4579G3756G1093G3440G235G2532G377227The words "once more" plainly show that the created things will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.G1161G2089G530G1213G3331G4531G5613G4160G2443G3361G4531G330628Let us be thankful, then, because we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship God in a way that will please him, with reverence and awe;G1352G3880G932G761G2192G5485G1223G3739G3000G2316G2102G3326G127G2532G212429because our God is indeed a destroying fire.G2532G1063G2257G2316G2654G4442
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