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Hebrews 12:1-29 (ASV)

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¹ Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, ² looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls. ⁴ Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin: ⁵ and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him; ⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ⁷ It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not? ⁸ But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. ⁹ Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? ¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹ All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness. ¹² Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down, and the palsied knees; ¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed. ¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord: ¹⁵ looking carefully lest there be any man that falleth short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby the many be defiled; ¹⁶ lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. ¹⁷ For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought is diligently with tears. ¹⁸ For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, ¹⁹ and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them; ²⁰ for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned; ²¹ and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake: ²² but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels, ²³ to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel. ²⁵ See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape who turn away from him that warneth from heaven: ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven. ²⁷ And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain. ²⁸ Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe: ²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 1) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Throw off everything that hinders
(v. 2) Focus - Fix our eyes on Jesus
(v. 3) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - Consider him who endured such opposition so you will not grow weary and lose heart
(v. 3) Persecution - Consider him who endured such opposition so you will not grow weary and lose heart
(v. 4) Sin / Wickedness / Satan - Struggle against sin, you have not resisted to shedding your blood
(v. 7) Suffering / Hardship - Endure hardship as discipline
(v. 7) Discipling / Correction - Endure hardship as discipline
(v. 14) Peace - Make every effort to live in peace
(v. 15) Anger / Fits of Rage / Bitterness - Allow no bitter root to grow up
(v. 15) Grace - See to it that no one misses the grace of God
(v. 15) Discipling / Correction - See to it that no one misses the grace of God
(v. 16) Purity / Sexual Immorality / Adultery - Sexually immorality is like giving up your inheritance for a meal
(v. 28) Worship - Worship with reverence and awe

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 6) Is the Christian yoke easy or difficult? He punishes everyone he accepts as a son

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) Purpose Driven Life - Using What God Gave You (2008-06-30)
(v. 1) Purpose Driven Life - Becoming a World-Class Christian (part 3) (2008-07-17)
(v. 1) Prayer of the Righeous - God is Preparing a Place (part I) (2013-03-17)
(v. 1) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 1) Mind Change - Starting Out (2011-11-06)
(v. 2) Mind Change - Starting Out (2011-11-06)
(v. 2) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 2) Mind of Christ - Intro (part VIII) (2011-06-15)
(v. 2) Desire's Journey - Blessed are the Nice? (2010-05-24)
(v. 2) Names of Jesus (part II) (2011-04-08)
(v. 2) 30 Days at the Cross - Mistreatment but Not Misery (2008-08-12)
(v. 2) NT Commands (part V) (2011-03-12)
(v. 2) 30 Days at the Cross - Not Surprise by Joy (2008-08-22)
(v. 3) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 3) Why We Need Jesus - He Guides Us By His Words and Actions (2009-04-28)
(v. 3) 30 Days at the Cross - Not Surprise by Joy (2008-08-22)
(v. 4) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 4) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 5) Daughter Needs - Pushover Papa (2011-08-10)
(v. 5) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 5) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 5) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 5) Wild at Heart - False self (part 2) (2009-09-11)
(v. 5) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 5) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 6) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 6) Daughter Needs - Pushover Papa (2011-08-10)
(v. 6) Fearing God - Respect for His Discipline (2011-05-29)
(v. 6) Wild at Heart - False self (part 2) (2009-09-11)
(v. 6) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 6) Genesis 8 - The Flood (part III) (2011-10-08)
(v. 6) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 7) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 7) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 7) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 8) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 8) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 8) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 8) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 8) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 9) Disciplining Your Children (part I) (2014-04-04)
(v. 9) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 9) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 9) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 9) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 9) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 10) Promises of God - Produces a Harvest (2009-03-18)
(v. 10) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 10) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 10) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 10) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 10) Disciplining Your Children (part I) (2014-04-04)
(v. 10) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 11) Fear of Failure - No Discipline Seems Pleasant (2012-02-28)
(v. 11) Followup - Laziness (part II) (2011-01-23)
(v. 11) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 11) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 11) Disciplining Your Children (part I) (2014-04-04)
(v. 11) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 11) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 11) Promises of God - Produces a Harvest (2009-03-18)
(v. 12) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 12) Fear of Failure - No Discipline Seems Pleasant (2012-02-28)
(v. 12) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 13) Fear of Failure - No Discipline Seems Pleasant (2012-02-28)
(v. 13) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 14) One Another - Forgiving One Another (part 2) (2010-02-26)
(v. 14) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 15) Wild at Heart - Healing the wound (part 3) (2009-09-17)
(v. 15) One Another - Forgiving One Another (part 2) (2010-02-26)
(v. 15) Falling in Love with God - Bitterness (2008-04-02)
(v. 17) Promises of God - Lord of the Unexpected (2009-03-07)
(v. 22) Names of the Church (part II) (2011-04-26)
(v. 22) Names of the Church (part III) (2011-04-27)
(v. 22) Names of the Church (part V) (2011-04-29)
(v. 23) Names of the Church (part III) (2011-04-27)
(v. 23) Names of the Church (part I) (2011-04-25)
(v. 28) Gratitude (part I) (2011-11-28)
(v. 29) Prayer of the Righeous - God is a Consuming Fire (part I) (2013-01-01)
(v. 29) Gratitude (part I) (2011-11-28)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer
Moses (Moh-ziz): taken out; drawn forth