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So we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially the sin that just won't let go. And we must be determined to run the race that is ahead of us. </span><span class="v58_12_2"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.2" class="v58_12_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> We must keep our eyes on Jesus, who leads us and makes our faith complete. He endured the shame of being nailed to a cross, because he knew later on he would be glad he did. Now he is seated at the right side<a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.2!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of God's throne! </span><span class="v58_12_3"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.3" class="v58_12_3">3</span>So keep your mind on Jesus, who put up with many insults from sinners. Then you won't get discouraged and give up.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_4"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.4" class="v58_12_4">4</span>None of you have yet been hurt<a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> in your battle against sin. </span><span class="v58_12_5"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.5" class="v58_12_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But you have forgotten that the Scriptures say to God's children,</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v58_12_5">“When the Lord punishes you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v58_12_5">don't make light of it,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v58_12_5">and when he corrects you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v58_12_5">don't be discouraged.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v58_12_6"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.6" class="v58_12_6">6</span>The Lord corrects the people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v58_12_6">he loves</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v58_12_6">and disciplines those</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v58_12_6">he calls his own.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_7"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.7" class="v58_12_7">7</span>Be patient when you are being corrected! This is how God treats his children. Don't all parents correct their children? </span><span class="v58_12_8"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.8" class="v58_12_8">8</span>God corrects all his children, and if he doesn't correct you, then you don't really belong to him. </span><span class="v58_12_9"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.9" class="v58_12_9">9</span>Our earthly fathers correct us, and we still respect them. Isn't it even better to be given true life by letting our spiritual Father correct us?</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_10"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.10" class="v58_12_10">10</span>Our human fathers correct us for a short time, and they do it as they think best. But God corrects us for our own good, because he wants us to be holy, as he is. </span><span class="v58_12_11"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.11" class="v58_12_11">11</span>It is never fun to be corrected. In fact, at the time it is always painful. But if we learn to obey by being corrected, we will do right and live at peace.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_12"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.12" class="v58_12_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Now stand up straight! Stop your knees from shaking </span><span class="v58_12_13"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.13" class="v58_12_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and walk a straight path. Then lame people will be healed, instead of getting worse.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Warning against Turning from God</h3><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_14"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.14" class="v58_12_14">14</span>Try to live at peace with everyone! Live a clean life. If you don't, you will never see the Lord. </span><span class="v58_12_15"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.15" class="v58_12_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Make sure no one misses out on God's wonderful kindness. Don't let anyone become bitter and cause trouble for the rest of you. </span><span class="v58_12_16"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.16" class="v58_12_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Watch out for immoral and ungodly people like Esau, who sold his future blessing<a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.16!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for only one meal. </span><span class="v58_12_17"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.17" class="v58_12_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You know how he later wanted it back. But there was nothing he could do to change things, even though he begged his father and cried.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_18"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.18" class="v58_12_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You have not come to a place like Mount Sinai<a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.18!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> that can be seen and touched. There is no flaming fire or dark cloud or storm </span><span class="v58_12_19"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.19" class="v58_12_19">19</span>or trumpet sound. The people of Israel heard a voice speak. But they begged it to stop, </span><span class="v58_12_20"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.20" class="v58_12_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> because they could not obey its commands. They were even told to kill any animal that touched the mountain. </span><span class="v58_12_21"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.21" class="v58_12_21">21</span>The sight was so frightening that Moses said he shook with fear.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_22"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.22" class="v58_12_22">22</span>You have now come to Mount Zion and to the heavenly Jerusalem. This is the city of the living God, where thousands and thousands of angels have come to celebrate. </span><span class="v58_12_23"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.23" class="v58_12_23">23</span>Here you will find all of God's dearest children,<a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect. </span><span class="v58_12_24"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.24" class="v58_12_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel.<a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.24!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_25"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.25" class="v58_12_25">25</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.25!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Make sure you obey the one who speaks to you. The people did not escape, when they refused to obey the one who spoke to them at Mount Sinai. Do you think you can possibly escape, if you refuse to obey the one who speaks to you from heaven? </span><span class="v58_12_26"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.26" class="v58_12_26">26</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.26!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When God spoke the first time, his voice shook only the earth. This time he has promised to shake the earth once again, and heaven too.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v58_12_27"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.27" class="v58_12_27">27</span>The words “once again” mean that these created things will someday be shaken and removed. Then what cannot be shaken will last. </span><span class="v58_12_28"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.28" class="v58_12_28">28</span>We should be grateful we were given a kingdom that cannot be shaken. And in this kingdom we please God by worshiping him and by showing him great honor and respect. </span><span class="v58_12_29"><span class="reftext" id="Heb.12.29" class="v58_12_29">29</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Heb.12.29!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Our God is like a destructive fire!</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">right side: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.3.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">hurt: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “killed.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sold his future blessing: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">As the first-born son, Esau had certain privileges that were known as a “birthright.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">a place like Mount Sinai: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Greek text has “a place,” but the writer is referring to the time that the Lord spoke to the people of Israel from Mount Sinai (see Exodus 19.16-25).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">all of God's dearest children: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Greek text has “the gathering of the first-born children” (see the note at 1.6).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">12.24 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">blood of Abel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Cain and Abel were the two sons of Adam and Eve. 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