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Hebreus 12 — Bíblia The Message, 2002 | Gospelmais
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1Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we'd better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.
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1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
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2Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.
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2We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
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3When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
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3Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up.
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4In this all-out match against sin, others have suffered far worse than you, to say nothing of what Jesus went through—all that bloodshed!
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4After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.
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5So don't feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children? My dear child, don't shrug off God's discipline, but don't be crushed by it either.
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5And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the LORD’s discipline,and don’t give up when he corrects you.
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6It's the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects.
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6For the LORD disciplines those he loves,and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”
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7God is educating you; that's why you must never drop out. He's treating you as dear children. This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training,
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7As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?
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8the normal experience of children. Only irresponsible parents leave children to fend for themselves. Would you prefer an irresponsible God?
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8If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
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9We respect our own parents for training and not spoiling us, so why not embrace God's training so we can truly live?
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9Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?
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10While we were children, our parents did what seemed best to them. But God is doing what is best for us, training us to live God's holy best.
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10For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness.
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11At the time, discipline isn't much fun. It always feels like it's going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off handsomely, for it's the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.
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11No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening — it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.
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12So don't sit around on your hands! No more dragging your feet!
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12So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees.
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13Clear the path for long-distance runners so no one will trip and fall, so no one will step in a hole and sprain an ankle. Help each other out. And run for it!
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13Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.
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14Work at getting along with each other and with God. Otherwise you'll never get so much as a glimpse of God.
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14Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.
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15Make sure no one gets left out of God's generosity. Keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent. A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time.
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15Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.
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16Watch out for the Esau syndrome: trading away God's lifelong gift in order to satisfy a short-term appetite.
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16Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.
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17You well know how Esau later regretted that impulsive act and wanted God's blessing—but by then it was too late, tears or no tears.
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17You know that afterward, when he wanted his father’s blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears.
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18Unlike your ancestors, you didn't come to Mount Sinai—all that volcanic blaze and earthshaking rumble—
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18You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.
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19to hear God speak. The earsplitting words and soul-shaking message terrified them and they begged him to stop.
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19For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.
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20When they heard the words—"If an animal touches the Mountain, it's as good as dead"—they were afraid to move.
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20They staggered back under God’s command: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”
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21Even Moses was terrified.
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21Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
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22No, that's not your experience at all. You've come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels
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22No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.
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23and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just.
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23You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect.
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24You've come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel's—a homicide that cried out for vengeance—became a proclamation of grace.
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24You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.
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25So don't turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn't get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings?
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25Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will certainly not escape if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!
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26His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time—he's told us this quite plainly—he'll also rock the heavens: "One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern."
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26When God spoke from Mount Sinai his voice shook the earth, but now he makes another promise: “Once again I will shake not only the earth but the heavens also.”
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27The phrase "one last shaking" means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.
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27This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.
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28Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander.
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28Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping him with holy fear and awe.
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29He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until it's all cleansed. God himself is Fire!
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29For our God is a devouring fire.