nkjv Hebrews:12:14-29 SEEK
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Pursue peace with all people ,
and holiness ,
without which no one will see the Lord :
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looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God ;
lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble ,
and by this many become defiled ;
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lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau ,
who for one morsel of food sold his birthright .
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For you know that afterward ,
when he wanted to inherit the blessing ,
he was rejected ,
for he found no place for repentance ,
though he sought it diligently with tears .
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For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire ,
and to blackness and darkness and tempest ,
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and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words ,
so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore .
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For they could not endure what was commanded : "
And if so much as a beast touches the mountain ,
it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow ."
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And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said , "
I am exceedingly afraid and trembling ." )
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But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God ,
the heavenly Jerusalem ,
to an innumerable company of angels ,
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to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven ,
to God the Judge of all ,
to the spirits of just men made perfect ,
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to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant ,
and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel .
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See that you do not refuse Him who speaks .
For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth ,
much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven ,
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whose voice then shook the earth ;
but now He has promised ,
saying , "
Yet once more I shake not only the earth ,
but also heaven ."
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Now this , "
Yet once more ,"
indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken ,
as of things that are made ,
that the things which cannot be shaken may remain .
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Therefore ,
since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken ,
let us have grace ,
by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear .
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For our God is a consuming fire .