acv Hebrews:12:14-29 SEEK
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Pursue peace with all men ,
and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord .
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Looking carefully lest any man fall short ,
away from the grace of God ,
lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble ,
and by this many may be defiled ,
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lest a fornicator or profane man like Esau ,
who ,
in place of one meal sold his birthright .
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For ye also know that wanting afterward to inherit the blessing ,
he was rejected ,
for he found no place of repentance ,
though having sought it with tears .
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For ye have not come to a mountain being felt ,
and which burned with fire ,
and to darkness ,
and gloom ,
and a tempest ,
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and a sound of a trumpet ,
and a voice of words ,
of which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them .
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For they did not bear that which was commanded ,
if even a beast should touch the mountain ,
it shall be stoned .
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And so fearful was that which was made visible ,
that Moses said ,
I am terrified and trembling .
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But ye have come to mount Zion ,
and to the city of a living God ,
a heavenly Jerusalem ,
and to myriads of heavenly agents ,
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to a festal gathering and assembly of firstborn sons who were enrolled in the heavens ,
and to God ,
a Judge of all ,
and to spirits of righteous men who were made fully perfect ,
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and to Jesus a mediator of a new covenant ,
and to blood of sprinkling that speaks better than Abel .
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Watch ,
that ye not refuse him who speaks .
For if those men did not escape ,
having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth ,
much more we ,
those who turn away from him from the heavens ,
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whose voice then shook the earth .
But now he has promised ,
saying ,
Yet once ,
I shake not only the earth ,
but also the heaven .
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And the ,
Yet once ,
signifies the removal of the things being shaken--as of things that were made--so that the things not being shaken may remain .
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Therefore ,
receiving an immovable kingdom ,
we may have grace ,
through which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and awe .
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For our God is also a consuming fire .