Encouragement

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Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore We (Believers) also, since We (Believers) are SURROUNDED by So Great a CLOUD OF WITNESSES, let Us (Believers) lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ENSNARES Us (Believers), and let Us (Believers) RUN With ENDURANCE. THE RACE, that is SET before Us (Believers), Looking Unto Jesus (Jesus Christ), The Author AND Finisher of Our (Believers) Faith, who for THE JOY, that was SET before Him (Jesus Christ), ENDURED The Cross, DESPISING The Shame, and has SAT DOWN at The Right Hand of The Throne of GOD (GOD Almighty).

Hebrews 12:3-11

For CONSIDER Him (Jesus Christ), who ENDURED such hostility, from sinners AGAINST Himself (Jesus Christ), lest YOU (Believers), become WEARY AND DISCOURAGED, in Your (Believers) Souls.  YOU (Believers) have NOT YET resisted to bloodshed, STRIVING AGAINST sin.  And YOU (Believers) have FORGOTTEN, The Exhortation, which SPEAKS TO YOU (Believers), as to Sons: “My (GOD Almighty’s) Son (Believers), do NOT DESPISE, The CHASTENING of The LORD (GOD Almighty), nor be DISCOURAGED, when YOU (Believers) are REBUKED by Him (GOD Almighty); for Whom (Believers) The LORD (GOD Almighty) LOVES, He (GOD Almighty) CHASTENS, and SCOURGES EVERY SON (Believers), whom He (GOD Almighty) RECEIVES.”

IF YOU (Believers) ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD (GOD Almighty) DEALS with YOU (Believers) as with SONS; for what Son is there, whom a Father does NOT Chasten?  But IF YOU (Unbelievers) are WITHOUT Chastening, of which ALL have become PARTAKERS, then YOU (Unbelievers) are ILLEGITIMATE and NOT Sons.  Furthermore, We (Believers) have had Human Fathers who CORRECTED Us (Believers), and We (Believers) PAID Them (Human Fathers) RESPECT.  Shall We (Believers) NOT Much More READILY, be in SUBJECTION to The Father (GOD Almighty) of Spirits and LIVE?  For They (Human Fathers) indeed for a few days chastened Us (Believers), as seemed best to Them (Human Fathers), but He (GOD Almighty) for Our (Believers) PROFIT, that We (Believers) may be PARTAKERS of His (GOD Almighty’s) Holiness.  Now, NO Chastening SEEMS to be joyful, for The Present, but PAINFUL; nevertheless, afterward it YIELDS The Peaceable Fruit of Righteousness, to Those (Believers) who have been TRAINED by it (GOD Almighty’s Chastening).

Hebrews 12:12-17

Therefore STRENGTHEN The (Believers) Hands, which hang down, and The Feeble (Believers) Knees, and MAKE STRAIGHT PATHS for Your (Believers) Feet, so that what is LAME may NOT be dislocated, but rather BE HEALED. 

PURSUE Peace with All People, and Holiness, without which, NO ONE will SEE The LORD (GOD Almighty): Looking CAREFULLY, lest ANYONE Fall Short of The GRACE of GOD (GOD Almighty); lest ANY ROOT of Bitterness, Springing Up, CAUSE Trouble, and BY THIS, Many become DEFILED; lest there be ANY Fornicator OR Profane Person like Esau, who for one morsel of food, SOLD His (Esau’s) Birthright.  For YOU (Believers) KNOW that afterward, when He (Esau) WANTED to INHERIT The Blessing, He (Esau) was REJECTED, for He (Esau) found NO Place for Repentance, though He (Esau) SOUGHT IT diligently with tears.

Hebrews 12:18-24

For YOU (Believers) have NOT COME to The Mountain, that MAY BE Touched and that BURNED with Fire, and to Blackness and Darkness and Tempest, and The SOUND of a TRUMPET and The Voice of WORDS, so that those (Unbelievers) who HEARD It (The Voice of WORDS) BEGGED that The WORD (The Voice of WORDS), should NOT be SPOKEN to them (Unbelievers) anymore.  (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.”  And so TERRIFYING was The SIGHT, that Moses said, “I am EXCEEDINGLY AFRAID and TREMBLING.”)

But YOU (Believers) have COME to Mount Zion and to The City of The LIVING GOD (GOD Almighty), The HEAVENLY Jerusalem, to an Innumerable Company of Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels), to The General Assembly and Church (Believers) of The FIRSTBORN (Jesus Christ) who are REGISTERED in Heaven, to GOD (GOD Almighty), The Judge of ALL, to The Spirits of Just Men (Believers) MADE PERFECT, to Jesus (Jesus Christ), The Mediator of The New Covenant, and to The Blood of SPRINKLING, that SPEAKS BETTER THINGS, than that of Abel.

Hebrews 12:25-29

See that YOU (Believers) do NOT REFUSE Him (GOD Almighty) Who SPEAKS.  For if they (Unbelievers) did NOT ESCAPE, who REFUSED Him (GOD Almighty), who SPOKE on Earth, much more shall We (Believers) NOT ESCAPE, if We (Believers) TURN AWAY from Him (GOD Almighty), Who SPEAKS from Heaven, Whose VOICE then SHOOK The Earth; but NOW, He (GOD Almighty) has PROMISED, SAYING, “Yet ONCE MORE I (GOD Almighty) SHAKE, NOT ONLY The Earth, but also Heaven.”  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 can NOT be SHAKEN, may remain.  Therefore, since We (Believers) are RECEIVING a Kingdom which can NOT be SHAKEN, let Us (Believers) have Grace, by which We (Believers) may SERVE GOD (GOD Almighty) ACCEPTABLY, with Reverence and Godly Fear.  For Our GOD (GOD Almighty) is a CONSUMING FIRE.

Hebrews 13:1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 12-16, 20-21

Let Brotherly Love continue.  Do NOT Forget to ENTERTAIN Strangers, for by so doing, some have unwittingly entertained Angels (GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels).  Let Your (Believers) Conduct be WITHOUT covetousness; be CONTENT with such things as YOU (Believers) have.  For He (GOD Almighty) Himself has SAID, “I (GOD Almighty) will NEVER Leave YOU (Believers), NOR Forsake YOU (Believers).”  So, We (Believers) may BOLDLY SAY: “The LORD (GOD Almighty) is My (Believers) Helper; I (Believers) will NOT FEAR.  What can Man (Unbelievers) do to me (Believers)?”  Jesus Christ is THE SAME Yesterday, Today, and Forever.  Do NOT be CARRIED ABOUT with various and strange doctrines.  For it is GOOD, that The Heart be ESTABLISHED by GRACE.

Therefore Jesus (Jesus Christ) also, that He (Jesus Christ) might SANCTIFY The People (Believers), with His (Jesus Christ’s) Own Blood, SUFFERED Outside The Gate.  Therefore, let Us (Believers) GO FORTH to Him (Jesus Christ), Outside The Camp, BEARING His (Jesus Christ’s) Reproach.  For HERE (This World, This Earth), We (Believers) have NO Continuing City, but We (Believers) SEEK The One (The New Holy City, New Jerusalem) to COME.  Therefore, by Him (Jesus Christ), let Us (Believers) Continually OFFER The Sacrifice of PRAISE to GOD (GOD Almighty), that is, The FRUIT of Our (Believers) Lips, GIVING THANKS to His (Jesus Christ’s) Name.  But do NOT FORGET, to DO GOOD and to SHARE, for with Such Sacrifices, GOD (GOD Almighty) is WELL PLEASED.

Now, may The GOD (GOD Almighty) of PEACE, who BROUGHT UP Our LORD Jesus (Jesus Christ), from The Dead, that GREAT SHEPHERD (Jesus Christ) of The Sheep (Believers), THROUGH The Blood of The Everlasting Covenant, MAKE YOU (Believers) COMPLETE, in EVERY GOOD WORK To DO His (GOD Almighty’s) Will, WORKING in YOU (Believers), what is Well Pleasing in His (GOD Almighty’s) Sight, THROUGH Jesus Christ, to whom be Glory, Forever and ever.  Amen.

Fellow Believers, besides The Four Gospels, The Book of Hebrews is one of my favorite Books of The Holy Bible, because it Reveals to Us (Believers) almost everything We (Believers) need to KNOW about Our LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ.  IF THESE WORDS, do NOT Set Your (Believers) Soul on FIRE, to do Godly Works for The Kingdom of GOD Almighty, then I do NOT know what will!

Once We (Believers) welcome Jesus Christ to come and abide within Us (Believers), through The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty begins to mold and change Us (Believers) to be more like Him (GOD Almighty) and less like the rest of The World (Unbelievers).  We (Believers) begin by MAKING GOD Almighty, THE First Priority in Our Life, period!  This means, SERVING GOD Almighty becomes Our (Believers) All Consuming Passion.  We (Believers) LOVE GOD Almighty with All Our (Believers) Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul or Spirit!  We (Believers) GIVE Our (Believers) ALL, Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and most importantly, Spiritually.

This also means, We (Believers) Share The Gospel of Jesus Christ with EVERYONE (Unbelievers, Yet-To-Be-Believers, and yes, Believers).  Our Burning Desire becomes, being Jesus Christ’s LIGHT upon The World!  We (Believers) want Jesus Christ’s LIGHT to shine so BRIGHTLY, in Us (Believers), that People SEE Jesus Christ, instead of Us (Believers).

GOD Almighty’s WORD (GOD Breathed, GOD Inspired, and The Absolute TRUTH), The Holy Bible, IS Our (Believers) Daily Textbook, and Our (Believers) Unspoken Motto becomes, “Read, Study, Learn, and Share with Others.”

We (Believers) are NOT “Pew Warmers”, that is, We (Believers) simply leave Sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ, up to Our (Believers) Pastors, Deacons, and Teachers.  We (Believers) take an ACTIVE Role, in Sharing The Gospel of Jesus Christ.  After all, We (Believers) want to RECEIVE The Blessing(s) which COME from GOD Almighty, The Treasures We (Believers) Store up in Heaven!

We humbly await The Return of The Son of Man, The One and ONLY Son of GOD Almighty, The Master of The House, Jesus Christ, and We (Believers) want Him (Jesus Christ) to SEE Us (Believers), Going About The Father’s (GOD Almighty’s) Business.  We Constantly are Looking Up, because We (Believers) KNOW Our (Believers) Redemption Draws Near.  Amen.

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