WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.740 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:09.000 in a year. Today we conclude the epistle of St. 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:12.080 Paul to the Hebrews, reading chapters 9 through 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.000 13. Chapter 9 Then indeed, even the first covenant 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.039 had ordinances of divine service and an earthly 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:23.160 sanctuary. For a tabernacle was prepared, the 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.960 first part in which was the lampstand, the table, 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:28.280 and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:31.760 And behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.280 which is called the holiest of all, which had 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.439 the golden censer and the ark of the covenant 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.619 overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were 00:00:39.619 --> 00:00:42.600 the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.539 that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:48.899 And above it were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing 00:00:48.899 --> 00:00:51.840 the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.409 speak in detail. now when these things had been 00:00:55.409 --> 00:00:58.189 thus prepared the priests always went into the 00:00:58.189 --> 00:01:00.429 first part of the tabernacle performing the services 00:01:00.429 --> 00:01:03.490 but into the second part the high priest went 00:01:03.490 --> 00:01:06.890 alone once a year not without blood which he 00:01:06.890 --> 00:01:09.250 offered for himself and for the people's sins 00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:12.090 committed in ignorance the holy spirit indicating 00:01:12.090 --> 00:01:15.129 this that the way into the holiest of all was 00:01:15.129 --> 00:01:17.989 not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle 00:01:17.989 --> 00:01:21.030 was still standing it was symbolic for the present 00:01:21.030 --> 00:01:24.390 time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, 00:01:24.569 --> 00:01:27.230 which cannot make him who performed the service 00:01:27.230 --> 00:01:30.170 perfect in regard to the conscience, concerned 00:01:30.170 --> 00:01:33.189 only with foods and drinks, various washings 00:01:33.189 --> 00:01:35.950 and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time 00:01:35.950 --> 00:01:39.430 of reformation. But Christ came as High Priest 00:01:39.430 --> 00:01:41.750 of the good things to come, with the greater 00:01:41.750 --> 00:01:44.530 and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, 00:01:44.670 --> 00:01:48.069 that is, not of this creation, not with the blood 00:01:48.069 --> 00:01:50.930 of goats and calves, But with his own blood he 00:01:50.930 --> 00:01:54.030 entered the most holy place once for all, having 00:01:54.030 --> 00:01:56.989 obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood 00:01:56.989 --> 00:01:59.549 of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:02.909 sprinkling the unclean sanctifies for the purifying 00:02:02.909 --> 00:02:05.530 of the flesh, how much more shall the blood of 00:02:05.530 --> 00:02:08.349 Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered 00:02:08.349 --> 00:02:11.250 himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience 00:02:11.250 --> 00:02:14.349 from dead works to serve the living God? And 00:02:14.349 --> 00:02:16.650 for this reason he is the mediator of the new 00:02:16.650 --> 00:02:19.780 covenant. by means of death, for the redemption 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:22.199 of the transgressions under the first covenant, 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:24.979 that those who are called may receive the promise 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:28.719 of the eternal inheritance. For where there is 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:31.759 a testament, there must also of necessity be 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:34.699 the death of the testator. For a testament is 00:02:34.699 --> 00:02:37.699 in force after men are dead, since it has no 00:02:37.699 --> 00:02:40.900 power at all while the testator lives. Therefore, 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:43.840 not even the first covenant was dedicated without 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.060 blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept 00:02:47.060 --> 00:02:49.659 to all the people according to the law, he took 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:52.939 the blood of calves and goats with water, scarlet 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:55.979 wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book 00:02:55.979 --> 00:02:59.379 itself and all the people, saying, This is the 00:02:59.379 --> 00:03:01.360 blood of the covenant which God has commanded 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.219 you. Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:06.560 the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:09.520 And according to the law, almost all things are 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:11.840 purified with blood, and without shedding of 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:14.569 blood there is no remission. Therefore it was 00:03:14.569 --> 00:03:16.909 necessary that the copies of the things in the 00:03:16.909 --> 00:03:19.610 heavens should be purified with these, but the 00:03:19.610 --> 00:03:22.330 heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:25.009 than these. For Christ has not entered the holy 00:03:25.009 --> 00:03:27.629 places made with hands, which are copies of the 00:03:27.629 --> 00:03:31.069 true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in 00:03:31.069 --> 00:03:33.830 the presence of God for us. Not that he should 00:03:33.830 --> 00:03:36.729 offer himself often, as the high priest enters 00:03:36.729 --> 00:03:39.509 the most holy place every year with blood of 00:03:39.509 --> 00:03:42.759 another. He then would have had to suffer often 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:45.819 since the foundation of the world. But now, once 00:03:45.819 --> 00:03:48.639 at the end of the ages, he has appeared to put 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.719 away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.280 it is appointed for men to die once, but after 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:57.180 this the judgment, so Christ was offered once 00:03:57.180 --> 00:04:00.379 to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:03.099 wait for him, he will appear a second time, apart 00:04:03.099 --> 00:04:10.340 from sin, for salvation. for the law having a 00:04:10.340 --> 00:04:12.599 shadow of the good things to come and not the 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.259 very image of the things can never with these 00:04:15.259 --> 00:04:17.879 same sacrifices which they offer continually 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.980 year by year make those who approach perfect 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:24.040 for then would they not have ceased to be offered 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.120 for the worshippers once purified would have 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:30.399 had no more consciousness of sins but in those 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:33.279 sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:35.910 year for it is not possible that the blood of 00:04:35.910 --> 00:04:38.730 bulls and goats could take away sins therefore 00:04:38.730 --> 00:04:41.850 when he came into the world he said sacrifice 00:04:41.850 --> 00:04:45.110 and offering you did not desire but a body you 00:04:45.110 --> 00:04:47.990 have prepared for me in burnt offerings and sacrifices 00:04:47.990 --> 00:04:51.689 for sin you had no pleasure then i said behold 00:04:51.689 --> 00:04:55.050 i have come in the volume of the book it is written 00:04:55.050 --> 00:04:59.050 of me to do your will o god previously saying 00:04:59.050 --> 00:05:02.470 sacrifice and offering burnt offerings and offerings 00:05:02.470 --> 00:05:05.610 for sin you did not desire nor had pleasure in 00:05:05.610 --> 00:05:08.490 them which are offered according to the law then 00:05:08.490 --> 00:05:11.350 he said behold i have come to do your will o 00:05:11.350 --> 00:05:14.329 god he takes away the first that he may establish 00:05:14.329 --> 00:05:17.689 the second by that will we have been sanctified 00:05:17.689 --> 00:05:20.029 through the offering of the body of jesus christ 00:05:20.029 --> 00:05:24.120 once for all and every priest stands ministering 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:26.959 daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.920 which can never take away sins but this man after 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.579 he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever 00:05:33.579 --> 00:05:37.399 sat down at the right hand of god from that time 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:40.120 waiting till his enemies are made his footstool 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.939 for by one offering he has perfected for ever 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:46.120 those who are being sanctified but the holy spirit 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:49.139 also witnesses to us for after he had said before 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.060 This is the covenant that I will make with them 00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:55.040 after those days, says the Lord. I will put my 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:57.620 laws into their hearts, and in their minds I 00:05:57.620 --> 00:06:00.240 will write them. Then he adds, Their sins and 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:02.519 their lawless deeds I will remember no more. 00:06:02.939 --> 00:06:05.620 Now, where there is remission of these, there 00:06:05.620 --> 00:06:08.459 is no longer an offering for sin. Therefore, 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:11.180 brethren, having boldness to enter the holiest 00:06:11.180 --> 00:06:13.939 by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way 00:06:13.939 --> 00:06:16.839 which he consecrated for us, through the veil 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:20.560 that is his flesh. And having a high priest over 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.420 the house of God, let us draw near with a true 00:06:23.420 --> 00:06:26.279 heart in full assurance of faith, having our 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:29.420 hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and 00:06:29.420 --> 00:06:32.540 our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold 00:06:32.540 --> 00:06:35.339 fast the confession of our hope without wavering, 00:06:35.339 --> 00:06:38.540 for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:41.120 one another in order to stir up love and good 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.160 works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:47.779 together, as is the manner of some. but exhorting 00:06:47.779 --> 00:06:50.740 one another, and so much the more as you see 00:06:50.740 --> 00:06:54.000 the day approaching. For if we sin willfully 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.519 after we have received the knowledge of the truth, 00:06:56.920 --> 00:06:59.519 there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:02.819 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment 00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:06.660 and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.079 Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:12.879 mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.560 Of how much worse punishment do you suppose will 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:18.959 he be thought worthy who has trampled the son 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.759 of god under foot counted the blood of the covenant 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:24.660 by which he was sanctified a common thing and 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:27.639 insulted the spirit of grace for we know him 00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.959 who said vengeance is mine i will repay says 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.660 the lord and again the lord will judge his people 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.180 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:38.860 of the living God. But recall the former days 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:41.860 in which after you were illuminated, you endured 00:07:41.860 --> 00:07:44.939 a great struggle with sufferings, partially while 00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:47.519 you were made a spectacle, both by reproaches 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:50.339 and tribulations, and partially while you became 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:53.180 companions of those who were so treated. For 00:07:53.180 --> 00:07:56.079 you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.839 accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing 00:07:58.839 --> 00:08:01.639 that you have a better and an enduring possession 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:04.540 for yourselves in heaven. Therefore do not cast 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:07.120 away your confidence, which has great reward. 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:10.560 For you have need of endurance, so that after 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:12.680 you have done the will of God, you may receive 00:08:12.680 --> 00:08:15.939 the promise. For yet a little while, and he who 00:08:15.939 --> 00:08:19.379 is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the 00:08:19.379 --> 00:08:22.220 just shall live by faith. But if anyone draws 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:25.600 back, my soul has no pleasure in him. But we 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.939 are not of those who draw back to perdition, 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:31.300 but of those who believe to the saving of the 00:08:31.300 --> 00:08:37.490 soul. Chapter 11 Now faith is the substance of 00:08:37.490 --> 00:08:40.110 things hoped for, the evidence of things not 00:08:40.110 --> 00:08:43.149 seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 00:08:43.450 --> 00:08:46.450 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed 00:08:46.450 --> 00:08:49.070 by the word of God, so that the things which 00:08:49.070 --> 00:08:51.429 are seen were not made of things which are visible. 00:08:51.789 --> 00:08:54.690 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent 00:08:54.690 --> 00:08:57.429 sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained 00:08:57.429 --> 00:09:00.649 witness that he was righteous, God testifying 00:09:00.649 --> 00:09:03.639 of his gifts. And through it he being dead still 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.279 speaks. By faith Enoch was taken away so that 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:09.960 he did not see death, and was not found because 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.200 God had taken him. For before he was taken he 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:16.279 had this testimony that he pleased God. But without 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:19.059 faith it is impossible to please him. For he 00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:22.419 who comes to God must believe that he is, and 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:24.899 that he is a rewarder of those who diligently 00:09:24.899 --> 00:09:28.909 seek him. By faith Noah, being divinely warned 00:09:28.909 --> 00:09:31.970 of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, 00:09:32.169 --> 00:09:34.809 prepared an ark for the saving of his household, 00:09:35.009 --> 00:09:37.610 by which he condemned the world and became heir 00:09:37.610 --> 00:09:40.450 of the righteousness which is according to faith. 00:09:40.750 --> 00:09:43.629 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to 00:09:43.629 --> 00:09:46.210 go out to the place which he would receive as 00:09:46.210 --> 00:09:49.269 an inheritance, and he went out not knowing where 00:09:49.269 --> 00:09:52.090 he was going. By faith he dwelt in the land of 00:09:52.090 --> 00:09:54.759 promise as in a foreign country. dwelling in 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.539 tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him 00:09:57.539 --> 00:10:00.360 of the same promise. For he waited for the city 00:10:00.360 --> 00:10:03.379 which has foundations, whose builder and maker 00:10:03.379 --> 00:10:07.360 is God. By faith Sarah herself also received 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:10.500 strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:13.600 when she was past age, because she judged him 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:16.740 faithful. who had promised. Therefore from one 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:19.879 man and him as good as dead were born as many 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.919 as the stars of the sky in multitude, innumerable 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:26.279 as the sand which is by the seashore. These all 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:29.080 died in faith, not having received the promises, 00:10:29.299 --> 00:10:32.960 but having seen them afar off, were assured of 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.740 them. embraced them and confessed that they were 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:38.460 strangers and pilgrims on the earth for those 00:10:38.460 --> 00:10:41.299 who say such things declare plainly that they 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:44.259 seek a homeland and truly if they had called 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:46.580 to mind that country from which they had come 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:49.500 out they would have had opportunity to return 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:53.000 but now they desire a better that is a heavenly 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.440 country therefore god is not ashamed to be called 00:10:56.440 --> 00:10:59.519 their god for he has prepared a city for them 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:03.519 by faith abraham when he was tested offered up 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:07.039 Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:10.039 up his only begotten son, of whom it was said, 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:13.600 In Isaac your seed shall be called, concluding 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:16.519 that God was able to raise him up even from the 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:19.659 dead, from which he also received him in a figurative 00:11:19.659 --> 00:11:23.340 sense. By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:26.740 concerning things to come. By faith, Jacob, when 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:29.460 he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:32.320 and worshipped, leaning on the top of his staff. 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:35.840 By faith, Joseph, when he was dying, made mention 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:38.159 of the departure of the children of Israel and 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:41.620 gave instructions concerning his bones. By faith, 00:11:41.659 --> 00:11:44.539 Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:47.820 by his parents because they saw he was a beautiful 00:11:47.820 --> 00:11:50.259 child and they were not afraid of the king's 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:53.460 command. By faith, Moses, when he became of age, 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:56.120 refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.820 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the 00:11:58.820 --> 00:12:01.360 people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:04.399 of sin. esteeming the reproach of christ greater 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:07.600 riches than the treasures in egypt for he looked 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:11.580 to the reward by faith he forsook egypt not fearing 00:12:11.580 --> 00:12:14.080 the wrath of the king for he endured as seeing 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.519 him who is invisible by faith he kept the passover 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:20.600 and the sprinkling of blood lest he who destroyed 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.799 the first -born should touch them by faith they 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:27.000 passed through the red sea as by dry land whereas 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:29.820 the egyptians attempting to do so were drowned 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.559 By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down after 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.740 they were encircled for seven days. By faith, 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:39.639 the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.940 did not believe when she had received the spies 00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:44.940 with peace. And what more shall I say? For the 00:12:44.940 --> 00:12:47.580 time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak 00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:51.580 and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:54.840 and the prophets, who through faith subdued kingdoms, 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:58.399 worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.370 the mouths of lions. quenched the violence of 00:13:01.370 --> 00:13:04.629 fire, escaped the edge of the sword. Out of weakness 00:13:04.629 --> 00:13:07.929 were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned 00:13:07.929 --> 00:13:10.830 to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received 00:13:10.830 --> 00:13:14.269 their dead, raised to life again. Others were 00:13:14.269 --> 00:13:17.129 tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they 00:13:17.129 --> 00:13:19.870 might obtain a better resurrection. Still others 00:13:19.870 --> 00:13:23.350 had trials of mockings and scourgings, yes, end 00:13:23.350 --> 00:13:25.850 of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, 00:13:25.970 --> 00:13:56.180 they were sawn in two, were tempted. Chapter 00:13:56.180 --> 00:14:01.039 12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:04.000 by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:06.860 aside every weight and the sin which so easily 00:14:06.860 --> 00:14:10.259 ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the 00:14:10.259 --> 00:14:12.940 race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:16.139 the author and finisher of our faith, who for 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:18.779 the joy that was set before him endured the cross, 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:22.080 despising the shame, and has sat down at the 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.419 right hand of the throne of God. For consider 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:27.340 him who endured such hostility from sinners against 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:30.340 himself, lest you become weary and discouraged 00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:33.799 in your souls. You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.580 striving against sin, and you have forgotten 00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:39.139 the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons. 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:42.139 My son, do not despise the chastening of the 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:45.240 Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:47.899 by him. For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, 00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:51.559 and scourges every son whom he receives. if you 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:54.480 endure chastening god deals with you as with 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.519 sons for what son is there whom a father does 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:00.299 not chasten but if you are without chastening 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:03.559 of which all have become partakers then you are 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:07.059 illegitimate and not sons furthermore we have 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:09.820 had human fathers who corrected us and we paid 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:12.720 them respect shall we not much more readily be 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:15.299 in subjection to the father of spirits and live 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:19.059 for they indeed for a few days chastened us as 00:15:19.059 --> 00:15:22.190 seemed best to them but he for our profit that 00:15:22.190 --> 00:15:25.809 we may be partakers of his holiness now no chastening 00:15:25.809 --> 00:15:28.289 seems to be joyful for the present but painful 00:15:28.289 --> 00:15:31.330 nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable 00:15:31.330 --> 00:15:33.710 fruit of righteousness to those who have been 00:15:33.710 --> 00:15:37.049 trained by it therefore strengthen the hands 00:15:37.049 --> 00:15:40.070 which hang down and the feeble knees and make 00:15:40.070 --> 00:15:42.710 straight paths for your feet so that what is 00:15:42.710 --> 00:15:45.549 lame may not be dislocated but rather be healed 00:15:45.549 --> 00:15:49.539 pursue peace with all people and holiness, without 00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:52.200 which no one will see the Lord, looking carefully 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:55.299 lest anyone fall short of the grace of God, lest 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:58.279 any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble. 00:15:58.649 --> 00:16:01.649 And by this many become defiled, lest there be 00:16:01.649 --> 00:16:04.970 any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who 00:16:04.970 --> 00:16:08.230 for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For 00:16:08.230 --> 00:16:10.490 you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit 00:16:10.490 --> 00:16:13.210 the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no 00:16:13.210 --> 00:16:15.750 place for repentance, though he sought it diligently 00:16:15.750 --> 00:16:18.889 with tears. For you have not come to the mountain 00:16:18.889 --> 00:16:21.570 that you may be touched, and that burned with 00:16:21.570 --> 00:16:24.549 fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest. 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:27.620 and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:30.539 so that those who heard it begged that the word 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:33.200 should not be spoken to them any more, for they 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.899 could not endure what was commanded. And if so 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:38.200 much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:41.100 be stoned or shot with an arrow. And so terrifying 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:44.080 was the sight that Moses said, I am exceedingly 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:46.990 afraid and trembling. But you have come to Mount 00:16:46.990 --> 00:16:49.570 Zion, and to the city of the living God, the 00:16:49.570 --> 00:16:52.029 heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company 00:16:52.029 --> 00:16:54.730 of angels, to the general assembly and church 00:16:54.730 --> 00:16:57.570 of the firstborn, who are registered in heaven, 00:16:57.769 --> 00:17:00.809 to God the judge of all, to the spirits of just 00:17:00.809 --> 00:17:04.069 men made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of the 00:17:04.069 --> 00:17:06.529 new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:09.390 that speaks better things than that of Abel. 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.539 see that you do not refuse him who speaks for 00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:15.559 if they did not escape who refused him who spoke 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.779 on earth much more shall we not escape if we 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:21.319 turn away from him who speaks from heaven whose 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:24.839 voice then shook the earth but now he has promised 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.039 saying yet once more i shake not only the earth 00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:54.709 but also heaven now this yet once more Chapter 00:17:54.709 --> 00:17:59.660 13 Let Brotherly Love Continue do not forget 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:03.079 to entertain strangers for by so doing some have 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:06.440 unwittingly entertained angels remember the prisoners 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:09.460 as if chained with them those who are mistreated 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:13.059 since you yourselves are in the body also marriage 00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:15.779 is honourable among all and the bed undefiled 00:18:15.779 --> 00:18:18.859 but fornicators and adulterers god will judge 00:18:18.859 --> 00:18:22.299 let your conduct be without covetousness be content 00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:25.599 with such things as you have for he himself has 00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:28.740 said i will never leave you nor forsake you So 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:31.799 we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, I will 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:35.240 not fear. What can man do to me? Remember those 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:38.099 who rule over you, who have spoken the word of 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:41.279 God to you, whose faith follow, considering the 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:43.960 outcome of their conduct. Jesus Christ is the 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:46.900 same yesterday, today, and forever. Do not be 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:49.539 carried about with various and strange doctrines, 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:51.799 for it is good that the heart be established 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.259 by grace, not with foods which have not profited 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:58.329 those who have been occupied with them. We have 00:18:58.329 --> 00:19:00.990 an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle 00:19:00.990 --> 00:19:03.849 have no right to eat. For the bodies of those 00:19:03.849 --> 00:19:06.329 animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary 00:19:06.329 --> 00:19:09.269 by the high priest for sin are burned outside 00:19:09.269 --> 00:19:12.490 the camp. Therefore Jesus also, that he might 00:19:12.490 --> 00:19:15.309 sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered 00:19:15.309 --> 00:19:18.670 outside the gate. Therefore let us go forth to 00:19:18.670 --> 00:19:22.349 him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For 00:19:22.349 --> 00:19:25.390 here we have no continuing city, but we seek 00:19:25.390 --> 00:19:28.950 the one to come. Therefore, by him let us continually 00:19:28.950 --> 00:19:31.650 offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, 00:19:31.690 --> 00:19:34.630 the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 00:19:34.750 --> 00:19:37.650 But do not forget to do good and to share, for 00:19:37.650 --> 00:19:40.869 with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Obey 00:19:40.869 --> 00:19:43.509 those who rule over you, and be submissive, for 00:19:43.509 --> 00:19:46.289 they watch out for your souls, as those who must 00:19:46.289 --> 00:19:49.369 give account. Let them do so with joy and not 00:19:49.369 --> 00:19:52.130 with grief, for that would be unprofitable for 00:19:52.130 --> 00:19:55.250 you. Pray for us, for we are confident that we 00:19:55.250 --> 00:19:58.069 have a good conscience in all things desiring 00:19:58.069 --> 00:20:00.849 to live honorably. But I especially urge you 00:20:00.849 --> 00:20:03.450 to do this, that I may be restored to you the 00:20:03.450 --> 00:20:06.349 sooner. Now may the God of peace, who brought 00:20:06.349 --> 00:20:09.670 up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great shepherd 00:20:09.670 --> 00:20:12.170 of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting 00:20:12.170 --> 00:20:15.509 covenant, make you complete in every good work 00:20:15.509 --> 00:20:18.869 to do his will. working in you what is well -pleasing 00:20:18.869 --> 00:20:21.769 in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be 00:20:21.769 --> 00:20:25.069 glory forever and ever. Amen. And I appeal to 00:20:25.069 --> 00:20:27.890 you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, 00:20:27.890 --> 00:20:30.730 for I have written to you in few words. Know 00:20:30.730 --> 00:20:33.769 that our brother Timothy has been set free, with 00:20:33.769 --> 00:20:36.710 whom I shall see you if he comes shortly. Greet 00:20:36.710 --> 00:20:39.150 all those who rule over you and all the saints. 00:20:39.390 --> 00:20:42.609 Those from Italy greet you. Grace be with you 00:20:42.609 --> 00:20:50.500 all. Amen. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:52.839 as much as I did and I look forward to seeing 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:54.900 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.680 God bless you and have a great day.