Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy

Hebrew 12:14-29
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”  The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”
This section is one of encouragement and warning. Count your assets and don't turn back. You have come to God in a better way than the errors of Sinai, the writer says, and he sets out the glories of heaven for us to see. Be thankful, be grateful, respond to God in worship. Live to please him. There is no escape for those who refuse him; they will find him 'a consuming fire.
Why?
God is consuming fire but through Jesus' blood we may come to the Lord without fear. God is fire everyone should fear Him, God will shake the world and heaven one more, so the final judgment will come, no one can escape the judgment.
What we can do is make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness, no one will see the Lord.
要與人和睦
繼續奔跑就要忍受苦難。人容易驕傲，自以為可以忍耐，繼續奔跑，而去責備別人，自以為義。屬靈生命成長不是讀經禱告時間，講道多麼好，是看與人相處情形，散發出吸引人的香氣，這就是與人和睦。
追求聖潔與與人和睦放在一起講:是看其為人處事
三個恐怕，即追求世俗。長子名分不能解決目前飢餓，這飢餓還不致死啊！無法忍受暫時的苦難。貪戀世俗是無法忍受眼前的逼迫與難處，不是不能買好車... 不要因暫時的苦難放棄了信仰。大部份人認同的不見得是真理。
西奈山是可怕的，人無法承擔靠近的，新約是錫安山，是可接近的地方有歡樂的地方。亞伯的血是控告，耶穌的血是恩典。
神是烈火是可怕的，卻也可照亮我們，溫暖我們，潔淨我們。
How?
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy.