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Welcome to Day 2279 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Hebrews-22 Watch Out for Worldliness \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 10/01/2023 Watch Out For Worldliness! Hebrews 12:14-29 We continue our extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. Last week, we focused on the long-term life of faith, which will require Endurance and Discipline. This week, we will explore a Call to Listen to God in a message titled, Watch Out For Worldliness,\u201d I will read today\u2019s scripture from the NLT, so I have included it in the bulletin insert. Let\u2019s read Hebrews 12:14-29. (Compare versions) A Call to Listen to God 14\xa0Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.\xa015\xa0Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.\xa016\xa0Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.\xa017\xa0You know that afterward, when he wanted his father\u2019s blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears. 18\xa0You have not come to a physical mountain,[h]\xa0to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.\xa019\xa0For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.\xa020\xa0They staggered back under God\u2019s command: \u201cIf even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.\u201d[i]\xa021\xa0Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, \u201cI am terrified and trembling.\u201d[j] 22\xa0No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering.\xa023\xa0You have come to the assembly of God\u2019s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect.\xa024\xa0You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel. 25\xa0Be careful that you do not refuse to listen to the One who is speaking. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, we will...