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Endurance without bitterness (Heb 12:12-17)
Christians must not allow life’s trials to discourage them, but meet their difficulties with boldness and confidence (Heb 12:12-13).
One way to help prevent people from turning away from Christ is to develop holiness among believers and to deal with those who show signs of bitterness. Such people can quickly have a bad influence on others (Heb 12:14-15).
The story of Esau illustrates the hopelessness of the person who deliberately rejects God’s promised inheritance for the sake of some temporary gain (Heb 12:16-17).