Church of stand, if you would, and turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 8.

Hebrews 8, I don't know if you guys realize it or not, but did you know the last time

we were together, which was not the last Wednesday night, but the Wednesday night before that?

We said a world's record here, did you know that? We did chapter 7 and one night.

Never has that ever happened here before. It's 33 years, it's never happened.

So, tonight we'll be looking at Hebrews chapter 8 verses 1 through 6.

We'll go as far as we can. We're looking at really the same theme.

It goes this way for quite a while, and that is having a priest better than you.

You always want to make sure that you have a priest that's better than you.

But then when you turn, if you turn to a human, and you assume that that priest is better than you,

then you're going to be set up for great disappointment and failure.

Are you listening to me? Have I ever asked you to put your eyes on me and follow me in any way shape or form?

The only thing that I would possibly flirt with doing is what Paul said,

Paul said, follow me as I follow Christ.

I might say, follow me as I follow Paul as he follows Christ,

we'll all be following Jesus together.

But the Bible makes it very clear that your priest must be a priest of a very, very particular order.

He must have certain requirements, certain standards, certain things that he has to meet

to be the priest of your soul in your eternal life, and oh, small detail.

He can't be of this world. He has to be the eternal God who has come down from heaven above.

I'll read the verse one, if you'll pick up and start in verse two.

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying.

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