And if you would, and once you take a deep breath, let it out, I don't know if you planned

on coming here tonight or you got here by accident, but tonight we start one of the portions

of the book of Hebrews, which is one of the most controversial chapters in these verses

of certainly the New Testament, quite possibly the Bible itself. It's something where churches,

denominations, and believers have divided over this issue. What's remarkable, as you'll

hear more tonight, is that we're all going to be challenged here. Look, we're at a great

advantage being here together tonight because you didn't walk in due a denomination. I don't

know if you realize that or not. So wait a minute, pulled up and said, Calvary Chapel, yeah, who

cares? I'm dead serious. Calvary Chapel is not a denomination. Some people want to say it is,

but it's actually not. A denomination you pay fees, endures to the hierarchy. There's a governing

body that tells you what to do, what not to do. If there is, I'm not aware of it. If they had

something to say, I wouldn't listen, but we're going to follow Jesus here. Here's the thing, is that

this, you didn't walk into a preloaded service whereby we must maintain a denominational foundation.

Are you hearing me? We don't have to come from a Catholic approach of this verse. We don't have to

come from a Baptist side approach. We don't have to come from an Anglican approach. We don't have to

come from a Lutheran approach, a Presbyterian approach. None of that. The Bible is one, but the

views of men have divided things up. And when you get colonel, I'll just punch in the face right

from the beginning. When you get colonel, you begin to follow the teachings and traditions of men

instead of the Bible. And you'll even sometimes go solo that you'll even say, well, I'm of a

Paulus. I'm of Cephas. I'm of Paul, as Paul spoke about them in the first Corinthians,

but some people will say, well, I'm of Calvin, or I'm of Phil in the blank. That's sad,

because I'm sure that if John Calvin was here today, he'd slap you and say, you should say that

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