# The Great High Priest

Key Passage: Hebrews 4:14-16
Date: June 7, 2024

Turn your Bible, if you would, to Hebrews chapter 4. Hebrews chapter 4 in God’s Word this morning.

Hebrews chapter 4, towards the back part of the Bible. We’re honored to have some folks left over from the wedding—I think some are from Illinois, but I don’t know if all of them are—but we’re honored to have all of them. We appreciate them being in church this morning. And Ms. Jennifer’s parents and friends, we’re honored to have you all today. That’s great. Good to see everybody in the Lord’s house on Sunday morning. I hope God will really speak to our hearts on this truth. I’m not worried about it being a good message; I already know it won’t be a good message, but the truth is great. I want God to speak to your heart from the truth. That’s what it’s all about. I hope God will speak to our hearts and give us courage and faith in prayer.

By the way, I was looking out—Brother Richard, good to have him back. I think he was out for a minute. He had surgery; he was in the hospital for a couple of days. Good to have him back today. That’s a blessing. Just good to see everybody here. Would you please stand and read God’s Word together, Hebrews 4? We’re starting in verse number 14, Hebrews 4.

We’ll read three verses, pray, then we’ll go back and pull up some words and truths of these verses. We’re starting verse number 14. Hebrews 4:14: “Seeing then that we have a great high priest that has passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.”

Now, let me just stop for a moment. That does not mean you hold on to your salvation. Christ holds on to you, for if we had slippery fingers, we’d all lose it every day. But he says, hold on to your profession, since he saves you, keeps you saved—your profession of faith. Hold on to that. It’s all about Jesus. Something worth hanging on to in that profession right there. Amen. Your testimony, if you will.

Verse number 15: “He says, for we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

Would you pray with me that God would speak to our hearts this morning? Would you do that?

Father, we come to you. Lord, again, I mentioned already, Lord, good message or not, Lord, that’s just so medial. Lord, would you use it to help people? That’s what we’re asking, Father. Lord, would you meet the need of every individual here? Lord, feed them, give them what they need, encourage them. Lord, help us grow in your Word. Father, if someone here is not saved, Lord, make it very clear to them. And Lord, I pray before they leave, they would be saved. Lord, we’ll thank you. We’ll praise you for what you do today. Lord, there are a lot of truths; we can’t get them all. Show me what to focus on and what not to focus on. We’ll thank you for it. It’s in Jesus that we ask. Amen.

You may be seated.

Would you look back at verse number 14? Keep your finger there. We’ll be looking at this passage all morning long. Look back at verse number 14. And let’s just start at the beginning. He says, “Seeing then that we have a great high priest.”

Now, let me just briefly talk about the high priest. God’s people, the children of Israel, they had a high priest. He did a lot of things, but I’ll focus on one thing he did. One time out of the year, the Day of Atonement—Yom Kippur is what they said—the high priest would take the blood of a lamb and he would walk into the holy place, past the table of showbread, the altar of incense, and the candles there. He would walk past that; there’s another veil kind of in the middle there, and he had walked past that into what the Bible calls the Most Holy Place. Inside of that was the Ark of the Covenant, the mercy seat on top, the cherubim there hanging over it. That’s really where the glory of God just kind of dwelt there between those wings, as a special, sacred, holy place.

The high priest would go in there once a year and would take the blood of an animal, a lamb, and he would sprinkle it seven times. That was the atonement. It was kind of like a temporary covering for God’s people, the nation of Israel. Now, it was never fully complete; that’s why year after year, he would do that. That would, if you will, allow God’s mercy and his grace—you notice that in my last verse there, obtain mercy and find grace—to be on the nation of Israel.

But here, he says a little different there. If you look back at that, we’ll just kind of explain that. Look back at verse number 14. He says, “Seeing then that we have a…” What’s the next word? Great high priest. That was Aaron and some of his descendants that were the high priests in the Old Testament. Now we don’t have that same system because of a great high priest, which was Jesus Christ. That’s the theme of the book of Hebrews: He’s better. He’s better than those high priests. He’s the great high priest.

Jesus Christ, when he died on that old rugged cross around about 2,000 years ago, and then three days later, he rose again. He actually took his own blood. He’s our sacrifice also, and he took his very own blood. Remember it said over there in that passage, I think in verse number 15, he’s passed into the heavens. We’re talking about the holy place, the Most Holy Place, the tabernacle. That was just made after the pattern of the real one that’s in the heavens. And Jesus, when he ascended, he took his own blood after he rose, and before the final ascension, he took his own blood and he went into the heavens. He went into the real tabernacle, into the real holy place, into the real Most Holy Place. And he took his very own blood and he sprinkled the blood. That’s why the Bible says, without the remission of sin—excuse me, without the shedding of blood, there’s no remission of sin. It took his very own blood. That’s why we’re saying, what can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

He sprinkled his own blood, and Hebrews tells us, look, they did that yearly. But Jesus, the great high priest, did that once for all. It’s finished. The blood’s applied. And he’s our great high priest. And he went in, he obtained mercy for us every day of his life, and he has the grace available. Now you must find that. Notice a different wording there. You can find the grace that you’ll need for every day of your life because Jesus, your great high priest, applied, shed, and applied His blood.

By the way, that’s why he said, he don’t touch me. I’ve no sin. Not did that once they were cleansed, the high priest that couldn’t be touched. So they went in and did the atonement there. Same things, you don’t touch me. I’m not—I’ve never finished the work, if you will. And that’s when he applied his blood. And so we have a great high priest. His wasn’t just every year; his is once for all, amen. When he applied his blood, it was finished, it was complete, it satisfied the justice of God. That’s why when you’re born again, you’re justified in the sight of God. He’s our great high priest.

Now, let’s go on, just look a little bit about Jesus here. Look at verse number 15. He says, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities.” Isn’t that amazing? The feeling of our infirmities, our weakness, our sickness is real. It’s not that Jesus can be touched when you’re sick or hurting or weaker than you. Anybody out there, you’re weaker than you should be from time to time? Those of you who didn’t raise your hand, you’re really weak because you’re lying right now. Come on now, you know.

But it didn’t even say that. He didn’t say it cannot be touched by the infirmities; he said it cannot be touched by the feeling. You know, feelings, we all have feelings that go catawampus. Anybody out there ever feel discouraged? Anybody out there ever feel overwhelmed? You ever feel like, you know, I’m forgotten about or I’m misunderstood? Anybody feel like an injustice was done to me right there? Anybody ever feel like I just want to give up?

He can be touched even by the feeling of your infirmities. When you’re discouraged and your feeling is off, it’s not where it ought to be, and you’re just discouraged and depressed and you want to give up, or you’re mad or you’re angry, or you feel like the injustice has been done, and your feeling even of bitterness is knocking at the door—Jesus can be touched by your feeling of infirmities. What a high priest you have! He cares even about your feeling. Wow, we have a great high priest.

How can he be touched by the feeling of our infirmities? Look at the last part of the verse here: “but was in all points tempted.” He was tempted by discouragement, I promise you, friend. He felt the tug of wanting to give up. He felt the tug that that was unfair. He felt the tug that nobody cares. He felt the tug that everybody’s just kind of passed up; they’re worried about everybody else, they forgot about me. He was tempted by all those. He understands your feeling.

Now, he never failed. He never sinned one time. That’s what he says in the last part of the verse. He never fell; he never gave in, yet without sin. But he understands your feeling because he’s been there for us. He knows what it’s like to wake up in the morning and that cloud of gloom is oppressing you. He understands that feeling and that struggle. He never lost, but he struggled with them. That’s why he can be touched when you’re just burdened down and life’s just beating down on you. You feel like, man, you’re just going to cry at the drop of a hat, and that oppression is over you. He understands all that. He’s been there, friend. And he can be touched just by your feeling. God cares. Your great high priest understands. He feels your loneliness; he understands that. And he can be touched by the feeling of your infirmities. Wow. He loves you, friend. He cares about you, friend. He wants to help you through life. He’s not waiting to beat you over the head; he wants to take care and give you what you need going through this life. He’s a great, great high priest.

Now look at this. Let’s just pull out words as we go through this passage here. Verse number 14, verse number 15, really just about a great high priest, Jesus. Then look at verse number 16. He says, “Let us therefore…” Because of—someone said a “therefore” in the Bible is there for a reason. That helps an old hillbilly like me to understand it. I need all the help I can get, you know. He says, “Let us therefore…” What? Because of Jesus, the great high priest, “let us therefore come boldly unto the throne.”

Now I want you to stop. Let’s talk about that throne for just a minute. Now bear with me on our throne, okay? I tried to order a gold-plated one, but the deacons wouldn’t let me squeeze that out of the budget now, you know. I’m teasing about that, but a Cracker Barrel rocking chair will do, amen.

I was thinking about this morning that Christ’s work is finished. He said, “It is finished,” so his throne—he could just kind of sit back and relax, if you will, there, you know. Trying to bring a rocking chair into the throne somehow, you know. Bear with me on that. We have a wonderful crown to fit for the throne, amen. Come on now. They say use visuals; I’m trying, folks. I’m trying, all right.

But he said, “Let us therefore come boldly.” Can I just say this in your prayer time? It helps me sometimes if I imagine God listening to me. Sometimes I imagine God up in heaven, and he’s leaning over the balcony rails, cupping his ear, listening to Paul. I know it might not be technically right in every aspect, but I need all the help I can get.

That might help, and sometimes maybe it helps in our prayer time to imagine—it’s a biblical thing—imagine us walking in, coming into a throne room. We’re coming before the God of the universe. He’s on his throne, and I have access. I have the ability to come and speak to the King of the universe. Amen. The Bible says in the Psalms, “His kingdom ruleth over all.” And I have the ability to come and talk with him and ask things, and he wants me to do that. And he says, “Hey, let us therefore come boldly to the throne.” Picture yourself entering into the throne room. You have an audience with the King of the universe. It’s good for you to visualize that somehow. We’re talking to God Almighty. He hears; he listens to prayer. The upright is his delight, the Bible says. He’s listening, and I have the privilege to enter into his throne. What an amazing thought that a little, sinful person like me and like you can enter in before God Almighty into His throne room with the majesty and the glory and the power and the holiness, and he lets you and I enter into his throne room. Praise the Lord for that. We get to do that. Now it’s all because of the great high priest. That is therefore—what’s that? Because of the great high priest, we get to come before his throne.

But let me say this: God on His throne for a lost person is not going to be a good thing.

Let me read for you a couple of passages. Psalm chapter number 9, let me read for you verse number 5. He said, “Thou hast rebuked the heathen. Thou hast destroyed the wicked.” I want you to get the context there. He’s talking about the heathen and the lost who have never been saved, the wicked. Now, jump down to verse 8. He says, “God reigneth over the heathen, and God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.” Wow.

Look over in Revelation, Revelation chapter 20. Revelation chapter 20—this is a passage of scripture where it talks about the Great White Throne Judgment. It is a place in the Bible where the dead, those that have never accepted Jesus Christ unto eternal life, they’re going to stand before Him. It is the final judgment of the lost, those that would not get saved. It’s a very sad portion of Scripture. We won’t study it out; I want you to see one portion of it. But imagine God, and he’s on his throne, and the lost sinners are coming before him in this portion of scripture. Judgment is being given.

Look at Revelation chapter number 20, verse number 11. “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.” This is a place for the lost souls who have never been saved. Maybe they’ve had an invitation at a church like this, or maybe their neighbor gave them a gospel tract, and they just would not receive Jesus as their Savior. And one day they do not get saved, they’ll stand before God Almighty on his throne. The Bible says His throne of judgment is so strong and so austere and so holy and so righteous that the heaven and earth flee away. There is no place for anyone to hide.

They’re standing before the God of the universe. We are not going to study it out. He said the rich, the small, the great—it doesn’t matter if they’re not saved, they’ll stand before him there. I think the last verse there when he talks about the Lamb’s Book of Life again is God’s last call. They’re pleading for mercy: “Lord, would you check the books again? Would you see if my name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life?” And he checks one last time. And the answer to their pleas, friend, your name is not found there. And they’re cast into outer darkness. They’re cast into everlasting fire. They’re cast where there’s weeping and gnashing of teeth. They’re cast where the devil and his angels are. There’s no more mercy, no more peace because they have rejected Jesus.

Interesting story I’ve heard told, and I think I’ve used it in our church many times. Those of you who have been around here for years and years—story number 23—remember that one? I don’t have to tell it, for some haven’t heard story number 23.

Years and years ago in a western town, a stagecoach got loose and was running through the town. The horses just got spooked. And there was a little boy down the street there; he was about to get trampled by the horses. A man in that city, a judge in that city, saw what was about to happen. He ran out, risking his life, got dragged, and he grabbed hold of those horses, and he was able to drag them to calm them down. And he saved that little boy’s life.

Years and years later, there was a court trial, and a man had murdered someone in his life; capital punishment was about to be pronounced on him. That man looked at the judge and said, “Judge, don’t you remember me? All those years ago, remember when you risked your life and you went out there and you grabbed all those horses? That little boy, that was me, Judge.” And they say the judge said, “I came to you first time as a merciful Savior. This time you’re coming to me, and I’m a judge.” And he pronounced him guilty.

That time they stand before the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He’s not coming as a Savior. He came first time as a Savior, but they rejected him. He’ll be on the throne as a judge of righteousness and holiness. A very sad thing. He’ll have such a look that heaven and earth will flee away. They’ll have no place to hide. The Hitlers, the God-haters, the promoters of atheism that never do get saved on the Internet and TikTok and all the rest of it—every single one of them will stand before him. He’ll say, “I never knew you.”

But I want you to notice over here in Hebrews where we’re at, back over in Hebrews 4. I want you to notice what it says over here. It’s a wonderful, wonderful thing about this throne room found here in Hebrews. Verses 14 and 15 talked about our great high priest. Now verse 16, he says, “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of…” What’s the next word? Grace! Praise the Lord!

As a born-again Christian, a blood-washed saint of God, as a forgiven, as a redeemed, as a child of God, as a trophy of His grace, as you come into the throne room, you’ve come by the way of the great high priest, Jesus Christ. You come before His throne. Friend, it is not a throne of judgment because if it were, we’d all be condemned. The Bible says for you and I, “Let us come boldly.” Why? Because it is a throne of what? Grace! Praise the Lord for that. I get to enter in and I get to stand before the God of the universe, and he’s on that throne, and for a born-again Christian, you and I, it is a throne of grace. Praise the Lord.

That would give you hope right there. That would help you go to him when you’re not worthy to go to him. By the way, we’re never worthy to go to him on our own, but we get to come to the throne of grace.

Just for a moment, let’s look at the word grace. Look over in 2 Corinthians chapter 8, if you would please. 2 Corinthians chapter 8. I think this is the best single-verse definition of grace in all the Bible. I love it. 2 Corinthians 8, look at verse number 9. Would you say, amen? Amen. Good deal. Verse number 9 right there. He says, “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.”

He was very rich in heaven with His Father. He’s God in flesh. That though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. In one point he said, “Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Jesus was homeless, if you will.

For your sakes, he became poor, that ye through his… what’s the next word? …poverty might be… what’s the last word? Rich.

Jesus knows what it is to live in poverty. He left the riches and came down here; he lived in poverty. Now, why did he do that? Why did he trade his riches and take on poverty? Why did he do that? Look at the last part, this amazing last part, that ye—you and I, put your name in there—that he through his poverty might be rich.

That goes in line with what’s our little acronym for grace we use all the time? Help me out if you know it. God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense. Yeah. It goes exactly with the verse there. He left the riches of heaven, came down, he was poor, lived in poverty. Why? So you can be rich.

When we think of being rich, you know what we think of? We think of that green stuff, the green piece of paper. That’s what we think of, and a whole lot of that green stuff. Can I say there are people that have millions of these things, billions of these things, and they’re miserable? It’s amazing. Among the very wealthy, they have a fairly high rate of suicide. It’s interesting; you check it online, they’re always trying to figure out why that is. My philosophy is, because they finally got what they were after all their life. They finally got it, and it wasn’t what they wanted. So what do you live for anymore?

A lot of people, when I think of riches, if I think in a fleshly, worldly way, you know what sometimes I think about? I think about a Corvette. Anybody out there like that? Somebody think about a Mustang. Come on now. Five-point-oh, there you go. But those people have got Corvettes and Mustangs and they’re miserable and mean and just mad at the world. Money is the cheapest of God’s blessings. The love of money is the root of all evil. But, friend, that’s on the lower side of God’s blessing—money.

You know there are things called peace and joy, happiness, a good family, a good marriage, health, and God using you, and God saying, “Hey, let me show you some children spiritually.” I have no greater joy than to hear my children walk in truth—all these things. That’s God’s riches of riches. I don’t know who they are, but they say the happiest people are middle-class people. I don’t know. Money is not the determining factor. There are a lot of rich people that are happy, a lot of poor people that are happy. But richest friend, when God talks about Jesus leaving the riches of heaven and coming down here, living in poverty so that you may be rich, it’s much more than money, friend.

A lot of rich people, wealth-wise and money-wise, at their funeral, it’s kind of like just a waste, and nobody hardly shows up. But if they did show up, they just want a little bit of inheritance. But a lot of people died. They didn’t have much money in their pocket, but they were rich. And they influenced hundreds and hundreds of people for happiness and joy in Jesus. And those are rich people. By the way, when you cross over to the other side, who’s going to be there to meet you? That’s richest too. But he lived in poverty that you and I might be rich. Wow. Can I word it this way? Rich in grace. Grace—God’s riches at Christ’s expense.

Now, you say, how in the world can a righteous, holy, just God that knows everything, sees all, how can it be a throne of grace? Well, look, if you will, over at Hebrews chapter 12. I think I’ll kind of explain a little bit why, or how, if you would, that for you and I, if you’re saved, you’ve been through the great high priest, you can enter in as the throne of grace. How can that happen?

Look over in Hebrews chapter 12, verse number 2, please. He says over there, “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the…” What?

Well, no wonder for you and I, this throne is a throne of grace. Because on the right side of that, you’ll see Jesus. You’ll see the great high priest. You’ll see the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. You’ll see the sacrifice. You’ll see the true Lamb. You’ll see him, the one that shed his blood. You’ll see him. I think his hands still have the imprints. You see Jesus. He’s sitting on the right hand of the Father, and he’s there. And when you come into the throne, Jesus, his blood has been shed for you.

And if the devil, the accuser of the brethren, does say anything, hey, Jesus says, “Hey, Father, that’s one of ours. That’s one that my blood has been shed for. They’re redeemed. I’m their advocate. I’m their lawyer. I’m interceding for them. I ever lived to intercede for them.” And he’s sitting on the right hand of God the Father. That’s why this throne is the throne of grace.

Oh, friend, Satan’s going to condemn you, make you feel lower than—well, they say lower than the belly of a snake in a wagon rut, you know. Satan will do that to you because, really, we’re all messed up. But praise the Lord.

Notice something else. We’re just trying to go through this thing real quickly here. One last thing here. Look back at verse number 16, if you would, please. Hebrews 4:16. He says, “Let us…” Wait for just a second. He said, “Let us therefore come…” What’s the next word? Boldly.

Can I be honest with you a moment here? I’m not preaching; I’m telling the truth right here. Sometimes I have a hard time with that word, “boldly.” You know why? Because I’m a sinner. I did that thing, or I didn’t do that thing. And I start comparing—it’s going to be either pride or pity, one of the two. And I have a little tough time sometimes about coming boldly.

But did you notice I said I have a hard time because I get thinking about what I did or didn’t do? I start comparing me. You notice how all my thoughts are toward me? But I don’t enter in boldly because of what I am. I enter in boldly because of the great high priest. And when I realize I can enter in boldly because there’s a great high priest there, and he’s saying, “Come on in boldly. Just march right in. Yes, and come before God because I have given you access.” That’s part of the reason why when he shed his blood, the temple veil was rent in two. Because he’s there interceding for you, and he’s saying, “Come boldly, come on in. He has everything you need.”

Don’t you stay back and stay away. That’s not what you need. You’re never going to beat yourself into submission the way to get what you want and grow like you want. You grow in grace. You get inside there and get the grace that comes from that throne right there. And you have access to that because the great high priest said, “Come boldly.” It’s all in him, friend. You come boldly. When I messed up, you better believe it, that’s when you need it more than ever. When I’m depressed, you better believe it. By the way, he’s touched by the feeling of your infirmities. Come boldly. Don’t listen to the devil trying to keep you where you’re never coming to the throne. You say, “Well, I don’t have a whole lot of time. I didn’t get up like I ought to.” It is amazing to me sometimes just a least little bit of prayer and the grace—just amazing. Come boldly. Yes, picture the throne of grace and picture who sat beside. You have access. You say, “Me?” Yeah, you. “I don’t know the books of the Bible. I can’t quote the Bible like so-and-so can’t.” Stop looking at you and so-and-so and start looking at the great high priest.

Spurgeon, a great preacher years gone by, said one day he was coming home after a busy day. Spurgeon sometimes would battle when God would bless his ministry and things were growing. He would battle whether he had what he needed to sustain, if you will. Maybe it was one of those days. He didn’t tell us a whole lot of details about that at that point, but he was coming home one day, worn out, just a little defeated.

And all of a sudden, the Spirit of God began to speak to him. The Spirit of God reminded him of 2 Corinthians 12:9: “My grace is sufficient for thee.” John Bunyan spoke about those words. When John Bunyan said it came almost audibly, “My,” and God said every word it seemed to mean something: “My God said it’s not your grace, it’s My grace.” God’s riches at Christ’s expense—it’s sufficient for thee, the singular, talking about you singularly, personally.

But Spurgeon said on that way home, God said, “Hey, Spurgeon, My grace is sufficient for thee.” Spurgeon said it seems like the Lord said you’re like a little bitty fish in the large river, the Mississippi River, if you will. And you’re afraid that you’re going to drink all the water out of the river. And he says, “Spurgeon, I’ve got all the grace you need. Drink, hey little fish, just drink all the water. I’ve got all the grace you need.” I love the verse: “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” It’s by his grace. Paul said, “I am what I am by the grace of God.”

There’s a pastor named Roland Hill. He’d tell a story years gone by in his church. He had a very wealthy man and a very poor man in his church. Now, the story I read does not give the numbers. I’m going to add numbers in trying to make it more real to us. I want you to know I’m adding those numbers in. I don’t know what the numbers were. But he said that wealthy man found a man that he could use as a mediator. And he gave that man a million dollars—I don’t know how much it was, just a large amount of money. And he said, “I want you to give a good portion weekly or so often to this poor man. I want him to be able to live very, very comfortably. I want him to be able to buy anything he needs to do, reasonably. And I want you to do that anytime he needs anything.”

So he gave a million dollars, and the mediator would take $2,000—I’m adding the number in there—$2,000 every week he would give it to that poor man in the church. And it would always leave this note: “More to follow.” That’s all they did. Now, here’s the thing about it: every week, that would last almost nine and a half years. The wealthy man had plenty more if you needed it, just come see him if that runs out.

But here’s the sad part: that very poor man had just raggedy clothes, shoes with holes in the bottom of them, holes in just embarrassing seams. And his car was breaking down all the time. They needed tires on his car, and his house needed new shingles on—just all kinds of problems. The sad thing is that that pastor said the poor man was getting money often anytime he needed it, and plenty was there. But the poor man never would go buy a new pair of shoes. His car was always breaking down. He could have gone and bought a new car. Two thousand dollars after a couple of weeks—that’s pretty good money. Anybody out there think he’d live off $104,000 a year? I mean, they didn’t work; they could get a little more extra. But he just wouldn’t. He just wouldn’t. Oh, he might get a little food here and there, but he just wouldn’t spend it. He’d always say, “More to follow.”

Now, I’m like that sometimes. I’m not entering in boldly to the throne of grace. You know, Jesus, when he died on the cross, he purchased everything you’ll ever need to be what God wants you to be. He bought it when he shed his blood on the cross of Calvary. It’s sufficient for thee. He’s got what you need. There’s a verse where he says you can serve him by grace. Grace is not just saving grace; it’s sufficient grace, and it’s serving grace. You can serve him by his grace. By the way, it’s so much better to be powered by his grace than your power. Everything you need.

One last story, we’re done. Years ago, a man went out west in the old Western days to start a business. It was very hard to start a business in a small western town in that day and time. He wasn’t the best businessman. He didn’t have all the equipment. Most people thought he was going to fail traveling out west to start a business in a small western town. Everybody thought he’s not going to make it.

By the way, let me just add a little note: God has called us to travel into this whole world to start business for him. They never thought, “Well, he’s not going to do anything.” He surprised everybody; his business succeeded. It took years, but he established a good, strong business out west, but it was very hard to do. Everybody was a little shocked, “Wow, if anybody’s going to fall apart, it’s going to be that guy. He just doesn’t have what it takes.”

But then they found out years later that he had a very wealthy brother out east. Anytime he needed something or more, he would just wire his brother, and his brother always was glad to send the money. Friend, you have an older brother, Jesus Christ.

Original File: Pastor Paul Chisgar - The Great High Priest - Sunday AM 03172024