Better Ministry Better Covenant (Heb 8:1-13)

Better Ministry, Better Covenant – Hebrews 8:1-13 Christ is high priest of a more excellent ministry and a new and better covenant. (v. 6) Our high priest’s heavenly ministry of better offering (vv. 1-6a) • It is a ministry in a better place of truer worship. (vv. 2, 4&5) • It is a ministry of better sacrifice. (v. 3) Our high priest’s new covenant of better promises (vv. 6b-13) • A prophecy about a new covenant means that the old one was insufficient. (vv. 7-9, 13) • It is a covenant of better promises! (vv. 6, 10-12) Application: • The promises of the new covenant can be yours (or are yours)! (Eph. 2) • In personal relationship to God, we internalize God’s laws—for living differently, for battling sin, and for growth to maturity. (Heb. 4:15-16, 12:1-2, & 5:11ff) • In the way you live it out and in the way you share it, are people hearing the true gospel? – The good news of the new covenant is relationship with God through Jesus Christ! (Heb. 7:22&25)