Your ministry, O Lord (Hymn 1187)

Verse 1: Your ministry, O Lord, How excellent it is; A better covenant, And better promises; Enacted on a better law. Of such You are Executor. Verse 2: A better covenant, And better promises; A better law of life And sacrifice this is. Redemption's work, done long ago, A better blood has made it so. Verse 3: In Hebrews eight we see The way to make us whole; Life planted deep within, Which spreads into the soul. The law of life, imparted, still Inscribed in mind, emotion, will. Verse 4: The law of letters leave, The law of life pursue; The one is old and dead, The other fresh and new. Dead teachings cannot help the seed; The law of life is what we need. Verse 5: The law of life in us, In function now we see, Works not by will and thought But automatically. It saturates, conforms to Him; The standard model spreads within. Verse 6: Our sins are all forgiv'n, His life imparted too; God is our God today, And we're His people true. We know Him in an inward way: These blessings four have come to stay. Verse 7: We're being sonized now; The life within will do The deep transforming work Of making us anew. In ages past, the work was done— Now prayer is over—praise the Son!