We tend to think that "better" probably means "more lenient," and regard the NT God as more permissive than the OT God. Hebrews is here to attack that idea. "Better" means "stricter." The USA has had sanctions on Cuba since 1959, and on Iran since 1979. Both nations are quite functional and quite anti-American right down to this very moment. The sanctions show no sign of either crippling our enemies or turning them into friends. Better sanctions, we could posit, would be the kind of sanctions that could, all on their own, bring about regime change. The best sanctions would be sanctions that, within hours or days of being levied, would eliminate the wicked and replace them with the righteous. These sanctions would be effective.
Brothers and sisters, the new covenant has just such effective sanctions. Their effect is utterly inescapable. That's what our text this morning says.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...