Hebrews defines the New Testament, or better, the New Covenant, as "better" or "greater." The phrase "how much more" occurs only once in the letter, but the concept is absolutely paradigmatic for the author's treatment of how we are to understand the transition from Old Covenant to New Covenant. So far so good. We understand that the New Covenant is better. But what's much harder for us is to realize that we should not move immediately from "better" to its opposite, "worse." Hebrews never describes the old as "worse." In other words, it does not run down the old covenant as a way of exalting the new. It exalts the old as a way of exalting the new even more. It is on this warning, then, about misunderstanding the "betterness" of the "better" covenant, that we will spend most of our effort this morning. Hebrews works by moving from the lesser to the greater — but please don't take it to mean that the "lesser" is a lesser salvation or a lesser word!
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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...