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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 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!