The Assurance of Heaven and Salvation (eBook)

by Ezekiel Hopkins

in ePub, .mobi & .pdf formats

Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. HEB. 12:28, 29. 

THIS text contains in it a Doctrine, a Use, and a Motive. 

The Doctrine is, We have received a kingdom which cannot be moved. 

The Use or Inference from thence is this: Therefore, let us serve God. 

And the Motive, to enforce this exhortation, is in these words, for our God is a consuming fire. 

First. In the first part, which is the Thesis or Position, We have received a kingdom which cannot be moved, we must know, there is a Twofold Kingdom: a Kingdom of Grace, set up in the heart of a saint, where Christ alone reigns as sole monarch and sovereign; and a Kingdom of Glory, prepared for us in the highest heavens, where we shall reign as kings with Christ for ever. 

If we take it in the former sense, for the Kingdom of Grace, so the Apostle saith, we have a kingdom, that is, we have it already in possession. Christ hath established his dominion over every believer: and, though he sits personally upon his throne in heaven; yet he rules in us by the vicegerency and deputation of his Spirit that received commission from him, and also by the law of his Word enacted by it. 

If we understand it in the latter sense, for the Kingdom of Glory, which seems most congruous to the design of the Apostle, so, also, we have a kingdom, and that in a Fourfold sense. 

By Grace, giving us the earnest of it. 

By Faith, realizing it. 

By Hope, embracing it. And, 

By the Promises, assuring of it. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Full Assurance and the Fear of God

As a Consuming Fire

The Consideration of God, as our God, that may Enforce a Holy Awe and Fear of Him

Every Frown from a Reconciled God to Cause Fear

Holy Fear Brings A Most Ardent Love of God

A Filial Fear of God a Clear Evidence of our Son-ship

Slavish Fear hath always Two dreadful Concomitants

Application

Objections

By Topic

Joy

By Scripture

Old Testament

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Habakkuk

Zephaniah

Haggai

Zechariah

Malachi

New Testament

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

By Author

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