Knowing And Growing in Assurance of Faith

by Joel R. Beeke

Overview

In his 100th work, Joel Beeke writes on the power and beauty of true, secure assurance of faith: the heartfelt conviction that one belongs to Christ through faith and will enjoy everlasting salvation. This title opens up Dr. Beeke’s expertise and learning for anyone ‘trapped in a background of easy believism or trapped in the opposite fear of assurance being the certain mark of being presumptuous and so crushing the young shoots of hope and assurance as they appear.’

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781913000
Publisher:	Christian Focus Publications
Publication date:	10/06/2017
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Joel R. Beeke is Chancellor and Professor of Systematic Theology and Homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and Pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Preface 11

1 Why Is Assurance of Faith Important? 15

2 Why Do Many Christians Lack Assurance? 25

3 Is Assurance of Faith Biblical and Normative? 43

4 Three Possibilities Concerning Assurance 55

5 Assurance from God's Promises 75

6 Assurance from Evidences of Grace 89

7 Assurance from the Holy Spirit's Witnessing Testimony 107

8 How to Cultivate Assurance 121

9 Assurance Lost and Renewed 143

10 The Spirit's Role in Assurance 157

11 Final Questions About Assurance 177

12 Conclusion 193

Appendix 1 201

Appendix 2 203

Editorial Reviews

Here is a book that will bring comforting peace, thrilling joy, and a defiant hope to the heart of any child of God battered by waves of unbelief in the high seas of life. Read it and be blessed!

Conrad Mbewe(Pastor of Kabwata Baptist Church and first Chancellor of the African Christian Univers

As one who has personally benefitted from Dr. Beeke's teaching on assurance over the years, I'm delighted that the mature fruit of his thinking, writing, and speaking about this vital topic is now being made more available and accessible in this simple guide to such a profound and practical subject. May many discover through these pages, "I am His, and He is mine."

David Murray(Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology

As one who has personally benefitted from Dr. Beeke's teaching on assurance over the years, I'm delighted that the mature fruit of his thinking, writing, and speaking about this vital topic is now being made more available and accessible in this simple guide to such a profound and practical subject. May many discover through these pages, "I am His, and He is mine."

David Murray

Here is a book that will bring comforting peace, thrilling joy, and a defiant hope to the heart of any child of God battered by waves of unbelief in the high seas of life. Read it and be blessed!

Conrad Mbewe

I'm delighted to see this book make Dr. Beeke's expertise more widely accessible, and hope that many more will now benefit from it as I did. To be fruitful, healthy and happy in Christ, Christians need to know the truths laid out for us here.

Michael Reeves

Here in this book, with perspicuity and simplicity, and informed by a lifetime of reflection and study of this subject, Dr Beeke lays out the New Testament witness that so thrilled the hearts of the Reformers and our Evangelical forebears. I highly recommend it.

Michael A. G. Haykin

I'm delighted to see this book make Dr. Beeke's expertise more widely accessible, and hope that many more will now benefit from it as I did. To be fruitful, healthy and happy in Christ, Christians need to know the truths laid out for us here.

Steven J. Lawson

Here in this book, with perspicuity and simplicity, and informed by a lifetime of reflection and study of this subject, Dr Beeke lays out the New Testament witness that so thrilled the hearts of the Reformers and our Evangelical forebears. I highly recommend it.

Michael A. G. Haykin - Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality

Here in this book, with perspicuity and simplicity, and informed by a lifetime of reflection and study of this subject, Dr Beeke lays out the New Testament witness that so thrilled the hearts of the Reformers and our Evangelical forebears. I highly recommend it.

Michael A. G. Haykin ~ Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality