Assurance of Adoption: A New Paradigm for Assurance of Salvation
Ebook
This book presents a new paradigm for assurance of salvation. It argues that an adoption-centric understanding of salvation, based on union with Christ, enables one to appreciate salvation in its fullest splendor. Seeing assurance from historical, exegetical, and theological perspectives, it contends that assurance of adoption is assurance of salvation.
“Nothing is more ultimate and more at stake in the salvation of
Christians and for their assurance of salvation than their adoption
by God as their Father in union with Christ (Rom 8:29).
Assurance of Adoption explores this central truth in fresh,
perceptive, and helpful ways. I commend its careful reading and
study.”
—Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Professor of Biblical and Systematic
Theology, Emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary
“Chun Tse presents us with a highly creative and thought-provoking
approach to assurance, informed by careful study of the Holy
Scriptures and reflection on the Reformed tradition. One need not
agree with all his proposals in order to be enriched by his
scholarly and fertile thinking. By centering assurance upon
adoption in Christ, Tse offers biblical and holistic insights that,
by God’s grace, will not only enlighten the mind but also
strengthen the soul.”
—Joel R. Beeke, President, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary,
Grand Rapids, Michigan
“In drawing attention to the importance of adoption in the
discussion of the assurance of salvation, Chun Tse’s study provides
a way to understand the relationship between the existential,
judicial, relational, moral, and eschatological aspects of God’s
redemptive work through Christ. In doing so, an abstract doctrinal
affirmation becomes directly relevant to the struggles of
individual believers. Moving from historical and theological
considerations to a careful examination of the biblical witnesses,
readers are compelled to end in doxological exclamation in view of
the incredible work of God that centers on Christ, the only
foundation for a certainty that defies human weaknesses.”
—David W. Pao, Professor of New Testament and Chair of the New
Testament Department, Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School
“Written with the precision of an engineer and the heart of a
pastor (Chun Tse is both), Assurance of Adoption comes as a
welcome contribution to the growing corpus on the theology of
adoption. Tse here restores Puritan advocacy for adoption’s
pastoral poignancy. But this is no mere recapitulation. Tse nimbly
excavates adoption’s storehouse of treasure for gospel assurance
and distinctively unearths how and why ‘Abba! Father’ surges from
the soul of the child of God.”
—David B. Garner, Academic Dean and Vice President of Global
Ministries, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Westminster
Theological Seminary
“Real assurance of just about anything is in short order today.
There are lots of promises in the advertising world that if you’ll
just call this number, or ask your doctor, you may aspire to a
degree of certainty in a product. Chun Tse’s study makes no such
tentative conjectures. This is one of the most sure-footed guides
to the question of assurance of salvation available. It takes us
through the history of the subject, the wisdom of the confessions,
but, most of all, the exegesis of Scripture, to ground assurance in
its only sure source: the character of God. I highly recommend it
to anyone wanting to know for sure if God loves them.”
—William Edgar, Professor of Apologetics, Westminster Theological
Seminary
“Chun Tse eloquently and persuasively shows that Christian
assurance is grounded in our blood-bought adoption as children of
God. Replete with skillful handling of biblical texts, Assurance
of Adoption is cogently argued, historically informed,
pastorally encouraging, compelling, and logical. Anyone seeking
assurance of salvation in Christ in the Reformed tradition will
find ample help in these pages.”
—Daniel M. Gurtner, former Ernest and Mildred Hogan Professor of
New Testament Interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary
“Chun Tse has written a compelling and insightful book which
challenges the contemporary church’s neglect of the theology of
adoption. Drawing on the wealth of the Reformed and Puritan
traditions this work offers an important and timely perspective on
assurance grounded in the Bible, centered on union with Christ, and
intended for the enriching of faith and the consolation of
the
Christian soul.”
—Simon J. G. Burton, John Laing Senior Lecturer in Reformation
History, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
- Title: Assurance of Adoption: A New Paradigm for Assurance of Salvation
- Author: Chun Tse
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725280144, 9781725280120, 9781725280137, 1725280140, 1725280124, 1725280132
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725280144
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T20:26:16Z
Chun Tse is an engineer turned pastor. He holds a ThM from
Westminster Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, an MDiv from
Bethel Seminary in Minnesota, and a PhD in electrical engineering
from the University of Maryland at College Park. He is now a
doctoral candidate in systematic theology at the School of
Divinity, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.