Hebrews 12:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved: in this verse the apostle follows his doctrine with counsel to several duties; such as concern the first table, and terminate on God, in this and the following verse; such as concern the second table, Hebrews 13:1, &c. In this verse he begins with the Christians privilege, and then directs their duty. These Hebrews having received by faith the privileges, and submitted themselves unto the laws and government, of the unmoveable kingdom of Christ, that gospel church state of which God is the author, Christ the King, his spiritual under officers ministers, penitent believing sinners the subject; the gospel laws by which the government is administered perfectly holy, just, and good; the privileges of it all grace here, and glory above; the descent of all from heaven: all which are to endure for ever unshaken, and against them the gates of hell shall not prevail, Malachi 9:9 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 Ephesians 4:11-16 Colossians 1:13, Colossians 2:3. Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear; let us get and hold fast that gracious temper of soul, whereby they are made true, wise, believing, loving, humble, and obedient subjects to the laws of this kingdom, and manifest it by worshipping, and serving of, and walking with, God in this world, so as our persons and duties may be all well-pleasing to him in Christ, Ephesians 1:6, and constantly conformable to his holy will, Hebrews 11:4,5: and out of a sense of their own lowliness, with a self-abasing heart, and a reverential carriage, as Genesis 18:27 Luke 18:13, approaching God in all his service with a holy jealousy over itself, that it do not offend him in what it is or doth, but rightly receiving law from him for all his service, and rightly returning all conformable thereunto to him again, 1 Thessalonians 12:49,50.